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Nassau (Staten Island Railway station)
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Nassau is a Staten Island Railway
station located roughly between the neighborhoods of Tottenville
(on the south) and Charleston
(on the north), in Staten Island
, New York
. In the St. George bound direction it is located at Bethel Avenue and Saint Andrews Place. In the Tottenville bound direction it is at the end of Nassau place. This station contains two four-car length side platform
s with an overpass and exits at the south end. The staircase to St. Andrews Place on the east side has no canopy.
An abandoned siding sits next to the southbound platform, which used to serve the Nassau Smelting & Refining Company, for which the station was originally named. The factory opened in 1882 as the Tottenville Copper Works and changed its name in 1931 to the Nassau Smelting & Refining Company. As a subsidiary of Bell System's Western Electric
division, the factory recycled obsolete telephone equipment and manufactured copper wire and solder. For more than 20 years the site was a vacant brownfield, until 2007, when the land was cleaned up and is now environmentally safe for future development. West of the station is all vacant land.
The Arthur Kill Road
station is planned to replace this station and the Atlantic
station to the west.
Staten Island Railway
The Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority, publicly known as MTA Staten Island Railway or SIR, is the operator of the lone rapid transit line in the borough of Staten Island, New York City, USA...
station located roughly between the neighborhoods of Tottenville
Tottenville, Staten Island
Tottenville with an area of approx. , is the southernmost neighborhood of Staten Island, New York City and New York State. Originally named Bentley Manor by one of its first settlers, Captain Christopher Billop , after a small ship he owned named the Bentley, the district was renamed Tottenville in...
(on the south) and Charleston
Charleston, Staten Island
Charleston is the name of a neighborhood, or section, of New York City's borough of Staten Island. It is located on the island's South Shore, with Tottenville to the south, Pleasant Plains to the East, Rossville to the north, and the Arthur Kill to the west....
(on the north), in Staten Island
Staten Island
Staten Island is a borough of New York City, New York, United States, located in the southwest part of the city. Staten Island is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. In the St. George bound direction it is located at Bethel Avenue and Saint Andrews Place. In the Tottenville bound direction it is at the end of Nassau place. This station contains two four-car length side platform
Side platform
A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...
s with an overpass and exits at the south end. The staircase to St. Andrews Place on the east side has no canopy.
An abandoned siding sits next to the southbound platform, which used to serve the Nassau Smelting & Refining Company, for which the station was originally named. The factory opened in 1882 as the Tottenville Copper Works and changed its name in 1931 to the Nassau Smelting & Refining Company. As a subsidiary of Bell System's Western Electric
Western Electric
Western Electric Company was an American electrical engineering company, the manufacturing arm of AT&T from 1881 to 1995. It was the scene of a number of technological innovations and also some seminal developments in industrial management...
division, the factory recycled obsolete telephone equipment and manufactured copper wire and solder. For more than 20 years the site was a vacant brownfield, until 2007, when the land was cleaned up and is now environmentally safe for future development. West of the station is all vacant land.
The Arthur Kill Road
Arthur Kill Road (Staten Island Railway station)
Arthur Kill is a planned future station on the Staten Island Railway that will replace the Atlantic and Nassau stations. It will be accessible to disabled persons and include a 150-car parking lot on property owned by SIR...
station is planned to replace this station and the Atlantic
Atlantic (Staten Island Railway station)
Atlantic is a Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Tottenville, Staten Island, New York. Located roughly at Fisher Avenue and Arthur Kill Road on the main line, it is at grade level with side platforms that can hold only one car. Unlike most short platforms where the first car goes...
station to the west.