Wentworth Avenue (Staten Island Railway station)

Wentworth Avenue
Former Staten Island Railway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Borough	Staten Island
Coordinates	40°35′21″N 74°04′11″W / 40.589028°N 74.069861°W / 40.589028; -74.069861 (Wentworth Avenue Station)Coordinates: 40°35′21″N 74°04′11″W / 40.589028°N 74.069861°W / 40.589028; -74.069861 (Wentworth Avenue Station)
Line	South Beach Branch
Services	none
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Opened	1925; 92 years ago (1925)
Closed	March 31, 1953; 64 years ago (1953-03-31)
Station succession
Preceding station   Staten Island Railway   Following station South Beach toward Clifton South Beach Branch closed Terminus

Wentworth Avenue was a station on the demolished South Beach Branch of the Staten Island Railway. It had one side platform served by one track and was located at Oceanside Avenue and Wentworth Avenue (which is currently an empty area with weeds).

This station was the last stop on the South Beach Branch, and was the smallest and eastern-most Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station. The South Beach Branch was planned to continue past this point to Prominard Street at Oakwood Beach, but was not built beyond Wentworth Avenue because the family farm of the Vanderbilt's would have been crossed. This station was built in 1925, when the South Beach Branch was electrified. This platform was only a door's length, and had to be keyed open by the conductor. The platform's length was 20 feet 11 inches. The station had electric lights, but there was no electrical switch for them at the station. The lights were controlled by the ticket agent at South Beach. This station was abandoned when the SIRT discontinued passenger service on the South Beach Branch to Wentworth Avenue at midnight on March 31, 1953 because of city-operated bus competition. All traces of the stations have been eliminated, which includes the adjacent streets and access road.

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