Staten Island Railway Development: Great Kills to Huguenot – Staten Island NY

City:
Staten Island, NY

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Mass Transportation

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

Started:
1938

Completed:
1940

Description

“Between 1938 and 1940, a grade crossing elimination project was undertaken over three miles” of the Staten Island Railway “between Great Kills and Huguenot, eliminating seven grade crossings…” The Public Works Administration (PWA) provided a $1,294,000 grant toward this $3 million project. “The line was depressed into an open cut between Great Kills and Huguenot, with the exception of a section through Eltingville where it was elevated.Four stations—Great Kills, Eltingville, Annadale and Huguenot—were completely replaced with new stations along the rebuilt right-of-way. The project started on July 13, 1938, and was completed in October 1940. The stations themselves were completed in 1939, and therefore have the date 1939 inscribed either on road overpasses or on railroad bridges.”

Source notes

The New York Times: "$3,000,000 PWA JOB STARTS HERE TODAY: Work of Eliminating 15 Grade Crossings on Staten Island to Take 18 Months," July 13, 1938.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Staten_Island_Railway

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 8, 2018.

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