Alrighty, so to go with the runner-up result in the poll I posted for what to do for this year’s Christmas special, “H E L L” got the runner-up. So, welcome to HELL.
Eltingville is an inaccessible station on the Staten Island Railway. The platform is pretty standard with questionably accurate countdown clocks, benches, trash bins, and even a (locked at the time of visiting) station house! Neat! As it isn’t an accessible station, however, one has to access platforms by stairs and only stairs. Yeah, sorry. It does, however, have a number of bus connections at street level. Sorry, not too much to remark about this station.
The good: It exists, and the area is relatively dense-ish? Even though it’s very suburban, the houses are a bit packed tightly. Also, there’s a decent amount of bus connections.
The bad: IT’S NOT ACCESSIBLE! NOT EVEN A TACTILE STRIP. And, the station house was locked with zero indication of when they’re open.
Nearby points of interest: Not much, given it’s suburban Staten Island. I mean, there is a YMCA and some marshes. But that may be stretching it a bit.
Transit connections:
SI Railway
MTA bus (S59, S79-“SBS”, S89, SIM1, SIM1C, SIM7, SIM10, SIM22)
Overall, this station is hell. But is it as bad as Tottenville? Not quite. But, it’s still not a good station. At least it has more buses?
Rating: 5.5/10
