Haberman station
Haberman | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Rust and 50th Streets Maspeth, Queens, New York | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°43′33″N 73°55′06″W / 40.725844°N 73.918377°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Montauk Branch | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | September 1892 | ||||||||||
Closed | March 16, 1998 | ||||||||||
Electrified | August 29, 1905 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Haberman was a station along the
Lower Montauk Branch that was located at the intersection of Rust Street and 50th Street in Maspeth, Queens.[1] The station is named after the Haberman Steel Enamel Works in Berlin Village.[1]
Haberman opened in September 1892 to serve the Haberman Manufacturing Company;Richmond Hill stations;[3] average daily westbound ridership at the station in 1997 was 3.[4] In January 2018, Haberman was one of 8 stations on the Lower Montauk Branch that were considered for reopening in a study sponsored by the New York City Department of Transportation.[4]
On some maps, presumably as a result of error in digitizing a
USGS map, Haberman mistakenly appears as the name of a neighborhood, corresponding to an industrialized area of Maspeth bounded by Grand Avenue to the south, 56th Road to the east, the Kosciuszko Bridge to the north, and Newtown Creek to the west.[5] Google Maps removed the name in 2019.[2]
References
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- ^ a b Schultz, Isaac (October 15, 2019). "The Brief, Baffling Life of an Accidental New York Neighborhood". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
- ^ Sengupta, Somini (March 15, 1998). "End of the Line for L.I.R.R.'s 10 Loneliest Stops". The New York Times. Retrieved August 7, 2009.
- ^ a b AECOM, USA (January 2018). "Lower Montauk Branch Passenger Rail Study" (PDF). New York City Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
- ^ Sugerman, Mike (November 15, 2019). "Sweet Spot: Unraveling The Mystery Of Haberman, Queens". WCBS 880. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
External links
- Robert W. Andersen, Unofficial LIRR History Website (archived from the original on October 12, 1991
- Images of remains of the station, late 1990s (archived from the originals):
- Arthur John Huneke, Arrt's Arrchives: images of the station