East Indian communities, Panchkalshi or Somvanshi Kshatriya Pathare (SKP) and Koli's are the native people of this area.

[1] The expansion, involving two additional platforms and an elevated deck with passenger amenities (on the western side of the existing station) was completed in 2018.

Goregaon Bus Depot, however, is located away from the railway station, on Link Road.

The link road has seen an increase in the traffic of late after the commencement of the Mumbai Metro construction work.

Goregaon shares a coundary with the Sanjay Gandhi National Park from the south-western side and is home to the Conservation Education Centre (CEC), run by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS).