Eltingville (Staten Island Railway station)

Eltingville
Staten Island Railway rapid transit station
Platforms
Station statistics
Address	Richmond Avenue & Eltingville Boulevard Staten Island, NY 10312
Borough	Staten Island
Locale	Eltingville
Coordinates	40°32′40″N 74°09′54″W / 40.5444°N 74.1651°W / 40.5444; -74.1651Coordinates: 40°32′40″N 74°09′54″W / 40.5444°N 74.1651°W / 40.5444; -74.1651
Services	SIR Main Line
Structure	Embankment
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	April 23, 1860,[1] rebuilt 1939
Station succession
Preceding station   Staten Island Railway   Following station Great Kills toward St. George Main Line Annadale toward Tottenville

Eltingville 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. It contains two side platforms, orange canopies and walls, and 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. 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. The stationhouse 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 stationhouse is a plaque noting the Great Kills to Huguenot grade separation project was done under the auspices of the Public Works Administration.

Station layout

Bus Connection

• S59, S79, S89, x1, x4, and x5
• Eltingville Transit Center

Image gallery

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  Northbound platform with contemporary Helvetica sign

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  Plaque celebrating the station's 1939 reconstruction

References

External links

• 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