Greenpoint (LIRR station)

Greenpoint
Location Quay Street and Franklin Street
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates 40°43′33″N 73°57′31″W / 40.725721°N 73.958704°W / 40.725721; -73.958704Coordinates: 40°43′33″N 73°57′31″W / 40.725721°N 73.958704°W / 40.725721; -73.958704
Owned by MTA
Line(s)
  Evergreen Branch
Platforms 1 island platforms
Tracks 2
History
Opened May 15, 1878
Closed September 28, 1885
Rebuilt No; Station abandoned
Services

None

Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Terminal Evergreen Branch
(current and former locations)		 Fifth Street station

Greenpoint was the terminal train station for the Evergreen Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. Greenpoint station opened on May 15, 1879[1] and was located at the intersection of Quay Street and Franklin Street at Greenpoint.[2] A ferry connected with trains at the station operating across the East River to 23 Street in Manhattan.[3] Greenpoint had one island platform.[4] The station closed on September 28, 1885.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Evergreen Branch". lirrhistory.com.
  2. ↑ New York Manhattan Beach Greenpint Depot Map
  3. ↑ Manhattan Beach Railway Timetable
  4. ↑ Picture of Greenpoint Station with Locomotive
  5. ↑ "LONG ISLAND STATION HISTORY". trainsarefun.com.
  6. ↑ Arrts Archives Map of Evergreen Branch

External links

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