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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 |
'''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 is currently an empty area with weeds). |
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==History== |
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This station was the last stop on the South Beach Branch, and was the smallest and eastern-most [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] station.<ref name=EdwardBommer>{{cite book|last1=Bommer|first1=Edward|title=Stations and Places Along the Staten Island Rapid Transit|date=2003|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzKvSWhrQBW4RlBVZGc5d0VNQ28/view|accessdate=19 November 2015}}</ref> The South Beach Branch was planned to continue past this point to Prominard Street at Oakwood Beach, but was not built beyond Wentworth Avenue because the family farm of the Vanderbilt's would have been crossed.<ref name=EdwardBommer /> This station was built in 1925, when the South Beach Branch was electrified.<ref name=EdwardBommer /><ref name="Gary Owen Land 1937">{{cite web | title=Gary Owen SIRT Page Part Two | website=Gary Owen Land | date=1937-04-20 | url=http://www.gretschviking.net/GOSIRTPagePartTwo.htm | accessdate=2015-10-08}}</ref> This platform was only a door's length, and had to be keyed open by the conductor.<ref name=EdwardBommer /><ref name="Gary Owen Land 1937"><ref name="Wentworth">[http://www.gretschviking.net/GOSIRTPagePartTwo_files/image120.jpg Wentworth Avenue Station Plans]</ref> The platform's length was 20 feet 11 inches.<ref name="Wentworth"> The station had electric lights, but there was no electrical switch for them at the station.<ref name="Gary Owen Land 1937"> The lights were controlled by the ticket agent at [[South Beach (Staten Island Railway station)|South Beach]].<ref name="Gary Owen Land 1937"> This station was abandoned when the SIRT discontinued passenger service on the [[South Beach Branch]] to [[South Beach (Staten Island Railway station)|South Beach]] at midnight on March 31, 1953 because of city-operated bus competition.<ref name="Gary Owen Land 1937"><ref name="SIRT">{{cite book |last=Pitanza |first=Marc |title=Staten Island Rapid Transit Images of Rail |publisher=Arcadia Pubishing |year=2015 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eOSsCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA7&dq=staten+island+rapid+transit&hl=en |isbn=978-1-4671-2338-9}}</ref><ref name="drury">{{cite book |last=Drury |first=George H. |title=The Historical Guide to North American Railroads: Histories, Figures, and Features of more than 160 Railroads Abandoned or Merged since 1930 |publisher=[[Kalmbach Publishing]] |year=1994 |location=[[Waukesha, Wisconsin]] |pages=312–314 |isbn=0-89024-072-8}}</ref><ref name="1953Closure">{{cite news|title=The Old Order Passeth: Rails Surrender To Roads: Passenger Runs on Two Lines of SIRT Will End at Midnight|url=http://gretschviking.net/GOSIRTPage1_files/image009.jpg|accessdate=14 October 2015|publisher=Staten Island Advance|date=March 31, 1953}}</ref> All traces of the stations have been eliminated, which includes the adjacent streets and access road.<ref name="Gary Owen Land 1937"> |
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* {{cite web| author=Peggy Darlington| url=http://www.stationreporter.net/sbeach.htm| title=Staten Island Railway South Shore Line Wentworth Avenue to St. George| year=2011| work=Station Reporter| }} |
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* [http://www.gretschviking.net/GOSIRTPage1.htm Gary Owen’s S.I.R.T. South Beach Line Page] |
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Revision as of 00:31, 20 November 2015
Wentworth Avenue | |||
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 New York City Subway station (rapid transit) | |||
| Station statistics | |||
| Borough | Staten Island | ||
| Coordinates | 40°35′20.5″N 74°04′11.5″W / 40.589028°N 74.069861°W | ||
| Division | [1] | ||
| Line | South Beach Branch | ||
| Services | none | ||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||
| Tracks | 1 | ||
| Other information | |||
| Opened | 1925[2] | ||
| Closed | March 31, 1953 | ||
| Traffic | |||
| 2023 | [3] | ||
| Rank | out of 423[3] | ||
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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 is currently an empty area with weeds).
History
This station was the last stop on the South Beach Branch, and was the smallest and eastern-most Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station.[4] The South Beach Branch was planned to continue past this point to Prominard Street at Oakwood Beach, but was not built beyond Wentworth Avenue because the family farm of the Vanderbilt's would have been crossed.[4] This station was built in 1925, when the South Beach Branch was electrified.[4][5] This platform was only a door's length, and had to be keyed open by the conductor.[4]Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). The platform's length was 20 feet 11 inches.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).[6][7] All traces of the stations have been eliminated, which includes the adjacent streets and access road.<ref name="Gary Owen Land 1937">
References
- ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ [1]
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ a b c d Bommer, Edward (2003). Stations and Places Along the Staten Island Rapid Transit. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
- ^ "Gary Owen SIRT Page Part Two". Gary Owen Land. 1937-04-20. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
- ^ Drury, George H. (1994). The Historical Guide to North American Railroads: Histories, Figures, and Features of more than 160 Railroads Abandoned or Merged since 1930. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. pp. 312–314. 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 14 October 2015.
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