Services SIR Main Line Rebuilt 1965-1968 Structure Embankment Platforms in use 2 | Opened 1937–1939 Borough Staten Island Locale Midland Beach Tracks 2 | |
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Address Staten Island, NY 10306, United States Similar Clifton, Tottenville, Eltingville, Prince's Bay, Oakwood Heights | ||
Jefferson Avenue 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 between the years of 1935 and 1939. 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. There is no station house and the only exit is at the northeast end, which leads to Jefferson Avenue. 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.