Atlantic (Staten Island Railway station)

Atlantic
Staten Island Railway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address Arthur Kill Road & Tracy Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10307
Borough Staten Island
Locale Tottenville
Coordinates 40°30′56″N 74°14′45″W / 40.51542°N 74.2457°W / 40.51542; -74.2457 (Atlantic Station)Coordinates: 40°30′56″N 74°14′45″W / 40.51542°N 74.2457°W / 40.51542; -74.2457 (Atlantic Station)
Services SIR Main Line
Transit connections New York City Bus: S78
Structure At-grade
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened c.1909[1]-1921[2]
Closed January 2017[3] (projected)
Station succession

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

Atlantic is a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Tottenville, Staten Island, New York.

History

The station's exact opening date is not certain, but it is known that the station opened between 1909[1] and 1921.[2] The station gets its name from the former Atlantic Terra Cotta factory, which was located near the station.[4][5]

This and the Nassau station are being replaced in January 2017 by a new ADA-accessible station stop lying between the two stations, named Arthur Kill.[5][3] The unrenovated Atlantic and Nassau stations are the only visual remains of a time when the SIRT built new platforms in the 1960s during a multi-phase grade elimination project farther north but without adding new canopies or shelters at these stops. With the opening of Arthur Kill, this station will be demolished.[6]

Station layout

M - Crossover between platforms
P
Platform level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right for the last car only
Southbound ← Main toward Tottenville (Terminus)
Northbound → Main toward St. George (Nassau) →
(No service: Arthur Kill)
Side platform, doors will open on the right for the last car only
G Ground Level Exits/Entrances

Located roughly at Fisher Avenue and Arthur Kill Road on the main line, it is at grade level with side platforms that can hold only one car. Only the last car of a train goes to the platform. Access to the northbound platform is via the short dead-end Tracy Avenue off of Arthur Kill Road between Fisher and Wood Avenues, while the southbound platform is reached from an entrance on Ellis Street. An overpass links both platforms. One can see the original, pre-1990s SIRT station components on this line—steel corrugated walls, overpasses and original 4-foot (1.2 m)-high station pipe railings with faded signs.

References

  1. 1 2 Minn, Michael (December 18, 2009). "History and Future of the North Shore Rail Line on Staten Island" (PDF). michaelminn.net. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  2. 1 2
  3. 1 2 "Untitled Document". Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  4. ↑ Pitanza, Marc (2015). Staten Island Rapid Transit Images of Rail. Arcadia Pubishing. ISBN 978-1-4671-2338-9.
  5. 1 2 Stein, Mark D. (September 27, 2012). "It's official: New Staten Island Railway access for Tottenville". SILive.com. Staten Island. New York: Staten Island Advance. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting June 2016" (PDF). www.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 17, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2016.

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