Grant City (Staten Island Railway station)

Grant City
Staten Island Railway rapid transit station
Southbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Lincoln Avenue & North Railroad Avenue Staten Island, NY 10306
Borough	Staten Island
Locale	Grant City
Coordinates	40°34′45″N 74°06′33″W / 40.5793°N 74.1093°WCoordinates: 40°34′45″N 74°06′33″W / 40.5793°N 74.1093°W
Services	SIR Main Line
Transit connections	New York City Bus: S51
Structure	Open-cut
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	April 23, 1860[1]
Rebuilt	1965-1968
Station succession
Preceding station   Staten Island Railway   Following station Jefferson Avenue toward St. George Main Line New Dorp toward Great Kills or Tottenville

Grant City is a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Grant City, 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 (New Dorp)
	Northbound	→ Main toward St. George (Jefferson Avenue) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

The station opened on April 23, 1860, with the opening of the Staten Island Railway from Vanderbilt's Landing to Eltingville.^[1][2] Prior to 1965, the Grant City Station was at grade level. In the mid-to-late-1960s construction began on eliminating the crossings from Jefferson Avenue to New Dorp. The tracks were displaced onto South Railroad Avenue and the station was relocated during the construction.^[3]

Currently, the station is located on an open cut at Lincoln Avenue and Railroad Avenue on the main line. It has two side platforms and aqua green walls. There are two exits; the main exit at the south end leads to Lincoln Avenue and has brick a station house on street level. There are no benches inside the station house. The secondary exit at the middle of this station leads to Fremont Avenue on both sides and utilizes an overpass to connect both platforms.

Bus connection

• S51, S81

References

1. 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. Grant City - Staten Island Railway station (NYCSubway.org)

External links

• Staten Island Railway station list
• Staten Island Railway general information
• Lincoln Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Fremont Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View