Oakwood Heights (Staten Island Railway station)

Oakwood Heights
Staten Island Railway rapid transit station

Exterior of Oakwood Heights SIR Station
Station statistics
Address Guyon Avenue & South Railroad Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10306
Borough Staten Island
Locale Oakwood
Coordinates 40°33′53″N 74°07′37″W / 40.5647°N 74.1269°W / 40.5647; -74.1269Coordinates: 40°33′53″N 74°07′37″W / 40.5647°N 74.1269°W / 40.5647; -74.1269
Services SIR Main Line
Transit connections New York City Bus: S57
Structure Open-cut
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened April 23, 1860[1]
Former/other names Richmond
Court House
Oakwood
Station succession

Preceding station   Staten Island Railway   Following station
toward St. George
Main Line

Oakwood Heights is a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Oakwood, Staten Island, New York.

Station layout

G Street level Exit/Entrance
P
Platforms		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Southbound ← Main toward Tottenville (Bay Terrace)
Northbound → Main toward St. George (New Dorp) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound platform and tracks

The station opened as Richmond on April 23, 1860, with the opening of the Staten Island Railway from Vanderbilt's Landing to Eltingville.[1][2] The station was named Richmond[3] as the station was on the border between Richmond and Oakwood. Afterwards, sometime around 1885 the station was renamed Court House.[4] The station was later renamed Oakwood,[5] and then finally Oakwood Heights after the other neighborhood on the border of the station. A 1909 timetable calls the station Oakwood Heights, but puts Court House in parentheses.[4]

It is located on an open cut at Guyon Avenue and Railroad Avenue on the main line. It has two side platforms and beige painted walls. The north end has an overpass bridge with two exits, one to Oak Avenue on northbound platform side, and the other to Cedarview Avenue the southbound platform side. This station is used frequently by students of the nearby Monsignor Farrell High School.

Bus connection

References

  1. 1 2 Irvin Leigh and Paul Matus (December 23, 2001). "SIRT The Essential History". p. 4. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
  2. ↑ Poster for opening of Staten Island Railway
  3. ↑ "File:Staten Island Railway 1867.jpg". wikipedia.org. June 1868 first edition of the Official Guide of the Railways.
  4. 1 2 "File:A Map of the Staten Island Rapid Transit Company from 1885.png". wikimedia.org.
  5. ↑ "SIRT 1915 Ticket". Flickr — Photo Sharing!.
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