Douglaston station

Douglaston
The Douglaston station, as seen in 2022
General information
Location235th Street and 41st Avenue
Douglaston, Queens, New York
Coordinates40°46′05″N 73°44′59″W / 40.768°N 73.7496°W / 40.768; -73.7496
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)Port Washington Branch
Distance12.1 mi (19.5 km) from Long Island City[1]
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsLocal Transit NYCT Bus: Q12
Local Transit MTA Bus: QM3
Local Transit Nassau Inter-County Express: n20G, n20X
Construction
ParkingYes (private)
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeDGL
Fare zone3
History
OpenedOctober 27, 1866 (NY&F)[2]
Rebuilt1887, 1962
ElectrifiedOctober 21, 1913
750 V (DC) third rail
Previous namesLittle Neck (1866–June 1870)[2]
Passengers
2012—20142,478[3]
Rank44 of 126
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station
Bayside Port Washington Branch Little Neck
Location
Map

Douglaston is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch in the Douglaston neighborhood of Queens, New York City. The station is at 235th Street and 41st Avenue, off Douglaston Parkway and Wainscott Avenue, and is 13.9 miles (22.4 km) from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan. The station is part of CityTicket, and has an underground walkway between the two platforms.

  1. ^ Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. VI. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Vincent F. Seyfried, The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part Two: The Flushing, North Shore & Central Railroad, 1963
  3. ^ "2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. August 23, 2016. PDF pp. 15, 198. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020. Data collection took place after the pretest determinations, starting in September 2012 and concluding in May 2014. .... 2012-2014 LIRR O[rigin and ]D[estination] COUNTS: WEEKDAY East/West Total By Station in Numerical Order ... Douglaston