Eltingville station

 Eltingville
 
Staten Island Railway station
Platforms looking towards the St. George Terminal
Station statistics
Address Richmond Avenue & Eltingville Boulevard
Staten Island, NY 10312
Borough Staten Island
Locale Eltingville
Coordinates 40°32′40″N 74°09′54″W / 40.5444°N 74.1651°W / 40.5444; -74.1651Coordinates: 40°32′40″N 74°09′54″W / 40.5444°N 74.1651°W / 40.5444; -74.1651
Services Local  (All times except rush hours in the peak direction)
Express  (Rush hours in peak direction only)
Transit connections New York City Bus: S59, S79 SBS, S89, SIM1, SIM7, SIM10, SIM22
Structure Embankment
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened April 23, 1860,[1] rebuilt 1939
Station code 514[2]
Station succession
Next north Great Kills
Next south Annadale

Eltingville is an elevated Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Eltingville, Staten Island, New York. It is located at Richmond Avenue on the main line.

History

The station opened on April 23, 1860, with the opening of the Staten Island Railway from Vanderbilt's Landing to Eltingville.[1][3] The station was rebuilt in 1939 as part of a grade crossing elimination project.[4]

Station layout

P
Platforms
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound Tottenville toward Tottenville (Annadale)
Northbound St. George toward St. George (Great Kills)
Side platform, doors will open on the right
G Street level Exit/Entrance
Northbound platform with contemporary Helvetica sign

The station contains two side platforms and orange canopies and walls.[5] It is a transfer point for local buses to the Staten Island Mall, located two miles north of this station, as well as express buses to Manhattan.

Exits

There are staircases at the western end only that lead to Richmond Avenue. The southbound platform contains another exit on the eastern end that leads to Eltingville Boulevard.[6] The station house at Richmond Avenue is at street level and once featured a signal lamp that alerted those waiting that a train was arriving. On the exterior of this station house is a plaque noting the Great Kills to Huguenot grade separation project was done under the auspices of the Public Works Administration.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Irvin Leigh and Paul Matus (December 23, 2001). "SIRT The Essential History". p. 4. Archived from the original on January 4, 2009. Retrieved March 3, 2009.
  2. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. Poster for opening of Staten Island Railway
  4. 1 2 Rosenfeld, Robbie (October 16, 2013). "Grade crossing elimination plaque". nycsubway.org. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  5. Chatreau, Bernard (April 14, 2011). "Eltingville station". nycsubway.org. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  6. "Map of NYC Subway Entrances". NYC Open Data. City of New York. Retrieved July 10, 2018.

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