Fifth Street station (LIRR)

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Fifth Street
General information
LocationDriggs Avenue between Lorimer Street and Union Avenue
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates 40°43′18″N73°57′03″W / 40.721599°N 73.950972°W / 40.721599; -73.950972
Line(s) Evergreen Branch
Platforms2 island platforms
Tracks2
History
Opened1878
Closed1879
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road
Following station
Greenpoint
Terminus
Evergreen Branch Humboldt Street

Fifth Street was a train station along the Evergreen Branch of the Long Island Rail Road that opened in 1878 at Fifth Street, which later became Driggs Street and later Driggs Avenue. [1] Fifth Street was three minutes away from Greenpoint Terminal. [2] The station closed in 1879. [3] [4] This is evident as Fifth Street is not mentioned on the 1880 season timetable. [5]

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References

  1. Obsolete Brooklyn Street Names
  2. 1878 or 1879 Manhattan Beach Railway Timetable
  3. "LONG ISLAND STATION HISTORY". trainsarefun.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
  4. "Evergreen Branch". lirrhistory.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2000.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. 1880 Manhattan Beach Railway Timetable