Grand Street station (LIRR Evergreen Branch)
Grand Street | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Metropolitan Avenue and Grand Street East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°42′51″N 73°55′55″W / 40.714212°N 73.932040°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Evergreen Branch | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | May 15, 1878 | ||||||||||
| Closed | September 28, 1885 | ||||||||||
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Grand Street was a train station along the Evergreen Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The station was built on May 15, 1878 by the South Side Railroad of Long Island between Metropolitan Avenue and Grand Street (Brooklyn) at the East River Ferry.[1] From the Greenpoint Terminal it took 10 minutes to get here.[2] Grand Street was closed on September 28, 1885.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Evergreen Branch". lirrhistory.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2000.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ 1880 Manhattan Beach Timetable
- ^ "LONG ISLAND STATION HISTORY". trainsarefun.com. Archived from the original on 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
- ^ Arrts Archives Map of Evergreen Branch
External links[edit]
- EVERGREEN BRANCH: another lost LIRR line (Forgotten New York)
- Bushwick Branch Approximation
- Arrts Archives THE L.I.R.R.'S EVERGREEN BRANCH
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