Woodhaven Junction | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Former Woodhaven Junction station site | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Atlantic Avenue and 100th Street Woodhaven, Queens, New York | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°41′22″N 73°50′39.6″W / 40.68944°N 73.844333°W | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Atlantic Branch and Rockaway Beach Branch | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 side platforms (2 on each level) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 (2 on each level) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | None | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1881 (Rockaway Beach, elevated)[1][2] 1893/1895 (Atlantic, street-level)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | June 8, 1962 (Rockaway Beach, elevated) January 7, 1977 (Atlantic, underground)[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | December 28, 1942 (Atlantic, underground)[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1905 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Woodhaven Junction was a station complex on the Atlantic Branch and Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, located at Atlantic Avenue between 98th and 100th Streets in Woodhaven, Queens, New York City.[6] The elevated Rockaway Beach station was closed in 1962 along with the rest of the branch,[1] while the underground Atlantic Branch station was closed and abandoned on January 7, 1977.[4]
- ^ a b Bresiger, Gregory (July 18, 2012). "The Trains Stopped Running Here 50 Years Ago". qgazette.com. Queens Gazette. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
- ^ Bob Emery Maps; Woodhaven Junction to Ozone Park (Unofficial LIRR History Site)[usurped]
- ^ "LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com)". Archived from the original on April 8, 2010. Retrieved February 7, 2010.
- ^ a b Nassivera, Joan (December 29, 1976). "LIRR Ending Service To Woodhaven Jan. 7". Newsday. Hempstead, New York. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
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- "NEW RAIL TUNNEL TO OPEN MONDAY; First Trains for Public to Run in the Underground Route in Atlantic Ave". No. December 26, 1942. New York Times Company. December 26, 1942. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- "ATLANTIC AVE. TUBE OPEN; First Long Island Train Passes Through at 2:47 A. M." No. December 28, 1942. New York Times Company. December 28, 1942. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- "Tunnel Opened on Atlantic Avenue for L.I. Trains; Project Eliminates 20 Hazardous Grade Crossings in Its Run" (PDF). No. December 31, 1942. Leader Observer (Queens/Brooklyn, NY). December 31, 1942. p. 1. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- "First Completed Atlantic Ave. Tube Job Is Inspected: Commissioners Tour Woodhaven Section in 24 Million Project". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. September 10, 1941. p. 3. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
- ^ "Transit Officials Inspect New Tube Under Atlantic Avenue". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 30, 1941. p. 3. Retrieved August 18, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.