Laurel Hill station explained

Style:LIRR former
Laurel Hill
Address:Clifton Street
Long Island City, Queens, New York
Coordinates:40.7268°N -73.9236°W
Line:Montauk Branch
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Opened:1890
Closed:c.1900
Owned:LIRR
Electrified:August 29, 1905
Other Services Header:Former services

Laurel Hill was a railroad station on the Lower Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in Long Island City, New York. It existed briefly around the 1880s[1] and was located where Clifton Street (now 46th Street) used to intersect the railroad line.

Laurel Hill station was located a few blocks west of the point where the former junction between the New York and Flushing Railroad and South Side Railroad of Long Island existed.[2] It was built by the LIRR in 1890. The station was relatively short-lived and closed in September 1892 or around 1900.[3] However, also in September 1892, the new Haberman station opened only a short distance to the east.[4]

In 1905, the junction was closed for passenger service. Industrialization of Long Island City and the altering of both street names and street patterns (in this case by the Phelps Dodge Copper Refining and Chemical Plant) have removed all traces of the former station, which, relative to the 21st-Century street grid, would have been along 56th Road halfway between 43rd and 48th Streets.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: March 2006 . Arthur John Huneke . HP&SSRR . aRRt's aRRchives . 2024-10-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240415020537/https://arrts-arrchives.com/HPSSRR.html . 2024-04-15 . WHEN THE BROOKLYN & MONTAUK RAILROAD DOUBLETRACKED THIS LINE IN 1880 […] LOOKING NORTH JUST SOUTH OF CLIFTON AVENUE (46th STREET) IN 1910. IN THE 1880'S AND UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1892, THIS WAS THE LOCATION OF LAUREL HILL STATION..
  2. http://www.arrts-arrchives.com/images2/nyfrrbp1.jpg 1924 Long Island Railroad Corporate Blueprint (Arrt's Arrchives)
  3. Web site: LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com) . 2011-06-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170526225709/http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/lirrstationshistory.htm . 2017-05-26 . dead .
  4. Book: Seyfried, Vincent F. . The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History . https://web.archive.org/web/20150419021259if_/http://digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org/vital/access/services/Download/aql:340/SOURCE1?view=true#page=304 . 2015-04-19 . 6: The Golden Age 1881–1900 . Station List. 266 . Garden City, New York . self-published . 1975 . 192099519 . 61-17477 . pdf . . aql:340 .