Ridgewood (LIRR Lower Montauk station)

Ridgewood
Location Woodhaven Boulevard near 78th Avenue
Ridgewood, Queens
Coordinates 40°42′23.8″N 73°52′41.6″W / 40.706611°N 73.878222°W / 40.706611; -73.878222Coordinates: 40°42′23.8″N 73°52′41.6″W / 40.706611°N 73.878222°W / 40.706611; -73.878222
Owned by LIRR
Line(s) Montauk Branch
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Station code None
History
Opened June 2, 1883
Closed 1924
Services

None

Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Glendale station Montauk Branch
(current and former locations)		 Richmond Hill station

Ridgewood was a train station along the Lower Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, located at Woodhaven Boulevard near 78th Avenue in Ridgewood, Queens, just east of Glendale Junction, the connecting track between the Montauk Branch and Rockaway Beach Branch. It opened on June 2, 1883 and closed in 1924.[1][2]


See also

References

  1. ↑ YouTube link of a train passing by the former station
  2. ↑ LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com)


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