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Richmond Hill (LIRR station)
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Richmond Hill Station was a station on the Montauk Branch
of the Long Island Rail Road
in the Richmond Hill
section of the borough of Queens, in New York City
. The station was located at Myrtle Avenue
and Jamaica Avenue
.
Richmond Hill Station was originally built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island in 1868 as Clarenceville Station, which is not to be confused with the LIRR Clarenceville Station
on the Atlantic Branch. The name was changed to Richmond Hill in November 1871. It had two tracks with a station house on one side and an enclosed wooden shelter on the other. The original building survived until a grade crossing elimination project replaced it with an elevated structure in 1923.
The station was closed on March 16, 1998, along with Glendale, Penny Bridge, Haberman, Fresh Pond, Center Moriches, Quogue, Southampton Campus, Mill Neck, and Holtsville stations due to low ridership. The station and platform remain, though access via the staircase is gated off.
has 2 tracks at this location.
Montauk Branch
The Montauk Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The branch runs the length of Long Island, 115 miles from Long Island City on the west to Montauk on the east...
of the Long Island Rail Road
Long Island Rail Road
The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR is a commuter rail system serving the length of Long Island, New York. It is the busiest commuter railroad in North America, serving about 81.5 million passengers each year. Established in 1834 and having operated continuously since then, it is the oldest US...
in the Richmond Hill
Richmond Hill, Queens
Richmond Hill is a neighborhood in central-southern Queens, New York City, USA. It is bordered by Kew Gardens to the north, Woodhaven and Ozone Park to the west, South Ozone Park to the south and South Jamaica to the east...
section of the borough of Queens, in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. The station was located at Myrtle Avenue
Myrtle Avenue (New York City)
Myrtle Avenue in New York City is a street that runs from Flatbush Avenue Extension in Downtown Brooklyn to Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill, Queens.-In Queens:...
and Jamaica Avenue
Jamaica Avenue
Jamaica Avenue is a major avenue in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City, New York, in the United States. Jamaica Avenue starts at Broadway and Fulton Street in the East New York neighborhood in Brooklyn, and goes to the city line in Bellerose, Queens, where it becomes Jericho...
.
History
Clarenceville (LIRR station)
Clarenceville Station was a station on the Atlantic Branch, which ran along Atlantic Avenue, of the Long Island Rail Road, located west of 111th Street in the Woodhaven section of Queens, New York City...
on the Atlantic Branch. The name was changed to Richmond Hill in November 1871. It had two tracks with a station house on one side and an enclosed wooden shelter on the other. The original building survived until a grade crossing elimination project replaced it with an elevated structure in 1923.
The station was closed on March 16, 1998, along with Glendale, Penny Bridge, Haberman, Fresh Pond, Center Moriches, Quogue, Southampton Campus, Mill Neck, and Holtsville stations due to low ridership. The station and platform remain, though access via the staircase is gated off.
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Richmond Hill was the only elevated station on the Lower Montauk branch at the time of closing. The station is an island platform, with a small shelter in the middle and two stairways (one in the shelter; one on the railroad east end). The Montauk BranchMontauk Branch
The Montauk Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The branch runs the length of Long Island, 115 miles from Long Island City on the west to Montauk on the east...
has 2 tracks at this location.
