Maspeth was a station along the Lower Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It was opened in the vicinity of St. Saviour's Church as a rapid-transit stop on February 4, 1895, at what is now 58th Avenue and Rust Street[2] in Maspeth, Queens. The station closed in October 1903.[4] It was reopened at an unknown date[3] and closed again in 1924[3] or 1925.[4] The station building was removed in 1925 and the station stop itself was discontinued.[4][3] Currently the area is the site of freight activity by the New York and Atlantic Railway.[5]
Maspeth | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Rust Street and 58th Avenue[1] Maspeth, Queens, New York | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°43′22″N 73°54′51″W / 40.722833°N 73.914056°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | LIRR | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Montauk Branch | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | February 4, 1895[2] | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1924[3] or 1925[4] | ||||||||||
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References
edit- ^ "Maspeth's two long lost railroad stations". Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ a b “Rapid Transit Services” in Vincent F. Seyfried: The Long Island Rail Road: a comprehensive history, part six: The Golden Age, 1881–1900. Page 170 Archived 2015-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d "LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com)". Archived from the original on 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
- ^ a b c d “Station List” in Vincent F. Seyfried: The Long Island Rail Road: a comprehensive history, part six: The Golden Age, 1881–1900. Page 266 Archived 2015-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ NYA Maspeth Freight (TrainsAreFun.com)