Metropolitan Avenue station (LIRR)

Metropolitan Avenue was a train station along the Bushwick Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, located at Metropolitan Avenue near Woodward Avenue in Maspeth, Queens. Its opening date is unknown but it closed with the end of passenger service on the Bushwick Branch on May 13, 1924 and was removed afterwards. Right next to the station is one of the level crossings in New York City.[1]

Metropolitan Avenue
General information
LocationMetropolitan Avenue near Woodward Avenue
Maspeth, Queens, New York
Coordinates40°42′49.4″N 73°55′10″W / 40.713722°N 73.91944°W / 40.713722; -73.91944
Line(s)Bushwick Branch
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
History
ClosedMay 13, 1924
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road
Following station
Bushwick
Terminus
Bushwick Branch Bushwick Junction
Terminus

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