Dongan Hills (Staten Island Railway station)

Dongan Hills Staten Island Railway rapid transit station
Southbound platform
Station statistics
Address	Seaview Avenue & North Railroad Avenue Staten Island, NY 10304
Borough	Staten Island
Locale	Dongan Hills
Coordinates	40°35′20″N 74°05′45″W / 40.5890°N 74.0959°W / 40.5890; -74.0959 (Dongan Hills Station)Coordinates: 40°35′20″N 74°05′45″W / 40.5890°N 74.0959°W / 40.5890; -74.0959 (Dongan Hills Station)
Services	SIR Main Line
Structure	Embankment
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	April 23, 1860[1]
Accessible
Station succession
Preceding station   Staten Island Railway   Following station Old Town toward St. George Main Line Jefferson Avenue toward Great Kills or Tottenville Saint George toward St. George Main Line Great Kills toward Great Kills or Tottenville

Dongan Hills is a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Dongan Hills, Staten Island, New York. It is located on an embankment at Seaview Avenue and Railroad Avenue on the main line. It has two side platforms and beige canopies. This station is handicapped accessible in compliance of Americans with Disabilities Act with ramps at the south end that lead to Seaview Avenue. The marble wall at street level on the south end shows when the line was converted from grade level to the current embankment level today. The grade separation took place in 1933. The staircases at the north end lead to Garretson Avenue. Free parking is available on a small lot adjacent to the northbound platform, which is owned by the MTA, the agency that controls the rail line. The brick stationhouse is unusually positioned on the northbound side at platform level, unlike other SIR stationhouses which are usually located on street level. The Dongan Hills stationhouse had a ticket booth and benches until 1987, and then a vending machine for tokens until July 1997.

South of this station, there is an additional third track that once served a coal distributor. Grates between the rails led to chutes which now open into the backyards of homes that run alongside the embankment.

References

1. ^ Irvin Leigh and Paul Matus (December 23, 2001). "SIRT The Essential History". p. 4. http://www.thethirdrail.net/0201/sirt4.html. Retrieved 2009-03-03. 

External links

• Staten Island Railway station list
• Staten Island Railway general information
• Garretson Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Seaview Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View