Laurel Hill was a railroad station on the
Lower Montauk Branch of the
Long Island Rail Road
The Long Island Rail Road , or LIRR, is a Rail transport, railroad in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County on Long Islan ...
in
Long Island City, New York
Long Island City (LIC) is a neighborhood within the New York City borough of Queens. It is bordered by Astoria to the north; the East River to the west; Sunnyside to the east; and Newtown Creek, which separates Queens from Greenpoint, Brookl ...
. It existed briefly around the 1880s
and was located where Clifton Street (now 46th Street) used to intersect the railroad line.
Laurel Hill station was located a few blocks west of the point where the former junction between the
New York and Flushing Railroad
The Flushing and North Side Railroad was a former railroad on Long Island built by Conrad Poppenhusen as a replacement for the former New York and Flushing Railroad. The railroad was established in 1868, was merged with the Central Railroad of Lo ...
and
South Side Railroad of Long Island
The South Side Railroad of Long Island was a railroad company in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Chartered in 1860 and first opened in 1867 as a competitor to the Long Island Rail Road, it was reorganized in 1874 as the Southern Rai ...
existed.
1924 Long Island Railroad Corporate Blueprint (Arrt's Arrchives)
/ref> It was built by the LIRR in 1890. The station was relatively short-lived and closed in September 1892.Haberman station
Haberman was a station along the Long Island Rail Road's Lower Montauk Branch that was located at the intersection of Rust Street and 50th Street in Maspeth, Queens. The station is named after the Haberman Steel Enamel Works in Berlin village.
...
opened only a short distance to the east.
References
External links
Site of Laurel Hill station
Former Long Island Rail Road stations in New York City
Railway stations in Queens, New York
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1890
1890 establishments in New York (state)
1900 disestablishments in New York (state)
Demolished railway stations in the United States
Railway stations in the United States closed in 1900
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