Brooklyn Manor (LIRR station)

Brooklyn Manor

Former Brooklyn Manor Station site beneath the BMT Jamaica Line
Location Between Atlantic Avenue and Jamaica Avenue
Richmond Hill, Queens
Coordinates 40°41′42″N 73°50′50″W / 40.6949°N 73.8472°WCoordinates: 40°41′42″N 73°50′50″W / 40.6949°N 73.8472°W
Owned by City of New York
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections New York City Subway:
NYCS J NYCS Z at 104th Street
Other information
Station code None
Fare zone 1
History
Opened January 9, 1911
Closed June 8, 1962
Rebuilt N/A; station abandoned
Electrified 1905
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
toward Grand Street
Rockaway Beach Branch
toward Rockaway Park

Brooklyn Manor was a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Rockaway Beach branch in New York City on the south side of Jamaica Avenue at 100th Street at the border between Richmond Hill and Woodhaven, Queens. The elevated station was constructed from wood—unusual for the Rockaway Beach branch, as most other stations were made of concrete. The station name referred to the nearby Brooklyn Manor section of Woodhaven (originally a 603 lot development located from Woodhaven Blvd. to 96/98 St, Forest Park to Jamaica Ave.)

The station was built on January 9, 1911 as a replacement for the former Brooklyn Hills Station built in 1882. It was demolished following its 1962 closure; however, much track and signal infrastructure remains, though it is quite dilapidated. Access to the area is limited, although Queens Community Board 9 has proposed to redevelop the right-of-way into a greenway bike path. Signal towers can still be seen on the path to Brooklyn Manor. Much of the roadbed is overgrown with trees and weeds. Barely anything remains of the site of the station today.

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