Brooklyn Hills (LIRR station)

Brooklyn Hills

Site of former Brooklyn Hills Station
Location Myrtle Avenue
Forest Park, NY
Coordinates 40°42′08.3″N 73°51′09.1″W / 40.702306°N 73.852528°WCoordinates: 40°42′08.3″N 73°51′09.1″W / 40.702306°N 73.852528°W
Owned by NYC Parks Department
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Station code None
History
Opened 1882
Closed 1911
Rebuilt N/A; station abandoned
Electrified 1905
Services

None

Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
toward Grand Street
Rockaway Beach Branch
toward Rockaway Park
Glendale station Montauk Branch
(current and former locations)		 Brooklyn Manor station

Brooklyn Hills is a former Long Island Rail Road station. Opened in 1882 by the New York, Woodhaven and Rockaway Railroad, the station was part of the Rockaway Beach Branch, which ceased operations on June 8, 1962.

One of the oldest stations on the line, Brooklyn Hills Station was the first station to close. It was the northernmost station on the line until June 16, 1910, when the electrified Glendale Cut-off extended the line north from Glendale on the Montauk Division to White Pot Junction at Rego Park on the Main Line.[1] Six months later it was demolished on January 9, 1911 and replaced by the larger Brooklyn Manor Station.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Glendale Cut-Off (Arrt's Arrchives)

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