Jefferson Avenue (Staten Island Railway station)

Jefferson Avenue St. George Tottenville
Staten Island Railway rapid transit station
Northbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Jefferson Avenue and North Railroad Avenue Staten Island, NY 10306
Borough	Staten Island
Locale	Midland Beach
Coordinates	40°35′02″N 74°06′11″W / 40.5838°N 74.1030°W / 40.5838; -74.1030Coordinates: 40°35′02″N 74°06′11″W / 40.5838°N 74.1030°W / 40.5838; -74.1030
Services	SIR Main Line
Structure	Embankment
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	1937–1939
Rebuilt	1965-1968
Station code	508
Station succession
Preceding station   Staten Island Railway   Following station Dongan Hills toward St. George Main Line Grant City toward Great Kills or Tottenville
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Jefferson Avenue is a Staten Island Railway station between the neighborhoods of Grant City and Dongan Hills, in Staten Island, New York.

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.