Grant City station

 Grant City
 
Staten Island Railway station
Southbound platform
Station statistics
Address Lincoln Avenue & North Railroad Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10306
Borough Staten Island
Locale Grant City
Coordinates 40°34′45″N 74°06′33″W / 40.5793°N 74.1093°W / 40.5793; -74.1093Coordinates: 40°34′45″N 74°06′33″W / 40.5793°N 74.1093°W / 40.5793; -74.1093
Services Local  (All times)
Transit connections New York City Bus: S51
Structure Open-cut
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened April 23, 1860[1]
Rebuilt 1965-1968
Station code 509[2]
Station succession
Next north Jefferson Avenue
Next south New Dorp

Grant City is a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Grant City, Staten Island, New York.

History

The station opened on April 23, 1860, with the opening of the Staten Island Railway from Vanderbilt's Landing to Eltingville.[1][3] Prior to 1965, the Grant City Station was at grade level. In 1964 construction began on eliminating the crossings from Jefferson Avenue to New Dorp. The tracks were displaced onto South Railroad Avenue and the station was relocated during the construction.[4]

Station layout

G Street level Exit/Entrance
P
Platforms		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound ← Tottenville toward Tottenville (New Dorp)
Northbound → St. George toward St. George (Jefferson Avenue) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Currently, the station is located on an open cut at Lincoln Avenue and Railroad Avenue on the main line. It has two side platforms and aqua green walls.

Exits

There are two exits; the main exit at the south end leads to Lincoln Avenue and has brick a station house on street level. There are no benches inside the station house. The secondary exit at the middle of this station leads to Fremont Avenue on both sides and utilizes an overpass to connect both platforms.[5]

Bus connection

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. ↑ Grant City - Staten Island Railway station (NYCSubway.org)
  5. ↑ "Map of NYC Subway Entrances". NYC Open Data. City of New York. Retrieved July 10, 2018.

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