Bushwick Branch

Bushwick Branch
In Bushwick
Overview
StatusActive in freight service
OwnerLong Island Rail Road
LocaleBrooklyn and Queens, New York
Coordinates40°42′36″N 73°54′0″W / 40.71000°N 73.90000°W / 40.71000; -73.90000
Termini
Stations6
Service
SystemLong Island Rail Road
Operator(s)New York and Atlantic Railway
History
Opened1868
Technical
Line length2 miles (3.2 km)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map

East River
Roosevelt Street Ferry
South Eighth Street
Bushwick Yard
Bushwick
Evergreen Branch
South Side Crossing
Hebbard's
Montauk Branch
to Long Island City
Bushwick Junction
Fresh Pond
Montauk Branch
to Montauk

The Bushwick Branch, also called the Bushwick Lead Track, is a freight railroad branch in New York City. It runs from the East Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn to Fresh Pond Junction in the Glendale neighborhood of Queens, where it connects with the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is owned by the LIRR but operated under lease by the New York and Atlantic Railway, which took over LIRR freight operations in May 1997.