Stapleton station

Stapleton
Stapleton
Staten Island Railway station (rapid transit)
	Station platform
Station statistics
Address	Bay Street & Prospect Street; Staten Island, NY 10304
Borough	Staten Island
Locale	Stapleton
Coordinates	40°37′40″N 74°04′31″W / 40.627889°N 74.075139°WCoordinates: 40°37′40″N 74°04′31″W / 40.627889°N 74.075139°W
Division
Services	Local (All times)
Transit	New York City Bus: S51, S52, S74, S76, S78, S81, S84, S86
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	July 31, 1884;
Rebuilt	1936
Station code	503
Station succession
Next north	Tompkinsville
Next south	Clifton
Location
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Track layout
	Legend
Street map

Stapleton is an elevated Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Stapleton, Staten Island, New York, located at Bay Street and Prospect Street on the main line.

History[]

This station opened on July 31, 1884, with the extension of the SIRT from Vanderbilt's Landing to Tompkinsville.^[2] Stapleton was rehabilitated in 1936 as part of a grade crossing elimination project.^[4]

Station layout[]

P Platform level	Southbound	← toward Tottenville (Clifton) ← rush hour express does not stop here
	Island platform
	Northbound	→ toward St. George (Tompkinsville) → → AM rush express does not stop here →
G	Street level	Exit/entrance

The station has an island platform and two tracks. South of the station, tracks diverge from the line on the Saint George-bound side to the Clifton Yard.^[5] This is where the railway cars are moved from the Staten Island Railway by truck to get work done at the Coney Island Shops.

Exits[]

The north end has an exit to Prospect Street and a New York City Department of Transportation Park and Ride facility to the west side of the right-of-way (next to Bay Street).^[6]^[7] The south end exits to Water Street and Bay Street.^[4]^[6]

References[]

^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Irvin Leigh and Paul Matus (December 23, 2001). "SIRT The Essential History". p. 6. Retrieved March 3, 2009.
^ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Google Maps".
^ "Google Maps".
^ ^a ^b "Map of NYC Subway Entrances". NYC Open Data. City of New York. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
^ "Google Maps".

External links[]

Media related to Stapleton (Staten Island Railway station) at Wikimedia Commons
Staten Island Railway station list
Staten Island Railway general information
Platform from Google Maps Street View

[1] "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.

[leigh_matus_pg6-2] Irvin Leigh and Paul Matus (December 23, 2001). "SIRT The Essential History". p. 6. Retrieved March 3, 2009.

[stationinformation-3] "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.

[WaterStreet-4] "Google Maps".

[5] "Google Maps".

[exits-6] "Map of NYC Subway Entrances". NYC Open Data. City of New York. Retrieved July 10, 2018.

[7] "Google Maps".

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