Old Town station (Staten Island Railway)

The Old Town station is a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Old Town, Staten Island, New York.

Old Town
Staten Island Railway station (rapid transit)
Northbound platform
General information
Location	Old Town Road and North Railroad Avenue Old Town, Staten Island
Coordinates	40.5964°N 74.0875°W / 40.5964; -74.0875
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Embankment
Other information
Station code	506
History
Opened	1937[a]
Previous names	Old Town Road
Services
Preceding station Staten Island Railway Following station Grasmere toward St. George Dongan Hills toward Tottenville
Track layout Legend to Grasmere to Dongan Hills
Location

History

The station opened toward the beginning of 1937,^[1][2][3] likely during a grade crossing elimination project. The original name of the station was "Old Town Road"; the "Road" was dropped soon after the Metropolitan Transportation Authority assumed control of the Staten Island Railway from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1971 (the MTA concurrently shortened the name of the Huguenot Park station to simply "Huguenot").

Station layout

Southbound stair

The station is located on an embankment at Railroad Avenue on the main line. It has two side platforms, and metal orange canopies and walls. Just north of this station, a spur that had multiple purposes and served the press building of the Staten Island Advance newspaper is nowadays used as a storage spur for ballast cars.

Platform level	Side platform
	Southbound	← toward Tottenville (Dongan Hills) ← rush hour express does not stop here
	Northbound	→ toward St. George (Grasmere) → → AM rush express does not stop here →
	Side platform
Ground	Street level	Exit/entrance, buses

Exits

The exit at the south end leads to Old Town Road. An additional staircase at the north end of the northbound platform leads to a roadway to Dawson Place and Oregon Road.^[4]