Dunton | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 The 130th Street Tunnel (with a Kew Gardens water tank in the background). This is the approximate site of the former Dunton LIRR station in September 2017. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 130th Street and Atlantic Avenue, Dunton, Queens, New York | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°41′48.15″N 73°49′7.3″W / 40.6967083°N 73.818694°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Montauk Branch and Atlantic Branch | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | June 1869 (original) by 1890 (re-opening) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | June 1876 (first closing) November 1939 (second closing) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1910–1914 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | August 29, 1905 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Van Wyck Avenue (1869–1871) Berlin (1871–1876) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Dunton was a ground-level station on the Long Island Rail Road's Montauk Branch, Atlantic Branch, and later the Main Line in Dunton, Queens, New York City, United States. It was closed in 1939 when the Atlantic Branch was placed in a tunnel east of East New York.[1]