Glendale station (LIRR)

Not to be confused with Parkside station (LIRR), which was also referred to as "Glendale".
Glendale
The site of the former Glendale station in June 2014
General information
Location73rd Street and Edsall Avenue
Glendale, Queens, New York
Coordinates40°42′23.8″N 73°52′41.6″W / 40.706611°N 73.878222°W / 40.706611; -73.878222
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)Montauk Branch
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
History
OpenedJune 1869
ClosedMarch 16, 1998
Rebuilt1928
ElectrifiedAugust 29, 1905
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station
Fresh Pond
toward Long Island City
 Montauk Branch Ridgewood
toward Montauk
Former branch connections
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road 		Following station
Terminus Rockaway Beach Division Brooklyn Hills
until 1911
toward Gibson or Rockaway Park
Location
Map

Glendale was a Long Island Rail Road station along the Lower Montauk Branch, located in Glendale, Queens at Edsall Avenue and 73rd Street, near Central Avenue, at the All Faiths Monuments factory for the All Faiths Cemetery.[1][2] This station had a sign indicating its location, and two tracks.[1]

In recent years, proposals to bring back passenger service along the Lower Montauk Branch have been suggested.

History

The station opened around June 1869 (although some sources claim it was built in 1868)[3] and contained a small station house along the eastbound tracks. Nearby freight service included such companies as American Grass Twine Works, and Prairie Grass Furniture Company. Trains from the Rockaway Beach Branch also served the station prior to that line's connection with the LIRR Main Line.[4] In January 1927, due to decreasing ridership, the LIRR razed the station, and on September 27, 1927, the name was moved to a new station at Metropolitan Avenue on the Rockaway Beach Branch.[5] The name had lasted only for slightly more than a month until it was changed to Parkside Station on October 23, 1927,[6] and Glendale was returned to the Montauk Branch as a wooden sheltered shed along the westbound tracks by 1928. The wooden shed was replaced by corrugated iron during World War II.

This station closed on March 16, 1998 along with the other remaining stations on the Lower Montauk branch, due to low ridership and inability to accommodate the C3 bi-level coaches, which can stop only at stations with high level platforms. This station had only two riders daily at the time of its closure.[1][7][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Sengupta, Somini (March 15, 1998). "End of the Line for L.I.R.R.'s 10 Loneliest Stops". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  2. ^ Urbitran Associates (May 2004). "New York City Department of Transportation Bus Ridership Survey and Route Analysis Final Report: Chapter 3 Transit System Characteristics" (PDF). nyc.gov. New York City Department of Transportation. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Glendale SSRRLI Station; 1868-1998". arrts-arrchives.com. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
  4. ^ Roden, J. (July 4, 1948). "Old Timers: This Veteran Railroader Describes Rockaway Run". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 18. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  5. ^ "New Long Island Station - Will Be Built Near Forest Hills on the Rockaway Division". New York Times. March 25, 1927. p. 5. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  6. ^ The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History Volume #5; New York, Woodhaven & Rockaway Railroad; New York & Rockaway Beach Railway; New York & Long Beach Railroad; New York & Rockaway Railroad; Brooklyn Rapid Transit Operation to Rockaway Over L.I.R.R., by Vincent F. Seyfried.
  7. ^ Lyons, Richard D. (July 13, 1986). "If You're Thinking of Living In: Glendale". New York Times. Retrieved 18 October 2015.