Services SIR Main Line Borough Staten Island Opened 23 April 1860 Platforms in use 2 | Rebuilt 1889, 1965-1968 Structure Cut Locale New Dorp Tracks 2 | |
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Transit connections New York City Bus: S57, S76 Address Staten Island, NY 10306, United States Similar Eltingville, Annadale, Clifton, Tottenville, Nassau | ||
New Dorp is a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of New Dorp, Staten Island, New York.
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The station opened on April 23, 1860, with the opening of the Staten Island Railway from Vanderbilt's Landing to Eltingville. It was rebuilt in 1889 by real estate developers Hughes and Ross who sought to build a depot designed to attract potential homebuyers.
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 station house 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 1965-1968 grade crossing elimination was moved to Historic Richmond Town, located at the three-way loop intersection of Arthur Kill Road, Richmond Road and Richmond Hill Road. Express trains begin the express section of their run at New Dorp in the morning rush hour, while some southbound trains may terminate here at the same time.