Services none (closed) Tracks 2 Borough Staten Island Platforms in use 2 | Structure At-grade Opened c.1909-1921 Locale Tottenville | |
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Closed January 21, 2017; 36 days ago (2017-01-21) Address Staten Island, NY 10307, United States Similar Tower Hill, West New Brighton, Sailors' Snug Harbor, Elm Park, Richmond County Bank Ball | ||
Atlantic is an abandoned Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Tottenville, Staten Island, New York. The station was closed on January 21, 2017 alongside Nassau station for the opening of its new Arthur Kill station replacement station.
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History
The station's exact opening date is not certain, but it is known that the station opened between 1909 and 1921. The station took its name from the former Atlantic Terra Cotta factory, which was located near the station.
This and the Nassau station were replaced on January 21, 2017 by a new ADA-accessible stop lying between the two stations, named Arthur Kill. The unrenovated Atlantic and Nassau stations were the only visual remains of a time when the SIRT built new platforms in the 1960s during a multi-phase grade elimination project farther north but without adding new canopies or shelters at these stops. With the opening of Arthur Kill, this station will be demolished.
Station layout
Located roughly at Fisher Avenue and Arthur Kill Road on the main line, it is at grade level with side platforms approximately 80 feet (24 m) long that can hold only one car. Former operations before the station closed only had the last car stop at the platform. Access to the northbound platform is via the short dead-end Tracy Avenue off of Arthur Kill Road between Fisher and Wood Avenues, while the southbound platform is reached from an entrance on Ellis Street. An overpass links both platforms. The overpass is still accessible, but the stairways leading down to the platform are walled off. One can see the original, pre-1990s SIRT station components on this line—steel corrugated walls, overpasses and original 4-foot (1.2 m)-high station pipe railings with faded signs.