South Beach was a station on the demolished

South Beach Branch The South Beach Branch, also called the East Shore Sub-Division, is an abandoned branch of the Staten Island Railway in New York City, which operated along Staten Island's East Shore from Clifton to Wentworth Avenue. This double-tracked branch ...

of the Staten Island Railway. It had two tracks and two

side 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 was located at Sand Lane and Oceanside Avenue. This station was the last stop on the South Beach Branch until the opening of the Wentworth Avenue in 1925, when the South Beach Branch was electrified. The ticket agent at South Beach controlled the lights for Wentworth Avenue. This station was abandoned when the SIRT discontinued passenger service on the entire

at midnight on March 31, 1953, because of city-operated bus competition.

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*http://www.gretschviking.net/GOSIRTPage1.htm South Beach Branch stations 1890 establishments in New York (state) Railway stations in the United States opened in 1890 Railway stations closed in 1953 1953 disestablishments in New York (state) {{StatenIsland-railstation-stub