Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[New Dorp Railroad Station] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Photographer |
Fingado, Raymond C. |
Date |
January 1942 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print. Diagonal front and side view of the Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad Station in New Dorp, Staten Island. Train tracks and wooden platforms are in the foreground; behind the station is a street with buildings; one brick building has a sign "BARBER SHOP." A man wearing a coat and hat is at the far right of the photo. (Keywords: HRT, New York City, Twentieth Century) |
Print size |
3.5 x 4.750 |
Ownership and History |
This railroad station once served the neighborhood of New Dorp. Its original location was near Rose Avenue and 6th Street (now New Dorp Plaza). It was built in 1889 and moved to Historic Richmond Town in 1965. |
Earliest Date |
1942 |
Latest Date |
1942 |
Subjects |
Railroad stations |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
PH01.0188 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, April 2016. |
Legal Status |
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