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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
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. 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.
Staten Island Railway station list
Richmond Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
Eltingville Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
Platforms from Google Maps Street View
{{Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority Staten Island Railway stations Works Progress Administration in New York (state) Railway stations in the United States opened in 1860 1860 establishments in New York (state) Eltingville, Staten Island
Richmond Avenue
Richmond Avenue is a major north-south thoroughfare on Staten Island, New York. Measuring approximately , the road runs from the South Shore community of Eltingville to the North Shore community of Graniteville.
Street description
Richmon ...
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. The station was rebuilt in 1939 as part of a grade crossing elimination project.Station layout
The station contains twoside platform
A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platform ...
s and orange canopies and walls. It is a transfer point for local buses to the Staten Island Mall
Staten Island Mall is a shopping mall in New Springville, Staten Island, New York City, opened in 1973. It is the only indoor shopping mall in the borough. It is the largest retail center on the island and is the site of the island's third-largest ...
, located two miles north of this station, as well as express buses to Manhattan
Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...
.
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. 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.
References
External links
Staten Island Railway station list
Richmond Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
Eltingville Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
Platforms from Google Maps Street View
{{Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority Staten Island Railway stations Works Progress Administration in New York (state) Railway stations in the United States opened in 1860 1860 establishments in New York (state) Eltingville, Staten Island