Queens Village (LIRR station)

Queens Village

The front entrance to Queens Village Station from Amboy Lane on the corner of Jamaica Avenue & Springfield Boulevard.
Location Jamaica Avenue & Springfield Boulevard
Queens Village, NY
Coordinates 40°43′03″N 73°44′11″W / 40.717469°N 73.73638°W / 40.717469; -73.73638Coordinates: 40°43′03″N 73°44′11″W / 40.717469°N 73.73638°W / 40.717469; -73.73638
Owned by MTA
Line(s)
  Main Line
(Hempstead Branch)
(also Oyster Bay Branch,
Port Jefferson Branch,
and Ronkonkoma Branch)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 5 (1 used for storage)
Connections NYCT Bus: Q1, Q27, Q36, Q88, Q83 (nights)
NICE Bus: n24
Construction
Parking Yes; Metered and Private
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 3
History
Opened 1879[1]
Rebuilt 1924, 2013
Electrified October 2, 1905?
750 V (DC) third rail
Previous names Inglewood (1871-1879)[2]
Queens (1879-1924)[3]
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 1,582[4]
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Main Line
(Port Jefferson Branch)
(also Oyster Bay Branch
and Ronkonkoma Branch)
Hempstead Branch
toward Hempstead
Current and former locations
Bellaire station Main Line
(Hempstead Branch)		 Bellerose station

Queens Village is a station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road, located between 218th Street and Springfield Boulevard in Queens Village, Queens, New York City. It has two side platforms along the four-track line and except for one AM peak westbound train from East Williston on the Oyster Bay Branch, is served by Hempstead Branch trains only. Just east of the station is Queens Interlocking, a universal interlocking that splits the four-track line into two parallel two-track lines — the Main Line and Hempstead Branch — and controls the junction with the spur to Belmont Park.

History

1909 Map of Queens (now Queens Village) Station.

Between March and November 1837, the current site of Queens Village Station was the site of an early Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad station named Flushing Avenue station then renamed DeLancey Avenue station and later named Brushville station until it was moved to what is today 212nd Street, the site of the former Bellaire station, which was used to serve Ben Lane's Hotel. By 1871, a new station was originally installed across Jericho Turnpike from the estate of Colonel A.M. Wood which was on the northwest corner of Springfield Boulevard. The estate was named "Inglewood," and the new station which resulted in the closing of the Brushville-Ben Lane's station was named for this estate.

Queens Village station originally opened at ground level as Queens station in 1879 (some sources say 1881). The original station house contained a sign with the distance to Long Island City and Greenport stations.[5] The station house was moved to a private location as a new one was being built as part of a grade elimination project, and opened on September 24, 1924. It was then renamed "Queens Village." On October 30, 2013, the LIRR unveiled a renovated station, with passenger elevators, improved lighting, security cameras and a repainted building.[6]

Platforms and tracks

3 ■ Main Line toward New York (Hollis)
1 ■ Main Line no stop
2 ■ Main Line no stop
4 ■ Main Line toward Ronkonkoma, Oyster Bay, or Port Jefferson (Floral Park)
■ Hempstead Branch toward Hempstead (Bellerose)
  ■   Siding (no passenger service)

The station has two high-level side platforms, each eight cars long; each is served by a passenger elevator and stairs. The north platform, Platform A, is next to Track 3 and generally used by Atlantic Terminal or Penn Station-bound trains. This platform has the station's only station house, a two-story building. The south platform, Platform B, is next to Track 4 and generally used by Hempstead-bound trains. The two middle tracks, not next to either platform, are used by through trains. A non-powered storage track is south of the south platform. The Queens Village Freight Yard is located just west of the station, and consists of three tracks. It is used by the LIRR for maintenance of way equipment storage, but is available to the New York and Atlantic Railway if needed to serve an off-line customer. It was used sporadically by the LIRR for freight customers prior to the takeover by the NYA of freight service in May, 1997.

References

  1. ↑ "Long Island Railroad". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. October 3, 1879. p. 1.
  2. ↑ Brushville and Queens Village Station Histories (Arrt's Arrchives)
  3. ↑ Long Island Railroad Station History (TrainsAreFun.com) Archived January 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  5. ↑ Morrison, David D.; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003). Long Island Rail Road Stations (Images of Rail). Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-1180-3.
  6. ↑ "MTA Long Island Rail Road Unveils Restored Queens Village Station". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 30, 2013.
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