Jefferson Avenue
Staten Island Railway station (rapid transit)
Jefferson Avenue station in September 2020
General information
LocationJefferson Avenue and North Railroad Avenue
Midland Beach, Staten Island
Coordinates40°35′02″N 74°06′11″W / 40.5838°N 74.1030°W / 40.5838; -74.1030
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeEmbankment
Other information
Station code508
History
Opened1937[a]
Rebuilt1965–1968
Services
Preceding station Staten Island Railway Following station
Dongan Hills
toward St. George
 Grant City
toward Tottenville

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

Station layout

The station opened in 1937.[a] 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. From north to south, Jefferson Avenue station begins the descent from the embankment to the open cut.

This is the only station on the Staten Island Railway that is named for the street it serves rather than the neighborhood.[1]

Platform
level 		Side platform
Southbound ← toward Tottenville (Grant City)
← rush hour express does not stop here
Northbound → toward St. George (Dongan Hills) →
→ AM rush express does not stop here →
Side platform
Ground Street level Exit/entrance, buses

Exit

The only exit is at the northeast end, which leads to Jefferson Avenue. There is no station house.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b The opening date for this station can be approximated using contemporaneous maps and tickets. This ticket from 1935[3] shows that the Jefferson Avenue station has not yet opened. A map of the Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Company dated to January 11, 1937 shown here:[4] does not show the Old Town, Jefferson Avenue or Lake Avenue stations. However,[5] another map with the same date shows these stations with a few additional modifications. It seems that the second map was a revised version of the first one. Presumably it was printed to correct the old information, which did not show these stations. Finally, this ticket from 1938:[6] does show the station.
  1. ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "Map of NYC Subway Entrances". NYC Open Data. City of New York. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  3. ^ "Staten Island Rapid Transit Ticket from July 31, 1935 No. A 9508". Flickr. Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Company. November 19, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  4. ^ "Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Map 1937". Flickr. Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Company. November 19, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  5. ^ "Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Map 1937". Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Company. ((cite web)): Missing or empty |url= (help)
  6. ^ "Staten Island Rapid Transit Ticket 1939 No. B 260510". Flickr. Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Company. November 19, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2017.

External links

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