Fort Wadsworth (Staten Island Railway station)

Fort Wadsworth
Former Staten Island Railway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Borough	Staten Island
Coordinates	40°36′25″N 74°03′59″W / 40.606972°N 74.066472°WCoordinates: 40°36′25″N 74°03′59″W / 40.606972°N 74.066472°W
Line	South Beach Branch
Services	none
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	March 8, 1886
Closed	March 31, 1953
Station succession
Preceding station   Staten Island Railway   Following station Belair Road toward Clifton South Beach Branch closed Arrochar toward Wentworth Avenue

Fort Wadsworth was a station on the demolished South Beach Branch of the Staten Island Railway, near the historic Fort Wadsworth. It had two side platforms and two tracks, and was located at Fingerboard Road.

This station was abandoned when the SIRT discontinued passenger service on the South Beach Branch to Wentworth Avenue at midnight on March 31, 1953 because of city-operated bus competition.^[1][2][3][4]

The unused station, overgrown with weeds, remained in place until the 1970s. At this time, the location where the station and tracks previously existed, at what is currently the intersection of Tompkins Avenue and Lyman Avenue in Rosebank/Fort Wadsworth, is now occupied by a collection of town home homes which are of noticeably newer vintage than the surrounding residences. The path of the former track leading to South Beach, at a lower grade, is now occupied by a power substation.

References

1. "Gary Owen SIRT Page Part Two". Gary Owen Land. 1937-04-20. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
2. Pitanza, Marc (2015). Staten Island Rapid Transit Images of Rail. Arcadia Pubishing. ISBN 978-1-4671-2338-9.
3. 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.
4. "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.

External links

• Gary Owen’s S.I.R.T. South Beach Line Page