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Union Hall Street
The facade where Union Hall Street LIRR station used to be, today an entrance to York College (CUNY)
General information
LocationArcher Avenue and Union Hall Street
Jamaica, Queens, New York
Coordinates40°42′10″N 73°47′49″W / 40.70278°N 73.79694°W / 40.70278; -73.79694
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)Main Line and Montauk Branch
History
OpenedJune 24, 1890
Closed1905 (or 1911), May 20, 1977[1]
Rebuilt1913,[1] 1929–1931 (Grade elimination)
ElectrifiedAugust 29, 1905
Previous namesNew York Avenue
Former services
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Union Hall Street was a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line at Union Hall Street, near York College, in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, United States.

History

A station opened at New York Avenue (now Guy R. Brewer Boulevard) on June 24, 1890, when the local Atlantic Avenue rapid transit trains were extended from Woodhaven Junction through Jamaica to Rockaway Junction.[2] The station was closed in 1905, but in response to complaints about the reopening of Jamaica station on Sutphin Boulevard (primarily because the downtown core of Jamaica was centered on Union Hall Street, the site of "Old Jamaica"), the LIRR opened a new one a block away at Union Hall Street in 1913,[1] when the tracks through Jamaica were grade-separated. Union Hall Street station was built near the site of the "Old Jamaica station," originally at ground level and eventually elevated between 1929 and 1931.

The construction of the newer Jamaica station led to commercial development around Sutphin Boulevard, and as a result, the new station became Jamaica's primary LIRR station. Eventually, the Union Hall Street station's patronage dropped, since it was only half a mile from the station at Sutphin Boulevard. Union Hall Street closed on May 20, 1977,[1] although in recent years a decorative wall mimicking a station house was placed over the bridge where the former Union Hall Street station was located.[2] Twelve years after the station closed, the Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer subway station opened two blocks west of the former Union Hall Street station; the subway station was intended to replace the former 160th Street elevated station a block north on Jamaica Avenue.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Station Closing Not Sad Event". No. May 21, 1977. May 21, 1977. p. 6. Retrieved April 25, 2015 – via ProQuest.
  2. ^ a b "LONG ISLAND station HISTORY". trainsarefun.com. Archived from the original on April 8, 2010.

External links

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