Corona station (LIRR)

Corona
LIRR bridge where the former Corona LIRR station was once located.
General information
LocationNational Street and 45th Avenue
Corona, Queens, New York
Coordinates40°44′45.3″N 73°51′51.3″W / 40.745917°N 73.864250°W / 40.745917; -73.864250
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)Port Washington Branch
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeNone
Fare zone1
History
Opened1855 (NY&F)
Closed1880
April 8, 1964
Rebuilt1872, 1890, 1894, 1930
Previous namesFashion Race Course (1855–????)
West Flushing (????––1872)
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road
Following station
Elmhurst North Side Division Flushing–Main Street
Terminus Whitestone Branch Flushing–Bridge Street

Corona was a station along the Port Washington Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in the Corona section of Queens, New York City. It was one of two stations built by the Flushing Railroad in Corona, this one having been at Grand Avenue (later called National Avenue, now National Street) and 45th Avenue. The station first opened as Fashion Race Course in March 1855.[1] It was then renamed West Flushing, once the West Flushing station at 108th Street closed, and possibly when the race track was closed in 1869,[2] and later renamed Corona around June 1872 when the Post Office was opened under the name of Corona.[1] The race pens were located on this street which led directly north to the Fashion Race Course.

Service began on April 2, 1855. The second depot was built in September or October 1872 and was burned down on December 9, 1880.

The former Corona Park depot from the White Line, abandoned four years earlier, was moved to the site as a replacement around 1890 and was itself razed around September 1894.[1]

The fourth depot was built in September 1894 and was razed in 1930 due to a grade crossing elimination project. A temporary station was put in service to the south of the former location on May 8, 1930. Elevated platforms were constructed in mid-October 1930, with the westbound platform opening on October 13 and the eastbound platform opening on October 17.[3]

The station stop was discontinued on April 8, 1964, the same year that the World's Fair station re-opened.[4]

  1. ^ a b c The Long Island Rail Road A Comprehensive History by Vincent F. Seyfried Part Two The Flushing, North Shore & Central Railroad Archived 2015-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Corona, Crown of Queens". Forgotten, New York.
  3. ^ "LIRR Station History". TrainsAreFun.com. Archived from the original on 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
  4. ^ Records & Briefs New York State Appellate Division.