Tower Hill (Staten Island Railway station)

Tower Hill
Former Staten Island Railway rapid transit station
Sharpe Avenue
Station statistics
Borough	Staten Island
Coordinates	40°38′19″N 74°08′14″W / 40.6387°N 74.1373°WCoordinates: 40°38′19″N 74°08′14″W / 40.6387°N 74.1373°W
Line	SIR North Shore Branch
Services	none
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	February 23, 1886
Closed	March 31, 1953
Station succession
Preceding station   Staten Island Railway   Following station Elm Park toward Port Ivory North Shore Branch closed Port Richmond toward St. George

Tower Hill is a station on the abandoned North Shore Branch of the Staten Island Railway, located in Tower Hill between the Port Richmond and Elm Park neighborhoods. The station lies between Treadwell and Sharpe Avenues about 3.4 miles (5.5 km) from the Saint George terminal,^[1] with two tracks and an island platform.

History

The station opened on February 23, 1886.^[2][3] Formerly a surface station, it and the Port Richmond station one stop east were elevated onto the current concrete trestle in 1935 as part of an SIRT grade crossing elimination project, opening as an elevated station on February 25, 1937.^{[2][4][5][6][7][8]} West of the station past Nicholas Avenue, the line recedes into an open-cut.^[4] Tower Hill station closed on March 31, 1953, along with the South Beach Branch and the rest of the North Shore Branch.^[2][8] It is one of the few stations along the North Shore line still standing, although in ruins.

Similar to the nearby Port Richmond Station, the station has a concrete island platform with a metal canopy and street staircases at both ends of the platform. The westernmost exit is at Treadwell Avenue. The easternmost exit is just east of Sharpe Avenue on private property, leading to an empty lot on Grove Avenue.

Station layout

P Platform level	Westbound	Trackbed
	Island platform, not in use
	Eastbound	Trackbed
G	Street level	Exit/Entrance

References

1. Office of Diane J. Savino (2013). "State Senator Diane J. Savino's 2013 Staten Island Railway Rider Report" (PDF). nysenate.gov. New York State Senate. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
2. Leigh, Irvin; Matus, Paul (January 2002). "State Island Rapid Transit: The Essential History". thethirdrail.net. The Third Rail Online. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
4. Pitanza, Marc (2015). Staten Island Rapid Transit Images of Rail. Arcadia Pubishing. ISBN 978-1-4671-2338-9.
5. "Opens S.I. Viaduct; Longest in Nation". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. February 26, 1937. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
6. "Staten Island Opens Mile-Long Viaduct: Thirty-four Grade Crossings Are Eliminated". nytimes.com. The New York Times. February 26, 1937. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
7. "Open S.I. Viaduct: Longest in Nation". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. February 26, 1937. Retrieved 19 July 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "NYCT NORTH SHORE ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS: Alternatives Analysis Report" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. August 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

• http://stationreporter.net/nshore.htm
• http://gretschviking.net/GOSIRTNorthShore.htm