Jefferson Avenue (Staten Island Railway station)

Jefferson Avenue
Staten Island Railway rapid transit station

Northbound platform
Station statistics
Address Jefferson Avenue and North Railroad Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10306
Borough Staten Island
Locale Midland Beach
Coordinates 40°35′02″N 74°06′11″W / 40.5838°N 74.1030°W / 40.5838; -74.1030Coordinates: 40°35′02″N 74°06′11″W / 40.5838°N 74.1030°W / 40.5838; -74.1030
Services SIR Main Line
Structure Embankment
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened 1937[1][2]–1939[3]
Rebuilt 1965-1968
Station succession

Preceding station   Staten Island Railway   Following station
toward St. George
Main Line

Jefferson Avenue is a Staten Island Railway station between the neighborhoods of Grant City and Dongan Hills, in Staten Island, New York.

Station layout

P
Platforms		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound ← Main toward Tottenville (Grant City)
Northbound → Main toward St. George (Dongan Hills) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
G Street level Exit/Entrance

The station opened between the years of 1935[1][2] and 1939.[3] Prior to 1965, the Jefferson Avenue crossing was at grade level. It only had a single warning bell for approaching trains. In the mid-1960s construction began on eliminating the crossings from Jefferson Avenue to New Dorp. The track was displaced onto South Railroad Avenue and the station as well as the crossing were temporarily relocated to Adams Avenue. Jefferson Avenue and the adjacent intersections were dropped below grade and the current station was built.

Currently, the station is located on an embankment at Jefferson Avenue and Railroad Avenue on the main line. This station has two side platforms. There is no station house and the only exit is at the northeast end, which leads to Jefferson Avenue. From north to south, Jefferson Avenue station begins the descent from the embankment to the open cut.

Like most New York City Subway stations, the Jefferson Avenue station is named for a street, but unlike other Staten Island Railway stations, it is the only one named for the street rather than for the neighborhood it serves.

References

  1. 1 2 Staten Island Rapid Transit Ticket 1935
  2. 1 2
  3. 1 2 Staten Island Rapid Transit Ticket 1939

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