Promised Land or Promise Land was a former railroad station stop on the

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 (185 km) from Long Island City on the west to Montauk on the east. How ...

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 ...

. It opened as a flag stop only, for employees of neighboring fish processing plants. The station appears as a signal stop as '"Promise Land" in special instructions of employee timetable #15 of June 29, 1900, as well as employee timetable #27 of June 25, 1908 and employee timetable #49 of September 9, 1908. It also appears under station designation ''S106'' in 1903, 1913, and 1924 CR4BOOKS according to Art Huneke. The station closed on December 31, 1928 according to Robert Emery.LIRR Station History Promised Land
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Former Long Island Rail Road stations in Suffolk County, New York Railway stations closed in 1928 1928 disestablishments in New York (state) 1900 establishments in New York (state) Railway stations in the United States opened in 1900 Railway stations in the United States closed in the 1920s {{NewYork-railstation-stub