Fresh Pond | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 The site of the former station in December 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Fresh Pond, Queens, New York U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°42′43.8″N 73°53′56.1″W / 40.712167°N 73.898917°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Montauk Branch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform, 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | June 1869 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | March 16, 1998 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | April 1895 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | August 29, 1905 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Bushwick Junction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fresh Pond (formerly known as Bushwick Junction) was a Long Island Rail Road station along the Lower Montauk Branch, located on an open cut near Fresh Pond Road and Metropolitan Avenue in Fresh Pond, Queens, on the border between the neighborhoods of Maspeth and Ridgewood.