| Maspeth | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Rust Street and 58th Avenue Maspeth, Queens, New York | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°43′22″N 73°54′51″W / 40.722833°N 73.914056°W / 40.722833; -73.914056 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | LIRR | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Montauk Branch | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | February 4, 1895 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1924 or 1925 | ||||||||||
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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 in Maspeth, Queens. The station closed in October 1903. It was reopened at an unknown date and closed again in 1924 or 1925. The station building was removed in 1925 and the station stop itself was discontinued. Currently the area is the site of freight activity by the New York and Atlantic Railway.
References
- "Maspeth's two long lost railroad stations". Retrieved 2024-10-07.
- ^ “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
- ^ "LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com)". Archived from the original on 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
- ^ “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)