New York and Long Island Traction Company explained

The New York and Long Island Traction Company was a street railway company in Queens and Nassau County, New York, United States.^[1] It was partially owned by a holding company for the Long Island Rail Road and partially by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company.^{[2] [3]} The company operated from New York City east to Freeport, Hempstead, and Mineola.^[4]

Lines

The railroad had two main lines.

Mineola Line

The Mineola Line (now the Nassau Inter-County Express n24 bus route) spanned from Queens Village to Mineola (in Nassau County) along Jamaica Avenue.

Brooklyn-Freeport Line

The Brooklyn-Freeport Line spanned from Brooklyn to Freeport (also in Nassau County) and ran mostly along Rockaway Boulevard, North Conduit Avenue, Atlantic Avenue and Merrick Road. The 17miles route^[5] was mostly replaced by the Q7 and Q85 (operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations) and n4 (operated by Nassau Inter-County Express).

Notes and References

1. News: Freeport: Action on the Nautical Mile . Bill . Bleyer . Newsday . 2008-11-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090620224752/http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-historytown-hist001k,0,6458691.story?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation . 2009-06-20.
2. News: Belmont and Peters Buy Queens Trolleys . The New York Times . June 21, 1905 . 14 . 2011-12-18.
3. Web site: Jamaica Buses, Inc. . Company Profile . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060125024605/http://www.jamaicabus.com/profile.htm . 2006-01-25.
4. Book: Meyers, Stephen L. . Lost Trolleys of Queens and Long Island . Images of Rail . 2006 . Arcadia Publishing . Charleston, SC . 0-7385-4526-0.
5. Book: Transit Journal. 1904. Volume 24. 932. en. 26 February 2017.