Wentworth Avenue station
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Wentworth Avenue | |||||||||||
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Former Staten Island Railway station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Staten Island | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°35′21″N 74°04′11″W / 40.589028°N 74.069861°W | ||||||||||
Line(s) | South Beach Branch | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1925[1] | ||||||||||
Closed | March 31, 1953 | ||||||||||
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Wentworth Avenue was a station on the demolished South Beach Branch of the Staten Island Railway. It had one side platform served by one track and was located at Oceanside Avenue and Wentworth Avenue, which has been restored to a Bluebelt wetland since its acquisition by the NYC DEP as part of the South Beach Drainage Plan. Much of the area along the coast nearby has been similarly acquired by city or state agencies in order to allow for storm protection since the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy.
History
This station was the last stop on the South Beach Branch, and was the smallest and easternmost
South Beach controlled the lights.[3] This station was abandoned when the SIRT discontinued passenger service on the entire South Beach Branch at midnight on March 31, 1953, because of city-operated bus competition.[3][5][6][7] All traces of the station have been eliminated, as well as adjacent streets and access roads.[3]
References
- ^ "Gary Owen SIRT Page Part Two". Retrieved April 11, 2016.
- ^ a b c d Bommer, Edward (2003). Stations and Places Along the Staten Island Rapid Transit. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f "Gary Owen SIRT Page Part Two". Gary Owen Land. April 20, 1937. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ^ a b Wentworth Avenue Station Plans
- ISBN 978-1-4671-2338-9.
- ISBN 0-89024-072-8.
- ^ "The Old Order Passeth: Rails Surrender To Roads: Passenger Runs on Two Lines of SIRT Will End at Midnight". Staten Island Advance. March 31, 1953. Retrieved October 14, 2015.