Eltingville station
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The Eltingville station 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
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The station opened on April 23, 1860, with the opening of the Staten Island Railway from Vanderbilt's Landing to Eltingville.[1][2] The station was rebuilt in 1939 as part of a grade crossing elimination project.[3]
Station layout
The station contains two side platforms and orange canopies and walls.[4] 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.
Platform level | Side platform | |
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Northbound | → ![]() | |
Side platform | ||
Ground | Street level | Exit/entrance, buses, station house |
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.[5] 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.[3]
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Poster for opening of Staten Island Railway
- ^ a b Rosenfeld, Robbie (October 16, 2013). "Grade crossing elimination plaque". nycsubway.org. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
- ^ Chatreau, Bernard (April 14, 2011). "Eltingville station". nycsubway.org. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
- ^ "Map of NYC Subway Entrances". NYC Open Data. City of New York. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
External links
Media related to Eltingville (Staten Island Railway station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Staten Island Railway station list
- Staten Island Railway general information
- Richmond Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Eltingville Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View
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