Atlantic Branch

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The Atlantic Branch is an electrified rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. It runs from Downtown Brooklyn to Valley Stream. The line has two tracks and is partly underground and partly elevated.

The section between the end of the line - Flatbush Avenue - and Nostrand Avenue is underground. From there, the line remains elevated above Atlantic Avenue in the road's median to Ralph Avenue, where it descends underground once again.

At East New York, the line rises onto street level, and descends once more to Jamaica. Between East New York and Jamaica, there is evidence of a closed station at Woodhaven Boulevard.

In Jamaica, the line heads to the street level, and passes through Boland's Landing an employee station, near some engine shops for the diesel engines that provide service deeper into the Island.

It heads southeast from Jamaica, ending at Valley Interlocking in Valley Stream.

The Flatbush Avenue station is undergoing a $93 million renovation and will be renamed Atlantic Avenue Terminal.^[1]

[edit] Station listing

Station	Station link	Connections/Notes
Flatbush Avenue	[1]	Subway: 2 3 (1234) 4 5 (1) at Atlantic Avenue, D M (1) N R (1234) at Atlantic Avenue-Pacific Street, B (123a) Q at Atlantic Avenue Bus (New York City Transit Authority): B41, B45, B63, B65, B67
Nostrand Avenue	[2]	Subway: A C (1234) at Nostrand Avenue Bus (New York City Transit Authority): B25, B44, B65
East New York	[3]	Subway: L at Atlantic Avenue, A C (1234) at Broadway Junction, J Z (1a) at Broadway Junction Bus (New York City Transit Authority): B12, B20, B25, B83, Q24, Q56
Warwick Street	N/A	closed
Autumn Avenue	N/A	closed
Union Course	N/A	closed
Woodhaven	N/A	closed 1972
Clarenceville	N/A	closed
Morris Park	N/A	closed
Dunton	N/A	closed
Boland's Landing	N/A	Employee only station
Jamaica	[4]	Subway: E J Z (1a) at Sutphin Boulevard/Archer Avenue Bus (New York City Transit Authority and MTA Bus): Q6, Q8, Q9, Q20A/B, Q24, Q25 Q30, Q31, Q34, Q40, Q41, Q43, Q44, Q60, Q65 Airtrain JFK
Jamaica-Beaver Street	N/A	closed
Cedar Manor	N/A	closed 1960
Locust Manor	[5]	Bus (New York City Transit Authority): Q3 (to JFK Airport), Q85
Higbie Avenue	N/A	closed 1960
Laurelton	[6]
Rosedale	[7]	Bus (New York City Transit Authority):Q5; Q85
Valley Stream	[8]	Bus (Long Island Bus): N1, N2, N3

[edit] References

1. ^ Governor Tours Atlantic Avenue Terminal Improvement Project: $200 Million Project Underway at Terminal Complex in Brooklyn, press release dated July 11, 2002