Metropolitan Avenue station (LIRR)
 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (May 2015) |
Metropolitan Avenue | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Metropolitan Avenue near Woodward Avenue Maspeth, Queens, New York | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°42′49.4″N 73°55′10″W / 40.713722°N 73.91944°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Bushwick Branch | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Closed | May 13, 1924 | ||||||||||
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Metropolitan Avenue was a train station along the Bushwick Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, located at Metropolitan Avenue near Woodward Avenue in Maspeth, Queens. Its opening date is unknown but it closed with the end of passenger service on the Bushwick Branch on May 13, 1924 and was removed afterwards. Right next to the station is one of the busiest level crossings in New York City.[1]