City Island station, is a former railway station within

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, along the

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, New York. A larger stone station house was designed for the station by

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and built in 1908, remaining in use up until the 1930s. The station is along what is currently

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History

The original station was built in the early 1870s in the then Town of Pelham, for the

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, a railroad between New York City and Port Chester, New York. In 1873, the line opened as part of the New York, New Haven and Hartford commuter railroad service. Between 1884 and 1919, the

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ran between this station and Marshall's Corner on

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, extending to the end of City Island at Belden Point by 1892. The line opened from the

-designed Bartow station to Marshall's Corner on May 20, 1887. Five days later operations were extended across the bridge to City Island and along City Island Avenue to Brown's Hotel.

Etymology of original name

Bartow station is named after the small hamlet which sat near it, once referred to as Bartow and Bartow-on-the-Sound.

References

Cass Gilbert buildings Former railway stations in New York (state) Pelham Bay Park Railway stations in the Bronx Former New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad stations Stations on the Northeast Corridor {{Bronx-railstation-stub