History
The station opened on February 23, 1886, as a surface station. In the early 1930s as part of a grade crossing elimination project, the station was depressed into the current open-cut below grade level, and rebuilt with concrete platforms. Elm Park was closed on March 31, 1953, along with the South Beach Branch and the rest of the North Shore Branch. It is one of the stations to be returned to operation under the proposals for reactivation of the North Shore branch for rapid transit, light rail, orStation layout
The platforms are slightly offset due to the right-of-way crossing at a diagonal with the streets in the neighborhood; each measures about in length, which would fit three cars of the former ME-1 rolling stock (67 feet in length) or of the current R44 SIR cars (75 feet in length). Exit stairs were located at the west end of the station towards Morningstar Road. An overpass from Eaton Place to Newark Avenue over the line (not connected to the station) was located at the station's east end under the Bayonne Bridge. East of the station past John Street, the line rises onto a concrete trestle built in 1935. Elm Park is one of several stations along the North Shore line still standing today, although the street staircases have been taken up and the former platforms are severely dilapidated, while the line's open cut is overgrown with vegetation. Only a single track — the St. George-bound track — remains, unelectrified and in ruins.References
* https://web.archive.org/web/20150108175705/http://stationreporter.net/nshore.htm * http://gretschviking.net/GOSIRTNorthShore.htm {{Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority North Shore Branch stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1886 1886 establishments in New York (state) 1953 disestablishments in New York (state) Railway stations in the United States closed in 1953