East Stroudsburg (NJT station)

East Stroudsburg
Location	Bridge Street East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Line(s)	Montclair-Boonton Line   Morristown Line
Construction
Parking	228 spaces (proposed)
History
Opened	1856
Closed	January 5, 1970
Rebuilt	proposed
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station Analomink toward Scranton   Lackawanna Cut-Off (proposed)   Delaware Water Gap toward New York Penn Station
East Stroudsburg Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The East Stroudsburg station in July 2010, in the process of demolition.
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Location	Crystal Street, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°59′56″N 75°10′55″W / 40.99889°N 75.18194°W / 40.99889; -75.18194Coordinates: 40°59′56″N 75°10′55″W / 40.99889°N 75.18194°W / 40.99889; -75.18194
Area	0.2 acres (0.08 ha)
Built	1856
Architectural style	Queen Anne
NRHP reference #	80003572
Added to NRHP	June 27, 1980

East Stroudsburg is an unused train station built by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in 1856. The station served as the local stop for both East Stroudsburg and Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. The depot, recently known locally as the Dansbury Depot for the restaurant that used the building, is located on Crystal Street in East Stroudsburg. Service to East Stroudsburg ended on January 5, 1970, when the Erie Lackawanna Railway discontinued the Lake Cities. A proposal is currently in place to extend NJ Transit service to a rebuilt East Stroudsburg station.

The Stroudsburg area is served by Interstate 80, which links the Pocono Mountains to Northern New Jersey and New York City. High traffic volumes on the highway routinely cause congestion beginning at the Delaware Water Gap (just East of the Stroudsburg area) and extending across New Jersey towards New York City. The former DL&W "cutoff" mainline roughly parallels I-80 across New Jersey, and could potentially alleviate congestion on the highway.

On October 26, 2009, a fire rushed through the station depot.

In early July, 2010 local developer Troy Nauman entered a contract to purchase the East Stroudsburg station and announced plans to demolish the historic station and replace it with a new three story apartment building. The impending loss of the station caught the community by surprise and several preservation movements were started by residents, several of which coalesced under the Save the Dansbury Depot Citizens Group. The group lobbied elected officials for a "cooling off" period and attempted to negotiate a waiting period with the station's new owner, who had announced plans to redevelop the site. Its Facebook page attracted over 3,600 members who were urged to attend local public meetings and donate funds to save the building.

Preservation efforts included pledges of $500,000 from Dr. Joseph Mattioli, who owned Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. Although a judge delayed the demolition with an injunction on July 24, 2010, it was reversed by another judge only four days later and demolition had begun, despite outcry.