Bushwick station

Bushwick
General information
LocationBushwick Avenue and Montrose Avenue
East Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Coordinates40°42′28″N 73°56′19″W / 40.707877°N 73.938495°W / 40.707877; -73.938495
Line(s)Bushwick Branch
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
History
OpenedJuly 18, 1868
ClosedMay 13, 1924
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road
Following station
Terminus Bushwick Branch Metropolitan Avenue
South Eighth Street
Terminus
Bushwick Branch
before 1876

Bushwick, also known as Bushwick Terminal, was a train station along the Bushwick Branch, and terminal of the Bushwick Branch of the Long Island Rail Road from February 29, 1876,[1] to May 13, 1924.[2] Bushwick Terminal was located at Montrose Avenue and Bushwick Avenue in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It opened on July 18, 1868,[3] and closed in 1924 with the end of passenger service on the Bushwick Branch. Steam engines served the station until 1913.[4] The station building made in brick survived until recently and was the last vestige of the passenger terminal of the Bushwick Branch. Before it was demolished, the building was used as an automobile repair shop.[5][6] The terminal building was replaced by a building that was in the process of being built in October 2007,[7] and holds trucks.[8][9]

  1. ^ "South Side Railroad of Long Island History". trainsarefun.com.
  2. ^ LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun)>
  3. ^ "SOUTH SIDE RAILROAD". arrts-arrchives.com.
  4. ^ "BUSHWICK BRANCH: LIRR in Brooklyn". forgotten-ny.com.
  5. ^ "LIRR/NYA Bushwick Branch Virtual Tour". oldnyc.com.
  6. ^ Picture of Bushwick Terminal
  7. ^ "Google Maps". google.com.
  8. ^ Terminal Building Replaced By
  9. ^ "Google Maps". google.com.