Clarenceville station (LIRR)

The Clarenceville station was on the Atlantic Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, located on Atlantic Avenue west of 111th Street in the Richmond Hill section of Queens, New York City.[1] Richmond Hill station to the north, at Jamaica Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard, was also originally named Clarenceville Station when it opened in 1868, but that name was changed in 1871.

Clarenceville
1891 map of Clarenceville station
General information
LocationAtlantic Avenue and 111th Street,
Richmond Hill, Queens, New York
Coordinates40°41′31.2″N 73°50′07.2″W / 40.692000°N 73.835333°W / 40.692000; -73.835333
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)Atlantic Branch
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeNone
Fare zone1
History
Opened1874
Closed1939
Electrified1905
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road
Following station
Woodhaven Junction Atlantic Division Morris Park

Clarenceville was originally an 1874-built Atlantic Avenue Rapid Transit station that was reopened as an LIRR station in 1905 as part of the LIRR's electrification of the Atlantic Branch, and closed in 1939, when the branch was moved underground, along with Warwick Street, Autumn Avenue, Union Course, Woodhaven, Morris Park, and Dunton stations.[2]

References

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  1. ^ List of Atlantic Branch Stations[usurped], including Atlantic Avenue Rapid Transit stations (Unofficial LIRR History)
  2. ^ LIRR Notice for November 1, 1939
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