Eltingville station

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.

Eltingville
Staten Island Railway station (rapid transit)
Platforms looking towards the St. George Terminal
Station statistics
Address	Richmond Avenue & Eltingville Boulevard Staten Island, NY 10312
Borough	Staten Island
Locale	Eltingville
Coordinates	40.5444°N 74.1651°W
Services	Local  (All times except rush hours in the peak direction) Express  (Rush hours in peak direction only)
Transit	New York City Bus: S59, S79 SBS, S89, SIM1, SIM7, SIM10, SIM22
Structure	Embankment
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	April 23, 1860[1]
Rebuilt	1939
Station code	514[2]
Station succession
Next north	Great Kills
Next south	Annadale
Location
Track layout to Great Kills to Annadale
Street map

History

Surface level, early 20th century

The station opened on April 23, 1860, with the opening of the Staten Island Railway from Vanderbilt's Landing to Eltingville.[1][3] The station was rebuilt in 1939 as part of a grade crossing elimination project.[4]

Station layout

The station contains two side platforms and orange canopies and walls.[5] 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.

P Platform level	Side platform
	Southbound	← toward Tottenville (Annadale)
	Northbound	→ toward St. George (Great Kills) →
	Side platform
G	Street level	Exit/entrance, buses, station house

Exits

Northbound platform with contemporary Helvetica sign

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.[6] 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.[4]

References

1. Irvin Leigh and Paul Matus (December 23, 2001). "SIRT The Essential History". p. 4. Archived from the original on January 4, 2009. Retrieved March 3, 2009.
2. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
3. Poster for opening of Staten Island Railway
4. Rosenfeld, Robbie (October 16, 2013). "Grade crossing elimination plaque". nycsubway.org. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
5. Chatreau, Bernard (April 14, 2011). "Eltingville station". nycsubway.org. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
6. "Map of NYC Subway Entrances". NYC Open Data. City of New York. Retrieved July 10, 2018.

External links

Media related to Eltingville (Staten Island Railway station) at Wikimedia Commons

• 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
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View