Myrtle Avenue (LIRR Evergreen Branch station)
Myrtle Avenue | |||||||||||
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| Location |
Myrtle Avenue and Gates Street Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°41′58″N 73°54′44″W / 40.699412°N 73.912185°WCoordinates: 40°41′58″N 73°54′44″W / 40.699412°N 73.912185°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | MTA | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | |||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | May 16, 1878 | ||||||||||
| Closed | May 1882 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | No; Station abandoned | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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None
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Myrtle Avenue was a train station along the Evergreen Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The station opened on May 16, 1878, at Myrtle Avenue and Gates Street.[1] From the Greenpoint Terminal it took 18 minutes to get here[2] and Myrtle Avenue was 3.26 miles away from Greenpoint Terminal.[3] The station was located under the present-day Myrtle Avenue El.[4][5] The station closed with the end of passenger service in May 1882.[6][7][8]
See also
References
- ↑ Robert Emery Track Map Linden Street to Decatur Street
- ↑ 1880 Manhattan Beach Timetable
- ↑ "1879 REPORT TO NEW YORK STATE RAILROAD COMMISSION". arrts-arrchives.com.
- ↑ SEPTEMBER 9, 1956 FAN TRIP AT RIDGEWOOD BETWEEN PALMETTO STREET AND MYRTLE AVENUE. NOTE OPEN EL CARS ON MYRTLE AVENUE EL. BILL RUGEN PHOTO
- ↑ SEPTEMBER 9, 1956 FAN TRIP WEST SIDE OF MYRTLE AVENUE.
- ↑ "Evergreen Branch". lirrhistory.com.
- ↑ "LONG ISLAND STATION HISTORY". trainsarefun.com.
- ↑ Arrts Archives Map of Evergreen Branch
External links
- EVERGREEN BRANCH: another lost LIRR line (Forgotten New York)
- Bushwick Branch Approximation
- Arrts Archives THE L.I.R.R.'S EVERGREEN BRANCH
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