Atlantic (Staten Island Railway station)

Atlantic
Former Staten Island Railway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Arthur Kill Road & Tracy Avenue Staten Island, NY 10307
Borough	Staten Island
Locale	Tottenville
Coordinates	40°30′56″N 74°14′45″W / 40.51542°N 74.2457°W / 40.51542; -74.2457 (Atlantic Station)Coordinates: 40°30′56″N 74°14′45″W / 40.51542°N 74.2457°W / 40.51542; -74.2457 (Atlantic Station)
Services	none (closed)
Structure	At-grade
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	c.1909-1911
Closed	January 21, 2017; 6 months ago (2017-01-21)
Station code	521
Station succession
Preceding station   Staten Island Railway   Following station Nassau toward St. George Main Line former Tottenville Terminus Arthur Kill toward St. George Main Line opened 2017 (station closed)
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Atlantic was a 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.

The station's exact opening date is not certain, but it is known that the station opened between 1909 and 1911. The station was primarily built to serve the workers of the former Atlantic Terra Cotta factory, from where the station name originated. The pedestrian overpass was built in the 1930s. There used to be a grade crossing adjacent to the station, and at least until the 1970s, a small shanty that protected it still existed.

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 was demolished.

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.