The Clarenceville station was on the
Atlantic Branch of the
Long Island Rail Road
The Long Island Rail Road , often abbreviated as the LIRR, is a commuter rail system in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk Co ...
, located on
Atlantic Avenue Atlantic Avenue may refer to:
Highways
* Atlantic Avenue (Boston) in Massachusetts
* Atlantic Avenue (New York City) in Brooklyn and Queens, New York
* Florida State Road 806 in Palm Beach County, locally known as Atlantic Avenue
* Atlantic Avenue ...
west of 111th Street in the
Richmond Hill section of
Queens, New York City.
Richmond Hill station to the north, at Jamaica Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard, was also originally named Clarenceville Station when it opened in 1868, but that name was changed in 1871.
Clarenceville was originally an 1874-built Atlantic Avenue Rapid Transit station that was reopened as an LIRR station in 1905 as part of the LIRR's electrification of the Atlantic Branch, and closed in 1939, when the branch was moved underground, along with Warwick Street, Autumn Avenue, Union Course,
Woodhaven,
Morris Park, and
Dunton stations.
LIRR Notice for November 1, 1939
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References
External links
* ttp://www.roadandrailpictures.com/rnyclarv.htm Site of former Clarenceville LIRR station (Road and Rail Pictures)
Former Long Island Rail Road stations in New York City
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1874
Railway stations closed in 1939
Railway stations in Queens, New York
1874 establishments in New York (state)
1939 disestablishments in New York (state)
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