Ridgewood station (LIRR Evergreen Branch)

Ridgewood
1891 Map of the station
General information
LocationDeKalb Avenue between Irving Avenue and Wyckoff Avenue
Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates40°42′13″N 73°55′11″W / 40.703678°N 73.919847°W / 40.703678; -73.919847
Line(s)Evergreen Branch
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks2
History
OpenedJuly 14, 1878
Closed1894
Previous namesDeKalb Avenue
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road
Following station
South Side Railroad Crossing
toward Greenpoint
Evergreen Branch Myrtle Avenue

Ridgewood (formerly known as DeKalb Avenue) was a train station in New York along the Evergreen Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The station opened on July 14, 1878. DeKalb Avenue was renamed Ridgewood in June 1882.[1] From the Greenpoint Terminal it took 15 minutes to get here.[2] The station closed with the end of passenger service in 1894.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Evergreen Branch". lirrhistory.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2000.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ 1880 Manhattan Beach Timetable
  3. ^ "LONG ISLAND STATION HISTORY". trainsarefun.com. Archived from the original on 2017-05-26.
  4. ^ Arrts Archives Map of Evergreen Branch