Manhattan Beach Branch

Manhattan Beach Branch
Map of the New York and Manhattan Beach Railway, with southernmost line being the Manhattan Beach Branch
Overview
Status	Abandoned
Owner	Long Island Rail Road
Locale	Brooklyn, New York, USA
Termini	Myrtle Avenue Manhattan Beach
Stations	8
Service
System	Long Island Rail Road
Operator(s)	Long Island Rail Road
History
Opened	1877
Closed	1930s
Technical
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map Bay Ridge Branch ​ Brighton Line (BFCIRR) Manhattan Beach Junction South Greenfield King's Highway Neck Road Race Track Sheepshead Bay ​ Brighton Line (BFCIRR) Manhattan Beach This diagram: view talk edit

The Manhattan Beach Branch, Manhattan Beach Line, or Manhattan Beach Division was a line of the Long Island Rail Road, running from Fresh Pond, Queens, south to Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, New York City, United States. It opened in 1877 and 1878 as the main line of the New York and Manhattan Beach Railway. The tracks from Flatbush south to Manhattan Beach were removed from 1938 to 1941,^[1] while most of the rest is now the freight-only Bay Ridge Branch.

At Manhattan Beach, the line extended east to Oriental Beach, and a branch to the Sheepshead Bay Race Track was provided north of Sheepshead Bay. Other lines in the Manhattan Beach Division included the West Brighton Beach Division (Culver Line),^[2] Bay Ridge Branch, and Evergreen Branch.