Clifton station (Staten Island Railway)
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Clifton | |||
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 New York City Subway station (rapid transit) | |||
 Sign at Clifton SIR Station | |||
| Station statistics | |||
| Address | Bay Street & Townsend Avenue Staten Island, NY 10304 | ||
| Borough | Staten Island | ||
| Locale | Clifton | ||
| Coordinates | 40°37′17″N 74°04′17″W / 40.6215°N 74.0715°W | ||
| Division | [1] | ||
| Services | SIR Bay Street Line | ||
| Structure | Embankment | ||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||
| Tracks | 2 | ||
| Other information | |||
| Opened | April 23, 1860[2] | ||
| Former/other names | Vanderbilt's Landing | ||
| Traffic | |||
| 2023 | [3] | ||
| Rank | out of 423[3] | ||
| Station succession | |||
| Next north | Stapleton (Bay Street Line), some trains run express to St George from this point | ||
| Next south | Grasmere (Hylan Line) Bachman (South Beach Line - closed) | ||
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Clifton is a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Clifton, Staten Island, New York. It is located at Norwood Avenue and Bay Street on the main line. It is located on an embankment with side platforms and beige canopies. The north end has exits on both platforms that lead to Bay Street. The southbound platform has winding stairs to Townsend Avenue while the northbound platform has stairs under the right-of-way to Midwood Avenue. The northbound platform also has a second staircase on Bay and Edgewater Streets, which is not present on the southbound side. On Bay Street (sidewalk level) and facing the platform above, are remains of the original steps up to the old station platform, which became inaccessible when the platforms were extended in the 1990s. On the southbound side there is a station house on the outside, but only a shelter on the platform. Some of the boarded up windows and layout of the brick shelter suggest that it was originally a station house.
The SIR Clifton Yard is next to the northbound track, with yard leads and signals north of Clifton station. South of the station are the remains of the South Beach Branch turnout and a dismantled bridge.[4] To the south, a spur on a pair of I-beams on concrete pillars is the location of an old coal, concrete, and lumber business. At Clifton the SIR main line turns southward to Tottenville, and it no longer runs along the harbor front.
Bus Connection
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Irvin Leigh and Paul Matus (December 23, 2001). "SIRT The Essential History". p. 4. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ "Gary Owen's SIRT Page". Retrieved 2009-03-01.
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