Maspeth station (Flushing Railroad)

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Maspeth
General information
LocationCovert Avenue and Joy Street
Maspeth, Queens, New York
Coordinates 40°43′42″N73°54′44″W / 40.728444°N 73.912198°W / 40.728444; -73.912198
Owned byLIRR
Line(s) New York & Flushing Railroad
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
History
OpenedJanuary 15, 1855
Closed1858
Former services
Preceding station Flushing Railroad Following station
Penny Bridge
toward Hunter's Point
New York and Flushing Railroad Winfield Junction
Terminus

Maspeth station was a stop along the original New York & Flushing Railroad that opened on January 15, 1855. [1] Maspeth station was located at Covert Avenue, now 58th Street, at Joy Street, now 54th Drive. [2] [3] So far as is known, there was no depot building. This station was discontinued very early on, probably in 1858. [1] The segment between what was to become the former Laurel Hill station and Winfield station, was abandoned for passenger service in 1875, including the location of the Maspeth station, and completely abandoned in 1880. Part of the right-of-way ran through what is today the Mount Zion Jewish Cemetery in Maspeth. [4] The Flushing and Woodside was merged into the Flushing and North Side in 1871, and its line was abandoned in favor of the ex-New York and Flushing line. [5] [6] [7]

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