Oakwood Heights station
Oakwood Heights | |||
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 New York City Subway station (rapid transit) | |||
 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 | ||
| Division | [1] | ||
| Services | SIR Main Line | ||
| Transit |  New York City Bus: S57 | ||
| Structure | Open-cut | ||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||
| Tracks | 2 | ||
| Other information | |||
| Opened | April 23, 1860[2] | ||
| Former/other names | Richmond Court House Oakwood | ||
| Traffic | |||
| 2023 | [3] | ||
| Rank | out of 423[3] | ||
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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 | ||
The station opened as Richmond on April 23, 1860, with the opening of the Staten Island Railway from Vanderbilt's Landing to Eltingville.[2][4] The station was named Richmond[5][better source needed] as the station was on the border between Richmond and Oakwood. Afterwards, sometime around 1885 the station was renamed Court House.[6] The station was later renamed Oakwood,[7] 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.[6]
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
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Poster for opening of Staten Island Railway
- ^ "File:Staten Island Railway 1867.jpg". wikipedia.org. June 1868 first edition of the Official Guide of the Railways.
- ^ a b "File:A Map of the Staten Island Rapid Transit Company from 1885.png". wikimedia.org.
- ^ "SIRT 1915 Ticket". Flickr — Photo Sharing!.
