Grant City station

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Grant City
Grant City Station, Staten Island Railway.jpg
Station platforms, pedestrian crossover, and stationhouse
General information
LocationLincoln Avenue and North Railroad Avenue
Grant City, Staten Island
Coordinates 40°34′45″N74°06′33″W / 40.5793°N 74.1093°W / 40.5793; -74.1093
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg NYCT Bus: S51
Construction
Structure type Open-cut
Other information
Station code509
History
OpenedApril 23, 1860;165 years ago (April 23, 1860) [1]
Rebuilt19651968
Services
Preceding station MTA NYC logo.svg Staten Island Railway Following station
Jefferson Avenue
toward St. George
NYCS-bull-trans-SIR-Std.svg New Dorp
toward Tottenville
Location
Grant City station
Grade crossing, early 20th century Midland Park Birds-eye View Armin Eitner, Prop., Grant City, Staten Island (wonderful artist-drawn aerial view of large entrance building, horse and carriage in road, trolley on one side of building, (NYPL b15279351-104929).tiff
Grade crossing, early 20th century

The Grant City station is a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Grant City, Staten Island, New York.

Contents

History

The station opened on April 23, 1860, with the opening of the Staten Island Railway from Vanderbilt's Landing to Eltingville. [1] [2] Prior to 1965, the Grant City station was at grade level. In 1964, construction began on eliminating the crossings from Jefferson Avenue to New Dorp. The tracks were displaced onto South Railroad Avenue and the station was relocated during the construction. [3]

Station layout

Currently, the station is located on an open cut at Lincoln Avenue and Railroad Avenue on the main line. It has two side platforms and aqua green walls.

MezzanineOverpassExit/entrance, connection between platforms
GroundStreet levelStation house, exit/entrance, buses
Platform
level
Side platform
Southbound NYCS-bull-trans-SIR-Std.svg toward Tottenville (New Dorp)
NYCS-bull-trans-SIR-Std.svg rush hour express does not stop here
Northbound NYCS-bull-trans-SIR-Std.svg toward St. George (Jefferson Avenue)
NYCS-bull-trans-SIR-Std.svg AM rush express does not stop here →
Side platform

Exits

There are two exits; the main exit at the south end leads to Lincoln Avenue and has brick a station house on street level. There are two benches inside the station house. The secondary exit at the middle of this station leads to Fremont Avenue on both sides with an overpass to connect both platforms. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 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. Poster for opening of Staten Island Railway
  3. Grant City - Staten Island Railway station (NYCSubway.org)
  4. "Map of NYC Subway Entrances". NYC Open Data. City of New York . Retrieved July 10, 2018.

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