Haberman station

Haberman
Haberman
	Site of the former station
General information
Location	Rust and 50th Streets; Maspeth, Queens, New York
Coordinates	40°43′33″N 73°55′06″W / 40.725844°N 73.918377°W
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Montauk Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
History
Opened	September 1892
Closed	March 16, 1998
Electrified	August 29, 1905
Services
	Former services

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.^[1] The station is named after the Haberman Steel Enamel Works in Berlin Village.^[1] Haberman opened as a station for the convenience of workmen in September 1892; service was furnished by the Long Island City-East New York Rapid Transit trains. There never was a station building.^[1] The station still had manual railroad crossing gates and a guard shack as recently as 1973. The station was closed on March 16, 1998 along with Penny Bridge, Fresh Pond, Glendale and Richmond Hill Stations.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c The Long Island Rail Road A Comprehensive History by Vincent F. Seyfried Part Six The Golden Age 1881 – 1900 Page 266 Station List
^ 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.

External links

Unofficial LIRR History Website
- Images of remains of former Haberman Station

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[queenslibrary.org-1] The Long Island Rail Road A Comprehensive History by Vincent F. Seyfried Part Six The Golden Age 1881 – 1900 Page 266 Station List

[2] 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.

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