[5] The Metropolitan Transportation Authority purchased and gained control of the Staten Island Rapid Transit in 1971, and started to modernize the rail line.

As a result, these two stations were the only visual remains of a time when the SIRT built new platforms in the 1960s during a multi-phase grade elimination project farther north but without adding new canopies or shelters at these stops.

[7] Construction on the replacement Arthur Kill station commenced in October 2013,[8][9][4][7] and after several delays opened on January 21, 2017.

[11][12] Located roughly at Fisher Avenue and Arthur Kill Road on the main line, it was at grade level with side platforms approximately 80 feet (24 m) long that could hold only one car.

An overpass linked both platforms; this was the last surviving remnant of the station prior to its demolition in 2022.