Kew Gardens (LIRR station)

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Kew Gardens
Station statistics
Address Austin Street & Lefferts Boulevard
Kew Gardens, New York
Lines
Main Line
(City Terminal Zone)
Connections NYCT Buses
MTA Bus Company
Platforms 2
Tracks 2
Parking Yes;
Other information
Opened 1879, 1883
Closed 1992, 1909
Rebuilt September 8, 1910
Electrified June 23, 1910
Owned by MTA
Fare zone 1
Formerly Maple Grove(1879-1910)
Kew(1910-1912)
Services
Preceding station   Long Island Rail Road   Following station
City Terminal Zone

Kew Gardens is a railroad station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road in Kew Gardens, Queens. The station is located at Austin Street and Lefferts Boulevard.

There are two side platforms, which can hold a 4-car train. Only the first four cars of a train in either direction will platform at the station. One of Kew Garden station's unique features is the 119th Street Bridge which has one story office buildings on both sides.

Kew Gardens Station originally opened in May 1879 as Maple Grove, a flag stop for Maple Grove Cemetery. The station was closed in 1882, reopened in 1883, and removed in 1909 as part of a track realignment project. The new Kew Station was moved approximately 600 feet south alongside and perpendicular to the tracks for use as a real estate office of developers of Kew in September 8, 1910.

The former station was razed a short time later, and the existing station was renamed Kew Gardens in 1912. A far more notorious historical aspect is the 1964 murder of Kitty Genovese, which occurred near this station.

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NOTE: Both buses are former Green Bus Lines routes.

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