Little Neck station
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History
The original station house was built between February and May 1870 by the Flushing and North Side Railroad, and is one of only two built by the F&NS along the Port Washington Branch. The depot was built on the south side of the tracks and east of Little Neck Parkway. The station building was erected by Benjamin Wooley, and was 16 by 26 feet, two stories high, with a high platform in front, and Script error: No such module "convert".. The station cost $1,500. The station opened in June 1870 as Little Neck, superseding earlier Little Neck station, which reverted to the name of Douglaston.[1] It was replaced by the Long Island City and Flushing Railroad in 1890 with a second station house. The former F&NS depot is now located on a local street off Northern Boulevard.[2][3] Electric lights were installed in the station in February 1910.[4]
Automatic gates and high level platforms were installed by 1978.[5]
There is a pedestrian overpass at mid-platform links the eastbound and westbound platforms. The original overpass was refurbished in 1989 and was closed and demolished in September 2016.[6][7][8] It was replaced by a prefabricated span in December 2016, about the same time as the execution of other renovations station-wide.[8][9]
Station layout
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The station has two at-grade high-level side platforms, each 10 cars long, with a crossover staircase connecting them.
Unlike most station houses on the Port Washington Branch, Little Neck's station house is located on the south (eastbound) side of the station.[10][11]
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Grade crossing
Little Neck Parkway, located at the west end of the station, crosses the line at the only at-grade railroad crossing on the Port Washington Branch, and one of the few remaining in New York City.[10][11] It is regarded as one of the most dangerous railroad crossings in the city, as the other crossings carry few trains – usually only freight trains (such as on the Lower Montauk Branch west of Jamaica station and the Bushwick Branch; neither of those branches are electrified).[10][11]
References
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External links
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- Little Neck Parkway RR Crossing photoTemplate:Category handler[<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">usurped]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (Unofficial LIRR History Website)
- Little Neck Parkway & Sandhill Road Railroad Crossing (Forgotten NY.com)
- Little Neck Station (Bridge and Tunnel Club)
- Station House from Google Maps Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View (Daytime)
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View (Night)
- Inside station house/ waiting room from Google Maps Street View
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- Railway stations in Queens, New York
- Long Island Rail Road stations in New York City
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1870
- 1870 establishments in New York (state)
- Douglaston–Little Neck, Queens