New Dorp (Staten Island Railway station)

New Dorp Staten Island Railway rapid transit station
Southbound platform
Station statistics
Address	New Dorp Lane & North Railroad Avenue Staten Island, NY 10306
Borough	Staten Island
Locale	New Dorp
Coordinates	40°34′26″N 74°07′00″W / 40.5738°N 74.1167°W / 40.5738; -74.1167 (New Dorp Station)Coordinates: 40°34′26″N 74°07′00″W / 40.5738°N 74.1167°W / 40.5738; -74.1167 (New Dorp Station)
Services	SIR Main Line
Structure	Open-cut
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	April 23, 1860[1]
Station succession
Preceding station   Staten Island Railway   Following station Grant City toward St. George Main Line Oakwood Heights toward Great Kills or Tottenville St. George Terminus Main Line AM rush hour express service

New Dorp is a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of New Dorp, Staten Island, New York. It is located on an open cut at New Dorp Lane and Railroad Avenue on the main line. It has two side platforms and orange colored walls and railings. The northbound platform has a 20-foot (6.1 m) high concrete wall, while the sountbound platform has a hill. The north exit leads to New Dorp Lane where the stationhouse is located, while the south exit leads to Rose Avenue. The south side is the only exit location where both staircases are not aligned together on one side of the street. The staircase to the northbound platform starts on the south side of Rose Avenue while the staircase to the southbound platform starts on the north side. The former stationhouse that was in use until the 1965 grade crossing elimination was moved to Historic Richmond Town, located at the three-way loop intersection of Arthur Kill, Richmond Road and Richmond Hill Road. Express trains begin and end the express section of their run at New Dorp in the morning rush hour.

Bus Connection

• S57, S76, and S86

References

1. ^ Irvin Leigh and Paul Matus (December 23, 2001). "SIRT The Essential History". p. 4. http://www.thethirdrail.net/0201/sirt4.html. Retrieved 2009-03-03. 

External links

• Staten Island Railway station list
• Staten Island Railway general information
• New Dorp Lane entrance from Google Maps Street View
• phttp://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.573903,-74.116752&spn=0.003846,0.013679&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.573279,-74.117723&panoid=De3baENOchZkYxHpjusX8Q&cbp=12,58.42,,0,2.81 Rose Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View]