Atlantic station (Staten Island Railway)
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Atlantic
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| Former Staten Island Railway rapid transit station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A view of the station prior to its demolition.
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| Address | Arthur Kill Road & Tracy Avenue Staten Island, NY 10307 |
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| Borough | Staten Island | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Tottenville | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°30′56″N 74°14′45″W / 40.51542°N 74.2457°WCoordinates: 40°30′56″N 74°14′45″W / 40.51542°N 74.2457°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Services | none (closed) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure | At-grade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | c.1909-1911 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | January 21, 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | 521 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Atlantic was a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Tottenville, Staten Island, New York. However, the condition of the station deteriorated after the 1990s, as this station, and the Nassau station to the north, were planned to be replaced by a new station at Arthur Kill Road. When that station opened in January 2017, Atlantic station was closed and subsequently demolished.
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.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority purchased and gained control of the Staten Island Rapid Transit in 1971, and started to modernize the rail line. The stations on the line were modernized again in the 1990s, with the exception of Atlantic, and the nearby Nassau station, which also was built to serve a factory. As a result, these two 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. Instead, these two stations were set to be replaced with a new ADA-accessible station in between the two at Arthur Kill Road. However, the funds required for the construction of the project were not available, pushing back the construction of the project to 2013. In the mean time, with the lack of maintenance, the platform extension deteriorated, forcing the MTA to close the platform extensions on September 2, 2010. Construction on the replacement Arthur Kill station commenced in October 2013, and after several delays was opened on January 21, 2017. Once the new station opened, Atlantic closed, and in May 2017, it was demolished.
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