New Brighton station (Staten Island Railway)

New Brighton
Former Staten Island Railway station
General information
LocationWestervelt Avenue & Richmond Terrace
Staten Island
Coordinates40°38′49″N 74°05′21″W / 40.6469°N 74.0893°W / 40.6469; -74.0893 (New Brighton station)
Line(s)North Shore Branch
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
History
OpenedFebruary 23, 1886; 138 years ago (1886-02-23)
ClosedMarch 31, 1953; 71 years ago (1953-03-31)
Previous namesWestervelt Avenue[1]
Former services
Preceding station Staten Island Railway Following station
Sailors' Snug Harbor
toward Port Ivory
 North Shore Branch St. George
Terminus

New Brighton was a station on the abandoned North Shore Branch of the Staten Island Railway. It had two tracks and two side platforms. It was located in the New Brighton section of Staten Island, at the north end of Westervelt Avenue and Richmond Terrace (near Jersey Street).[2] It was the closest original North Shore station to the Saint George Terminal, 0.7 miles (1.1 km) from the station.[3]

  1. ^ Roger P. Roess; Gene Sansone (August 23, 2012). The Wheels That Drove New York: A History of the New York City Transit System. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 416–417. ISBN 978-3-642-30484-2.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference SIRT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ 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 July 31, 2015.