 The Erie Railroad was constructed through Sloatsburg from 1836 to 1841 , helping with the prosperity of the village , along with its population . The station was also near the Sterlington one , but it never served of great importance . The Sloatsburg station building was built in 1868 as a two @-@ story brick facade with a tin roof . The style of the building , according to the railroad 's 1920 engineering report , is a Type 6A style , with dimensions of 17 ' x 29 @.@ 5 ' x 19 ' . The station was equipped to host as a base for XG Radio from the Suffern Tower ( SF ) in Suffern . The Sloatsburg station served well for the nearby Greenwood Lake , with a stagecoach leaving the station three times day . The stagecoach was mainly inhabited by fishermen on their way to Greenwood Lake . 
