Long Island City station
Long Island City | |||||||||||||||||||
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Q103  NYC Ferry East River, Lower East Side, and Astoria routes (at Center Boulevard and Borden Avenue) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | June 26, 1854 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1861, 1870, 1875, 1878, 1879, April 1881, July 1891, April 26, 1903[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | June 16, 1910 750 V (DC) third rail (Tracks 9-12 only) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Hunter's Point | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 2012—2014 | 101[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 110 of 125 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Long Island City station is a rail
Service
The station is served only during weekday rush hours in the peak direction by diesel trains from the Oyster Bay, Montauk, or Port Jefferson Branches via the Main Line. Until November 2012, some LIRR trains also ran via the Lower Montauk Branch to and from this station. Due to this limited service, it gets only 101 riders per week, making it the second least used LIRR station in New York City (after Mets–Willets Point).[2]
History
This station was built on June 26, 1854, and rebuilt seven times during the 19th century. On December 18, 1902, both the two-story station building and office building owned by the LIRR burned down.[3] The rebuilt, and fire-proof, station opened on April 26, 1903.[4]: 13 Electric service to the station began on June 16, 1910.
Before the
The station house was torn down again in 1939 for construction of the Queens–Midtown Tunnel, but continued to operate as an active station throughout the tunnel's construction and opening.
Station layout
This station has 13 tracks and three concrete high-level island platforms. The northernmost platform, Platform A, is two cars long and is accessible from Borden Avenue just west of Fifth Street. Platforms B and C are located within the secure area of the rail yard.
All tracks without platforms are used for train storage. The southernmost six tracks are powered by third rail, while the remaining are only used by diesel-powered trains.
| P Platform level |
Street level | Exit/entrance, ticket machine, access to ferry, buses, and subway
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| Track 0 | Storage track → | |
| Track 1 | Storage track → | |
| Track 2 | Port Jefferson Branch PM rush hours toward Port Jefferson (Hunterspoint Avenue) → Oyster Bay Branch PM rush hours toward Oyster Bay (Hunterspoint Avenue) → Montauk Branch PM rush hours toward Patchogue, Speonk or Montauk (Hunterspoint Avenue) → | |
| Platform A, island platform | ||
| Track 3 | Port Jefferson Branch PM rush hours toward Port Jefferson (Hunterspoint Avenue) → Oyster Bay Branch PM rush hours toward Oyster Bay (Hunterspoint Avenue) → Montauk Branch PM rush hours toward Patchogue, Speonk or Montauk (Hunterspoint Avenue) → | |
| Track 4 | Storage track → | |
| Track 5 | Storage track → | |
| Track 6 | Storage track → | |
| Platform B, no regular service | ||
| Track 7 | Storage track → | |
| Track 8 | Storage track → | |
| Platform C, no regular service | ||
| Track 9 | Storage track → | |
| Track 10 | Storage track → | |
| Track 11 | Storage track → | |
| Track 12 | Storage track → | |
Gallery
- Long Island City
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Two trains on a Tuesday -
Idle on a Sunday -
The wooden platform on a Wednesday morning
References
- ^ Long Island Rail Road Alphabetical Station Listing and History (TrainsAreFun.com) Archived January 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. August 23, 2016. PDF pp. 15, 199. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ^ "Long Island City Station Is Burned". The New York Times. December 19, 1902. p. 1. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
- ^ The Long Island Railroad Thirtieth Annual Report For The Year Ending December 31st, 1903. Long Island Railroad Company. 1904.
- ^ "34th Street Ferry Abandoned After 67 Years". The New York Times. March 4, 1925. p. 21. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
- Harrison, Richard J. (1981). Long Island Rail Road Memories: The Making of a Steam Locomotive Engineer. New York: Quadrant Press. p. 53. ISBN 0-915276-36-4.
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