title: Stapleton station
text: # Stapleton station
  
  The Stapleton station is an elevated Staten Island Railway station in the neighborhood of Stapleton, Staten Island, New York, located at Bay Street and Prospect Street on the main line.
  
  ## History
  
  This station opened on July 31, 1884, with the extension of the SIRT from Vanderbilt's Landing to Tompkinsville. Stapleton was rehabilitated in 1936 as part of a grade crossing elimination project.
  
  ## Station layout
  
  | P Platform level | Southbound | ← toward Tottenville (Clifton) ← rush hour express does not stop here |
  | - | - | - |
  | Island platform ||
  | P Platform level | Northbound | → toward St. George (Tompkinsville) → → AM rush express does not stop here → |
  | G | Street level | Exit/entrance |
  
  The station has an island platform and two tracks. South of the station, tracks diverge from the line on the Saint George-bound side to the Clifton Yard. This is where the railway cars are moved from the Staten Island Railway by truck to get work done at the Coney Island Shops.
  
  ### Exits
  
  The north end has an exit to Prospect Street and a New York City Department of Transportation Park and Ride facility to the west side of the right-of-way (next to Bay Street). The south end exits to Water Street and Bay Street.
  
  