Rockaway Junction | ||||||||||||||||
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General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | 178th Place South of 93rd Avenue Hillside, Queens (near Jamaica) | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°42′24″N 73°46′58″W / 40.706529°N 73.782715°W | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Main Line and Montauk Branch | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | June 1875 or June 24, 1890 | |||||||||||||||
Closed | Late 1905–1910 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | August 29, 1905 | |||||||||||||||
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Rockaway Junction was a junction and station on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line and Montauk Branch in Hillside, Queens, New York City, United States. It was located in the vicinity where the Montauk Branch now crosses over the two eastbound passenger tracks and the two freight tracks of the Main Line, just west of the Hillside Facility, although at the time of the station's existence it was at ground level along with the junction itself.