Maspeth station (LIRR)

Maspeth
General information
LocationRust Street and 58th Avenue[1]
Maspeth, Queens, New York
Coordinates40°43′22″N 73°54′51″W / 40.722833°N 73.914056°W / 40.722833; -73.914056
Owned byLIRR
Line(s)Montauk Branch
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
History
OpenedFebruary 4, 1895[2]
Closed1924[3] or 1925[4]
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road 		Following station
Haberman
toward Long Island City
 Montauk Division Fresh Pond
toward Montauk

Maspeth was a station along the Lower Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It was opened in the vicinity of St. Saviour's Church as a rapid-transit stop on February 4, 1895, at what is now 58th Avenue and Rust Street[2] in Maspeth, Queens. The station closed in October 1903.[4] It was reopened at an unknown date[3] and closed again in 1924[3] or 1925.[4] The station building was removed in 1925 and the station stop itself was discontinued.[4][3] Currently the area is the site of freight activity by the New York and Atlantic Railway.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Maspeth's two long lost railroad stations". Retrieved 2024-10-07.
  2. ^ a b “Rapid Transit Services” in Vincent F. Seyfried: The Long Island Rail Road: a comprehensive history, part six: The Golden Age, 1881–1900. Page 170 Archived 2015-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b c d "LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com)". Archived from the original on 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
  4. ^ a b c d “Station List” in Vincent F. Seyfried: The Long Island Rail Road: a comprehensive history, part six: The Golden Age, 1881–1900. Page 266 Archived 2015-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ NYA Maspeth Freight (TrainsAreFun.com)