The Oakwood Heights station is a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Oakwood, Staten Island, New York.
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 Staten Island Railway station (rapid transit) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Guyon Avenue and South Railroad Avenue Oakwood, Staten Island | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°33′53″N 74°07′37″W / 40.5647°N 74.1269°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  NYCT Bus: S57 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Open-cut | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 511 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | April 23, 1860[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Richmond Court House Oakwood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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History
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The station opened as Richmond on April 23, 1860, with the opening of the Staten Island Railway from Vanderbilt's Landing to Eltingville.[1][2] The station was named Richmond[3] as the station was on the border between Richmond and Oakwood. Afterwards, sometime around 1885 the station was renamed Court House.[4] The station was a flag stop.[5] The station was later renamed Oakwood,[6] 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.[4]
Station layout
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The station is located on an open cut at Guyon Avenue and Railroad Avenue. It has two side platforms and beige painted walls. This station is used frequently by students of the nearby Monsignor Farrell High School.
| Mezzanine | Overpass | Exit/entrance, connection between platforms |
| Ground | Street level | Station house, exit/entrance, buses |
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Side platform | |
| Southbound | ←  toward Tottenville (Bay Terrace)← rush hour express does not stop here
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| Northbound | toward St. George (New Dorp) →
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Exits
editThe north end has an overpass with two exits, one to Oak Avenue for the northbound platform, and the other to Cedarview Avenue for the southbound platform side. Another exit at the south end leads to Guyon Avenue.[7]
Bus connection
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Irvin Leigh and Paul Matus (December 23, 2001). "SIRT The Essential History". p. 4. Retrieved March 3, 2009.
- ^ Poster for opening of Staten Island Railway
- ^ June 1868 first edition of the Official Guide of the Railways, facsimile reprinted in 1968. Staten Island Railway – via Wikimedia Commons.
- ^ a b Map of the Staten Island Rapid Transit Company from 1885. 1885 – via Wikimedia Commons.
- ^ "1887 SIRT Timetable". Flickr. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
- ^ "SIRT 1915 Ticket". Flickr — Photo Sharing!.
- ^ "Map of NYC Subway Entrances". NYC Open Data. City of New York. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
External links
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Media related to Oakwood Heights (Staten Island Railway station) at Wikimedia Commons