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Ridgewood station (LIRR Lower Montauk Branch)

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Ridgewood
General information
LocationWoodhaven Boulevard
near 78th Avenue
Glendale, Queens, New York
Coordinates40°42′27″N 73°51′33″W / 40.70752°N 73.85909°W / 40.70752; -73.85909
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)Montauk Branch
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeNone
History
OpenedJune 2, 1883
Closed1924
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road
Following station
Glendaletoward Long Island City Montauk Division Richmond Hilltoward Montauk

Ridgewood was a train station along the Lower Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, located at Woodhaven Boulevard near 78th Avenue in Glendale, Queens, just east of Glendale Junction, the connecting track between the Montauk Branch and Rockaway Beach Branch. It opened on June 2, 1883, and closed in 1924.

References

  1. YouTube link of a train passing by the former station
  2. LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com)
Long Island Rail Road stations
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Atlantic Branch
(west)
Atlantic Branch (east)
Far Rockaway Branch
Hempstead Branch
Long Beach Branch
Montauk Branch
Lower Montauk
Babylon Branch
Central Branch
Montauk Branch (east)
Oyster Bay Branch
Pt. Jefferson Branch
Pt. Washington Branch
Main Line (east)
Ronkonkoma Branch
Greenport Branch
Belmont Park Branch
W. Hempstead Branch
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