Douglaston (LIRR station)

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Douglaston
Station statistics
Address 235th Street and 41st Avenue
Douglaston, Queens, New York
Lines
Port Washington Branch
Connections Little Neck Taxi
Tracks 2
Parking Yes: Private
Bicycle facilities Yes
Other information
Opened October 27, 1866[1]
Rebuilt 1910, 1962
Electrified October 21, 1913
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by MTA(LIRR)
Fare zone 3
Formerly Little Neck (1866-June 1870)[1]

Douglaston is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch in the Douglaston section of the borough of Queens in New York City. The station is located at 235th Street and 41st Avenue, off Douglaston Parkway and Wainscott Avenue, and is 13.9 miles (22.4 km) from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan. The station is part of CityTicket, and contains an underground walkway between the two platforms.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Vincent F. Seyfried, The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part Two: The Flushing, North Shore & Central Railroad, © 1963

[edit] External links

Preceding station   Long Island Rail Road   Following station
Port Washington Branch