Stapleton station

For the Australian cattle farm, see Stapleton Station (pastoral lease).

Stapleton
File:MTA NYC logo.svg Staten Island Railway station (rapid transit)
File:Stapleton vc.jpg Station platform
General information
Location	Bay Street and Prospect Street Stapleton, Staten Island
Coordinates	40.627889°N 74.075139°W / 40.627889; -74.075139
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus transport NYCT Bus: S51, S52, S74, S76, S78, S81, S84, S86
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Station code	503
History
Opened	July 31, 1884
Rebuilt	1936
Services
Preceding station File:MTA NYC logo.svg Staten Island Railway Following station Tompkinsville toward St. George File:NYCS-bull-trans-SIR-Std.svg Clifton toward Tottenville
Track layout File:BSicon dMFADEg.svg File:BSicon udSTR.svg File:BSicon dMFADEg.svg File:BSicon udSTR.svg to Tompkinsville File:BSicon udSTRf.svg File:BSicon udSTRg.svg File:BSicon numN000.svg File:BSicon uSHI1+l.svg File:BSicon uSHI1+r.svg File:BSicon udSTR.svg File:BSicon dPLT.svg File:BSicon udSTR.svg File:BSicon udSTR.svg File:BSicon dPLT.svg File:BSicon udSTR.svg File:BSicon udSTR.svg File:BSicon dPLT.svg File:BSicon udSTR.svg File:BSicon uSHI1l.svg File:BSicon uSHI1r.svg File:BSicon udSTRf.svg File:BSicon udSTRg.svg File:BSicon dMFADEf.svg File:BSicon udSTR.svg File:BSicon dMFADEf.svg File:BSicon udSTR.svg to Clifton
Location

The Stapleton station is an elevated Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Stapleton, Staten Island, New York, located at Bay Street and Prospect Street on the main line.

History

This station opened on July 31, 1884, with the extension of the SIRT from Vanderbilt's Landing to Tompkinsville. Stapleton was rehabilitated in 1936 as part of a grade crossing elimination project.

Station layout

P Platform level	Southbound	← File:NYCS-bull-trans-SIR-Std.svg toward Tottenville (Clifton) ← File:NYCS-bull-trans-SIR-Std.svg rush hour express does not stop here
	Island platform
	Northbound	→ File:NYCS-bull-trans-SIR-Std.svg toward St. George (Tompkinsville) → → File:NYCS-bull-trans-SIR-Std.svg AM rush express does not stop here →
G	Street level	Exit/entrance

The station has an island platform and two tracks. South of the station, tracks diverge from the line on the Saint George-bound side to the Clifton Yard. This is where the railway cars are moved from the Staten Island Railway by truck to get work done at the Coney Island Shops.

Exits

The north end has an exit to Prospect Street and a New York City Department of Transportation Park and Ride facility to the west side of the right-of-way (next to Bay Street). The south end exits to Water Street and Bay Street.

External links

• File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Stapleton (Staten Island Railway station) at Wikimedia Commons
• Staten Island Railway station list
• Staten Island Railway general information
• Platform from Google Maps Street View