Fresh Pond (LIRR station)
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Montauk Branch
The Montauk Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The branch runs the length of Long Island, 115 miles from Long Island City on the west to Montauk on the east...
that runs from Long Island City, Queens
Long Island City, Queens
Long Island City is the westernmost neighborhood of the borough of Queens in New York City. L.I.C. is notable for its rapid and ongoing gentrification, its waterfront parks, and its thriving arts community. L.I.C. has among the highest concentration of art galleries, art institutions, and studio...
to Jamaica, Queens
Jamaica, Queens
Jamaica is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, United States. It was settled under Dutch rule in 1656 in New Netherland as Rustdorp. Under British rule, the Village of Jamaica became the center of the "Town of Jamaica"...
, in the state of New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. The station opened around June 1869, however in either 1882 or 1883 it was renamed Bushwick Junction for the connection to the Bushwick Branch
Bushwick Branch
The Bushwick Branch, also called the Bushwick Lead Track, is a freight railroad branch that runs from Bushwick, Brooklyn, to Fresh Pond Junction in Queens, New York, where it connects with the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road...
. The station was rebuilt in April 1895, and closed again in 1915 as part of a grade elimination project. Though the third station was opened the same year with platforms and pedestrian bridges, the former station house still remained intact well into 1923. For the next four years, both the original name and new name would be on the LIRR timetables until it went back to strictly being named Fresh Pond in 1919. Fresh Pond Station closed on March 16, 1998, along with Penny Bridge
Penny Bridge (LIRR station)
Penny Bridge was a station stop along the Montauk Branch that runs from Long Island City, Queens to Jamaica, Queens, in the state of New York. This station first opened on June 26, 1854 by the New York and Flushing Railroad. It was later acquired by the South Side Railroad of Long Island in 1869,...
, Haberman
Haberman (LIRR station)
Haberman was a station stop along the Montauk Branch that runs from Long Island City, Queens to Jamaica, Queens in the state of New York. The station opened around September 1910 and still had manual railroad crossing gates and a guard shack as recently as 1973...
, Glendale
Glendale (LIRR station)
Glendale was a station along the Montauk Branch that runs from Long Island City, Queens to Jamaica, Queens, in the state of New York. The station was located at Edsall Avenue and 73rd Street at the All Faiths Monuments factory for the Queens Lutheran Cemetery in Glendale, Queens...
and Richmond Hill
Richmond Hill (LIRR station)
Richmond Hill Station was a station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in the Richmond Hill section of the borough of Queens, in New York City...
Stations.