While it had been considered part of Tottenville, it became its own neighborhood once the area was named Richmond Valley by the SIR.

[10] The project, which began on June 4, 2018, would repair the station's concrete structure, platforms, staircases, canopies and columns.

[11][12] Directly to the south of the station, a non-electrified spur branched off of the Tottenville-bound track, which once ran all the way to the Arthur Kill.

The spur, built in 1928, was called the West Shore Line by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O), which owned the Staten Island Rapid Transit.

[14] Until 2013, the track remained intact to Page Avenue, with the right-of-way ballasted,[15] and with the switch in working condition to allow for trains to be stored, as evidenced by the fouling point sign.

[22][better source needed] Mill Creek, which leads to the Arthur Kill, passes beneath part of the platform,[23] and travels underneath the SIR through a culvert.

[24] Media related to Richmond Valley (Staten Island Railway station) at Wikimedia Commons