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Full list of affiliated or predecessor railroads[edit]

This is nested by mergers and reorganizations except where a company was not merged.

Long Island Rail Road inc. 1834
- New York and Jamaica Railroad inc. 1859, merged 1860
- Hicksville and Cold Spring Branch Railroad inc. 1853, merged 1870
- Central Railroad of Long Island inc. 1871, merged 1879
- Central Railroad Extension inc. 1873, merged 1882
- Long Island City and Flushing Railroad inc. 1881, merged 1889
  - Flushing and North Side Railroad inc. 1868, reorg. 1881
    - Flushing and Woodside Railroad inc. 1864, merged 1871
    - North Side Railroad of Long Island merged???
  - North Shore Railroad inc. 1863, merged 1884
  - Whitestone and Westchester Railroad inc. 1871, merged 1887
- Newtown and Flushing Railroad inc. 1871, merged 1889?
- Brooklyn and Montauk Railroad inc. 1879, merged 1889
  - Southern Railroad of Long Island inc. 1874, reorg. 1879 and 1880
    - South Side Railroad of Long Island inc. 1860, reorg. 1874
      - Hunters Point and South Side Railroad inc. 1870, merged 1872
      - Rockaway Railway inc. 1871, merged 1872
  - Far Rockaway Branch Railroad inc. 1868, merged 1882
- New York and Flushing Railroad inc. 1859, merged 1891
  - Flushing Railroad inc. 1852, reorg. 1859
- Stewart Railroad uninc., merged 1892
- New York Bay Extension Railroad inc. 1892, merged 1902
- Montauk Extension Railroad inc. 1893, merged 1902
- Great Neck and Port Washington Railroad inc. 1896, merged 1902
- New York and Long Beach Railroad inc. 1880, merged 1907
  - Long Beach Marine Railway inc. 1881, merged 1886?
- Jamaica and South Shore Railroad inc. 1903, merged 1912
  - New York and Rockaway Railroad inc. 1870, reorg. 1903
- Oyster Bay Extension Railroad inc. 1886, merged 1913
- Long Island Railroad, North Shore Branch inc. 1892, merged 1921
  - Smithtown and Port Jefferson Railroad inc. 1870, merged 1892
- New York and Rockaway Beach Railway inc. 1887, merged 1922
  - New York, Woodhaven and Rockaway Railroad inc. 1877, reorg. 1887
- New York, Brooklyn and Manhattan Beach Railway inc. 1885, merged 1925
  - New York, Bay Ridge and Jamaica Railroad inc. 1875, merged 1885
  - New York and Manhattan Beach Railway inc. 1876, merged 1885
  - Long Island City and Manhattan Beach Railroad inc. 1883, merged 1885
- Glendale and East River Railroad inc. 1874, merged 1928

Flushing, North Shore and Central Railroad inc. 1874, disintegrated???
- Flushing and North Side Railroad inc. 1868, merged 1874*
- Central Railroad of Long Island inc. 1871, merged 1874*
- Central Railroad Extension inc. 1873, merged 1874*
- Whitestone and Westchester Railroad inc. 1871, merged 1874*
- North Shore Railroad inc. 1863, merged 1874*
- North Shore and Port Washington Railroad merged 1874
- Roslyn and Huntington Railroad inc. 1874, merged 1874

Central Railroad of Long Island[edit]

Central Railroad of Long Island inc. 1871, merged 1879
- Central Railroad Extension inc. 1873, merged 1882
- Stewart Railroad uninc., merged 1892

Flushing and North Side Railroad[edit]

Flushing Railroad inc. 1852, reorg. 1859
- New York and Flushing Railroad inc. 1859, merged 1891
- Flushing and North Side Railroad inc. 1868, merged 1874*
  - - Flushing and Woodside Railroad inc. 1864, merged 1871
    - North Side Railroad of Long Island merged???

- Whitestone and Westchester Railroad inc. 1871, merged 1874*
- North Shore Railroad inc. 1863, merged 1874*
- North Shore and Port Washington Railroad merged 1874
- Roslyn and Huntington Railroad inc. 1874, merged 1874

South Side Railroad of Long Island[edit]

South Side Railroad of Long Island inc. 1860, reorg. 1874
- Brooklyn and Montauk Railroad inc. 1879, merged 1889
  - Southern Railroad of Long Island inc. 1874, reorg. 1879 and 1880
    - - Hunters Point and South Side Railroad inc. 1870, merged 1872
      - Rockaway Railway inc. 1871, merged 1872
  - Far Rockaway Branch Railroad inc. 1868, merged 1882
New York and Hempstead Railroad inc. 1871
- Hempstead and Rockaway Railroad merged 1871
- New York and Hempstead Plains Railroad merged 1871

Branches[edit]

Degnon Terminal Railroad merged 1928???
Southern Hempstead Branch Railroad unknown,, probably the Southern Hempstead Branch
Valley Stream Branch Railroad unknown
New York and Long Island Terminal Railway unknown

Streetcar lines[edit]

Atlantic Avenue Railroad
- Brooklyn and Jamaica Railway inc. 1866
  - Brooklyn Central and Jamaica Railroad inc. 1860, reorg. 1867??
    - Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad inc. 1832, merged 1860
    - Brooklyn Central Railroad inc. 1859, merged 1860
Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad inc. 1874
- Greenwood and Coney Island Railroad merged 1874
- Park Avenue Railroad merged 1874
New York and Coney Island Railroad inc. 1879
Huntington Railroad
Glen Cove Railroad dissolved 1925
Nassau County Railway dissolved 1926
Ocean Electric Railway dissolved 1928
Long Island Consolidated Electrical Companies (Combined with Interborough Rapid Transit Company)
Nassau Electric Railroad
South Brooklyn Railway
Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad
Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railway
Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railroad
Prospect Park and Flatbush Railroad
New York and Coney Island Railroad
Brooklyn, Bath and West End Railroad
New York Consolidated Railroad
Nassau Electric Railroad

Boat lines[edit]

Metropolitan Ferry Company inc. 1887, merged 1892
- East River Ferry Company inc. 1860, reorg. 1887
Montauk Steamboat Company dissolved 1929
Montauk Water Company dissolved 1929

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