Elmhurst (LIRR station)
Elmhurst | |||||||||||
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 Site of the former Elmhurst Station on Broadway across from Cornish Avenue. There was an entrance to the Port Washington bound platform and there are some visible platform support members remaining. | |||||||||||
| Location |
Broadway between Whitney and Cornish Avenues. Elmhurst, Queens, New York City | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°44′29″N 73°52′45.8″W / 40.74139°N 73.879389°WCoordinates: 40°44′29″N 73°52′45.8″W / 40.74139°N 73.879389°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | LIRR | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Station code | None | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1855(NY&F) | ||||||||||
| Closed | January 1, 1985 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1888, 1927 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Newtown (1855–1897) | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Elmhurst was a station stop along the Port Washington Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It was located on Broadway between Cornish and Whitney Avenues in the Elmhurst section of Queens, New York City. The first depot opened as Newtown around 1855 by the Flushing Railroad,[1] later renamed Elmhurst around June 1897 and razed around 1888. The second depot opened around December, 1888 and razed around 1927. The elevated and third depot opened around 1927 and the station stop and depot was finally closed and razed on January 1, 1985.[2] It stood on the east side of Broadway, a block south of the Elmhurst Avenue subway station. In March 2012, lawmakers and the rail road announced that they are considering whether to restore service to Elmhurst by building a new station stop at an estimated cost of between $20 million to $30 million.[3] The MTA decided to proceed with a new station. The 2015-2019 MTA Capital Plan includes $40 million to design and construct the station.[4]
Station layout
| ■Port Washington Branch | does not stop here (Woodside) | |
| ■Port Washington Branch | does not stop here (Mets – Willets Point) |
Elmhurst Station was built on street level going across Broadway past Whitney Avenue. The station had a long platform and pedestrian underpass near the corner of Ketcham Place and 43rd Avenue to 88th Street. The underpass remains in use today. Additionally, there was an entrance to the Port Washington-bound platform near the corner of Cornish Avenue and Broadway and a tunnel leading to the Elmhurst Avenue station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line. Last, there was a freight loading area near the Durkee Spice Factory (now the new Elmhurst Educational Complex) where freight would be unloaded. Separate tracks leading to the loading dock still remain in sight.
References
- ↑ "North Shore Railroad". Arrt's Arrchives. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
- ↑ "LIRR Station History". TrainsAreFun.com. Retrieved 2013-06-22.
- ↑ Trapasso, Clare (March 15, 2012). "Queens lawmakers urge LIRR to reopen Elmhurst station". Daily News (New York). Retrieved 2013-06-22.
- ↑ . Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 23, 2014 http://www.mta.info/press-release/mta-headquarters/mta-proposes-2015-2019-capital-program. Missing or empty
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External links
- Pride in Port: The Jekyll & Hyde Branch of the Long Island Railroad: (Forgotten New York)
- Bob Andersen's Unofficial LIRR History Website
