Dongan Hills (Staten Island Railway station)
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| Dongan Hills {{NYCS {{{service}}}|time=bullets}} |
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Staten Island Railway station |
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| Services | time=full}} |
| Platforms | 2 side platforms |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Other | |
| Borough | Staten Island |
| Opened | Unknown |
| Accessible |  |
| Next north | Old Town |
| Next south | Jefferson Avenue |
Dongan Hills is a Staten Island Railway train station in the neighborhood of Dongan Hills, Staten Island, New York. It is located on at embankment at Seaview Avenue and Railroad Avenue on the main line. It has two side platforms and beige canopies. This station is handicapped accessible in compliance of Americans with Disabilities Act with ramps at the south end that lead to Seaview Avenue. The marble wall at street level on this end shows when the line was converted from grade level to the current embankment level today, which took place in 1933. The staircases at the north end lead to Garretson Avenue. Some free parking is available on a small lot adjacent to the northbound platform platform. The brick stationhouse is unusually positioned on northbound platform level, unlike other houses which are usually located on street level. This house had a ticket booth and benches until 1987, and then a token vending machine until July 1997.
South of this station, there is an additional third track that once served a late coal distributor. Grates between the rails led to chutes which now open into the backyards of homes that run alongside the embankment.
