Maspeth (LIRR station)

Maspeth
Location Rust Street and 58th Street
Maspeth, Queens
Coordinates 40°43′22″N 73°54′51″W / 40.722833°N 73.914056°W / 40.722833; -73.914056Coordinates: 40°43′22″N 73°54′51″W / 40.722833°N 73.914056°W / 40.722833; -73.914056
Line(s) Montauk Branch
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
History
Opened February 1895
Closed 1925
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Haberman station Montauk Branch
(current and former locations)		 Fresh Pond station

Maspeth was a station stop along the Lower Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The station was opened in February 1895 at 58th Avenue and Rust Street.[1] The station closed in October 1903.[1] It was reopened and closed again afterwards, dates between these years is unconfirmed, around 1924 the building was removed and around 1925 the station stop itself was discontinued.[2] Currently the area is the site of freight activity by the New York and Atlantic Railway.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 The Long Island Rail Road A Comprehensive History by Vincent F. Seyfried Part Six The Golden Age 1881 – 1900 Page 266 Station List
  2. ↑ LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com)
  3. ↑ NYA Maspeth Freight (TrainsAreFun.com)
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