Greenpoint | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Evergreen Branch | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | May 15, 1878 | ||||||||||
| Closed | September 28, 1885 | ||||||||||
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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]
References
- ↑ "Evergreen Branch". lirrhistory.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2000.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ New York Manhattan Beach Greenpint Depot Map
- ↑ Manhattan Beach Railway Timetable
- ↑ Picture of Greenpoint Station with Locomotive
- ↑ "LONG ISLAND STATION HISTORY". trainsarefun.com. Archived from the original on 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
- ↑ 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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