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The station opened as part of a grade crossing elimination project on the South Beach Branch.<ref name=EdwardBommer>{{cite book|last1=Bommer|first1=Edward|title=Stations and Places Along the Staten Island Rapid Transit|date=2003|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzKvSWhrQBW4RlBVZGc5d0VNQ28/view|accessdate=19 November 2015}}</ref> This station was abandoned when the SIRT discontinued passenger service on the [[South Beach Branch]] to [[South Beach (Staten Island Railway station)|South Beach]] at midnight on March 31, 1953 because of city-operated bus competition.<ref name="SIRT">{{cite book |last=Pitanza |first=Marc |title=Staten Island Rapid Transit Images of Rail |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |year=2015 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eOSsCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA7&dq=staten+island+rapid+transit&hl=en |isbn=978-1-4671-2338-9}}</ref><ref name="drury">{{cite book |last=Drury |first=George H. |title=The Historical Guide to North American Railroads: Histories, Figures, and Features of more than 160 Railroads Abandoned or Merged since 1930 |publisher=[[Kalmbach Publishing]] |year=1994 |location=[[Waukesha, Wisconsin]] |pages=312–314 |isbn=0-89024-072-8}}</ref><ref name="1953Closure">{{cite news|title=The Old Order Passeth: Rails Surrender To Roads: Passenger Runs on Two Lines of SIRT Will End at Midnight|url=http://gretschviking.net/GOSIRTPage1_files/image009.jpg|accessdate=14 October 2015|publisher=Staten Island Advance|date=March 31, 1953}}</ref> The platforms continued to remain on this location into the 1960s.<ref name="Gary Owen Land 1953">{{cite web | title=Gary Owen’s SIRT Page | website=Gary Owen Land | date=1953-03-31 | url=http://www.gretschviking.net/GOSIRTPage1.htm | accessdate=2015-11-19}}</ref>
The station opened as part of a grade crossing elimination project on the South Beach Branch.<ref name=EdwardBommer>{{cite book|last1=Bommer|first1=Edward|title=Stations and Places Along the Staten Island Rapid Transit|date=2003|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzKvSWhrQBW4RlBVZGc5d0VNQ28/view|accessdate=19 November 2015}}</ref> This station was abandoned when the SIRT discontinued passenger service on the [[South Beach Branch]] to [[South Beach (Staten Island Railway station)|South Beach]] at midnight on March 31, 1953 because of city-operated bus competition.<ref name="SIRT">{{cite book |last=Pitanza |first=Marc |title=Staten Island Rapid Transit Images of Rail |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |year=2015 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eOSsCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA7&dq=staten+island+rapid+transit&hl=en |isbn=978-1-4671-2338-9}}</ref><ref name="drury">{{cite book |last=Drury |first=George H. |title=The Historical Guide to North American Railroads: Histories, Figures, and Features of more than 160 Railroads Abandoned or Merged since 1930 |publisher=[[Kalmbach Publishing]] |year=1994 |location=[[Waukesha, Wisconsin]] |pages=312–314 |isbn=0-89024-072-8}}</ref><ref name="1953Closure">{{cite news|title=The Old Order Passeth: Rails Surrender To Roads: Passenger Runs on Two Lines of SIRT Will End at Midnight|url=http://gretschviking.net/GOSIRTPage1_files/image009.jpg|accessdate=14 October 2015|publisher=Staten Island Advance|date=March 31, 1953}}</ref> The platforms continued to remain on this location into the 1960s.<ref name="Gary Owen Land 1953">{{cite web | title=Gary Owen’s SIRT Page | website=Gary Owen Land | date=1953-03-31 | url=http://www.gretschviking.net/GOSIRTPage1.htm | accessdate=2015-11-19}}</ref>


South of this station is the [[Robin Road Trestle]], which is the only remaining intact trestle along the South Beach Line. In the early 2000s developers purchased the property on either side of the trestle's abutments, but the developers, the [[New York City Department of Transportation]], and the [[New York City Transit Authority]] all claimed ownership of it. Consequently, [[terraced house|townhouses]] have built up against both sides of it.<ref name="Forgotten New York 2012">{{cite web | title=STATEN ISLAND RAILWAY | website=Forgotten New York | date=2012-03-29 | url=http://forgotten-ny.com/1999/07/staten-island-railway/ | accessdate=2015-10-08}}</ref><ref>[http://classic.forgotten-ny.com/NEIGHBORHOODS/arrochar/arrochar.html Arrochar and South Beach: In the Shadow of the 'Zano].</ref><ref name="Advance 2008">{{cite web | last=Advance | first=Staten Island | title=Permission to dream | website=SILive.com | date=2008-12-07 | url=http://blog.silive.com/sinotebook/2008/11/permission_to_dream.html | accessdate=2015-10-08}}</ref><ref name="Gary Owen Land 1937">{{cite web | title=Gary Owen SIRT Page Part Two | website=Gary Owen Land | date=1937-04-20 | url=http://www.gretschviking.net/GOSIRTPagePartTwo.htm | accessdate=2015-10-08}}</ref>
South of this station is the [[Robin Road Trestle]], which is the only remaining intact trestle along the South Beach Line. In the early 2000s developers purchased the property on either side of the trestle's abutments, but the developers, the [[New York City Department of Transportation]], and the [[New York City Transit Authority]] all claimed ownership of it. Consequently, [[terraced house|townhouses]] have built up against both sides of it.<ref name="Forgotten New York 2012">{{cite web | title=STATEN ISLAND RAILWAY | website=Forgotten New York | date=2012-03-29 | url=http://forgotten-ny.com/1999/07/staten-island-railway/ | accessdate=2015-10-08}}</ref><ref>[http://classic.forgotten-ny.com/NEIGHBORHOODS/arrochar/arrochar.html Arrochar and South Beach: In the Shadow of the 'Zano] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20120707105630/http://classic.forgotten-ny.com/NEIGHBORHOODS/arrochar/arrochar.html |date=2012-07-07 }}.</ref><ref name="Advance 2008">{{cite web | last=Advance | first=Staten Island | title=Permission to dream | website=SILive.com | date=2008-12-07 | url=http://blog.silive.com/sinotebook/2008/11/permission_to_dream.html | accessdate=2015-10-08}}</ref><ref name="Gary Owen Land 1937">{{cite web | title=Gary Owen SIRT Page Part Two | website=Gary Owen Land | date=1937-04-20 | url=http://www.gretschviking.net/GOSIRTPagePartTwo.htm | accessdate=2015-10-08}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 15:42, 1 August 2017

 Cedar Avenue
 
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
BoroughStaten Island
Coordinates40°35′48″N 74°03′56″W / 40.596583°N 74.065639°W / 40.596583; -74.065639 (Cedar Avenue Station)
Division[1]
LineSouth Beach Branch
Servicesnone
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
Opened1934; 90 years ago (1934)
ClosedMarch 31, 1953; 71 years ago (1953-03-31)
Traffic
2023[2]
Rank out of 423[2]
Location
Cedar Avenue station is located in New York City Subway
Cedar Avenue station
Cedar Avenue station is located in New York City
Cedar Avenue station
Cedar Avenue station is located in New York
Cedar Avenue station
Street map

Map

Cedar Avenue was a station on the demolished South Beach Branch of the Staten Island Railway. It had two tracks and two side platforms and was located at Cedar Avenue and Railroad Avenue.

History

The station opened as part of a grade crossing elimination project on the South Beach Branch.[3] This station was abandoned when the SIRT discontinued passenger service on the South Beach Branch to South Beach at midnight on March 31, 1953 because of city-operated bus competition.[4][5][6] The platforms continued to remain on this location into the 1960s.[7]

South of this station is the Robin Road Trestle, which is the only remaining intact trestle along the South Beach Line. In the early 2000s developers purchased the property on either side of the trestle's abutments, but the developers, the New York City Department of Transportation, and the New York City Transit Authority all claimed ownership of it. Consequently, townhouses have built up against both sides of it.[8][9][10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
  3. ^ Bommer, Edward (2003). Stations and Places Along the Staten Island Rapid Transit. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  4. ^ Pitanza, Marc (2015). Staten Island Rapid Transit Images of Rail. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4671-2338-9.
  5. ^ Drury, George H. (1994). The Historical Guide to North American Railroads: Histories, Figures, and Features of more than 160 Railroads Abandoned or Merged since 1930. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. pp. 312–314. ISBN 0-89024-072-8.
  6. ^ "The Old Order Passeth: Rails Surrender To Roads: Passenger Runs on Two Lines of SIRT Will End at Midnight". Staten Island Advance. March 31, 1953. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Gary Owen's SIRT Page". Gary Owen Land. 1953-03-31. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  8. ^ "STATEN ISLAND RAILWAY". Forgotten New York. 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
  9. ^ Arrochar and South Beach: In the Shadow of the 'Zano Archived 2012-07-07 at archive.today.
  10. ^ Advance, Staten Island (2008-12-07). "Permission to dream". SILive.com. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
  11. ^ "Gary Owen SIRT Page Part Two". Gary Owen Land. 1937-04-20. Retrieved 2015-10-08.


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