Long Island City (LIRR station)

Infobox Station
name=Long Island City
style=LIRR

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image_caption=Looking west at the station (to the right of the fence) and yard (to the left); the brick building to the right is ventilation for the Queens Midtown Tunnel
address=Borden Avenue & 2nd Street
Long Island City, New York
line=rail color box|system=LIRR|line=City Mainrail color box|system=LIRR|line=City Montauk
other=New York City Subway
NYCS-bull-small|7 at Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue
MTA Bus Company
New York Water Taxi
platform=
tracks=
parking=Yes;
bicycle=
baggage_check=
passengers=
pass_year=2006
pass_percent=0
pass_system=LIRR
opened=June 26, 1854
closed=December 18, 1902
rebuilt=1861, 1870, 1875, 1878, 1879, April 1881, July 1891, April 26, 1903 [ [http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/LIRR%20Station%20History.htm Long Island Rail Road Alphabetical Station Listing and History (TrainsAreFun.com)] ]
electrified=June 16, 1910
ADA=
code=
owned=MTA
zone=1
former=Hunter's Point
services=
mpassengers=

Long Island City is a rail terminal of the Long Island Rail Road in Long Island City, Queens. Within the City Terminal Zone and located at Borden Avenue and 2nd Street, it is the westernmost LIRR station in Queens and the end of the Main Line. The station is wheelchair accessible.

The station is served only during weekday rush hours in the peak direction (to Long Island City in the morning, from Long Island City in the evening) by diesel trains. Trains are normally run through from the Oyster Bay, Montauk, or Port Jefferson Branches via Hunterspoint Avenue. One train per direction operates via the Lower Montauk Branch to Oyster Bay.

Long Island City station was built on June 26, 1854, and was rebuilt seven times during the 19th Century. On December 18, 1902, both the two-story railroad station, and an office building owned by the LIRR were burned down in a fire. The station was rebuilt on April 26, 1903, and was electrified on June 16, 1910.

Before the East River Tunnels were built, the Long Island City station served as the terminus for Manhattan-bound passengers from Long Island, who would then connect to a ferry to the East Side of Manhattan. The passenger ferry service was abandoned on March 2. 1925, although freight was carried by car floats "(see Gantry Plaza State Park)" to and from Manhattan until the middle twentieth century. Today ferry service is operated by New York Water Taxi.

Connections

*New York City Subway: IRT Flushing Line (at Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue (7))
*MTA Bus: Q103 bus.

Gallery

References

External links

* [http://lirr42.mta.info/stationinfo.asp?station=001 LIRR station information for Long Island City]
* [http://www.mta.info/lirr/Timetable/CityHP-LIC.htm LIRR schedule for Long Island City]
* [http://subwaynut.com/lirr/lic/index.html Long Island City Station (The SubwayNut)]