North Roslyn station

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North Roslyn
General information
Location Roslyn Harbor
Owned by Long Island Rail Road
Line(s) Oyster Bay Branch
Other information
Station codeNone
History
Opened1898
ClosedMarch 16, 1924
Previous namesWheatley Hills (18981901)
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road
Following station
Roslyn
toward Mineola
Oyster Bay Branch Greenvale
toward Oyster Bay

North Roslyn is a former railroad station on the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, located within the present-day Village of Roslyn Harbor in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States.

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History

The station was originally opened in 1898 as Wheatley Hills and was renamed as North Roslyn in 1901. [1] [2] The station closed on March 16, 1924. A very limited amount of information is known about the former station. [3]

The North Roslyn station was located in what is now the Village of Roslyn Harbor, at the former intersection of the North Hempstead Turnpike (NY 25A) and Motts Cove Road South; this is currently the site of the entrance to the Nassau County Museum of Art. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "List of LIRR stations". Archived from the original on May 26, 2017. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
  2. Oyster Bay Branch stations [usurped]
  3. 1 2 Morrison, David D. (2018). Long Island Rail Road: Oyster Bay Branch. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   978-1-4671-2854-4.
  4. "[Property maps of North Hempstead and Oyster Bay Townships, Nassau County, N.Y.] - Map Collections". Map Collections – Brooklyn Public Library. Retrieved March 23, 2023.