Little Neck station
Little Neck is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch in the Little Neck neighborhood of Queens, New York City. The station is at Little Neck Parkway and 39th Road, about half a mile (800 m) north of Northern Boulevard. Little Neck station is 14.5 miles (23.3 km) from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan, and is the easternmost station on the Port Washington Branch in New York City. The station house is located on the south (eastbound) side, unlike most station houses on the Port Washington Branch. The station is part of the CityTicket program and is in Zone 3.
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| Location | Little Neck Parkway and 39th Road Little Neck, Queens, New York | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°46′30″N 73°44′27″W / 40.775°N 73.740744°WCoordinates: 40°46′30″N 73°44′27″W / 40.775°N 73.740744°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Port Washington Branch | ||||||||||
| Distance | 12.7 mi (20.4 km) from Long Island City[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | NYCT Bus: Q36 MTA Bus: QM3 Nassau Inter-County Express: n20G | ||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | June 1870 (F&NS) | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1890 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | October 21, 1913 750 V (DC) third rail | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2012—2014 | 3,354[2] | ||||||||||
| Rank | 35 of 125 | ||||||||||
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Little Neck Parkway at the west end of the station crosses the line at the only at-grade railroad crossing on the Port Washington Branch, and one of the few remaining in New York City. It is regarded as one of the most dangerous railroad crossings in the city,[3][4] as the other crossings carry few trains, usually only freight trains (such as on the Montauk Branch west of Jamaica station and the Bushwick Branch, both un-electrified).
History
The original station house was built between February and May 1870 by the Flushing and North Side Railroad, and is one of only two built by the F&NS along the Port Washington Branch. The depot was built on the south side of the tracks and east of Little Neck Parkway. The station building was erected by Benjamin Wooley, and was 16 by 26 feet, two stories high, with a high platform in front, and 75 feet (23 m). The station cost $1,500. The station opened in June 1870 as Little Neck, superseding earlier Little Neck station, which reverted to the name of Douglaston.[5] It was replaced by the Long Island City and Flushing Railroad in 1890 with a second station house. The former F&NS depot is now located on a local street off Northern Boulevard.[6][7] Electric lights were installed in the station in February 1910.[8]
Automatic gates and high level platforms were installed by 1978.[9]
There is a pedestrian overpass at mid-platform links the eastbound and westbound platforms. This overpass was closed and was demolished in September 2016 even though it was refurbished in 1989.[10][11][12] It was replaced by a prefabricated span in December 2016.[13]
Station layout
The station has two at-grade high-level side platforms, each 10 cars long, with a crossover staircase connecting them.
| Platform A, side platform | |
| Track 1 | ← Port Washington Branch toward Penn Station (Douglaston) |
| Track 2 | Port Washington Branch toward Great Neck or Port Washington (Great Neck) → |
| Platform B, side platform | |
References
- ^ Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. VI. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
- ^ "2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. August 23, 2016. PDF pp. 15, 197. (PDF) from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
Data collection took place after the pretest determinations, starting in September 2012 and concluding in May 2014. .... 2012-2014 LIRR O[rigin and ]D[estination] COUNTS: WEEKDAY East/West Total By Station in Numerical Order ... Little Neck
- ^ "Perilous Crossings".
- ^ Rhoades, Liz (November 26, 2003). "Pedestrians Crossing At LIRR In Little Neck Still Problematic". Queens Chronicle. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ^ "Local News In Brief". The New York Times. June 6, 1870. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
- ^ "PORT WASHINGTON BRANCH Part 2 Auburndale to Port Washington - Forgotten New York". forgotten-ny.com. May 16, 2002. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
- ^ Morrison, David D.; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003). Long Island Rail Road Stations. Arcadia Publishing. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-7385-1180-1.
- ^ "Little Neck". Brooklyn Times Union. February 5, 1910. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
- ^ "LITTLE NECK". www.arrts-arrchives.com. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
- ^ "MTA LIRR - Little Neck". lirr42.mta.info. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
- ^ Pozarycki, Robert (September 16, 2016). "Don't get towed! Parking lot at Little Neck LIRR station closes early today". qns.com. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
- ^ "MTA | news | Rehab Includes Refurbished Waiting Room & Larger Restrooms". www.mta.info. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
- ^ Hallum, Mark (December 1, 2016). "LIRR to replace Little Neck foot bridge this week". Queens Chronicle. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
External links
Media related to Little Neck (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Little Neck – LIRR
- Little Neck LIRR timetable
- Little Neck Parkway RR Crossing photo (Unofficial LIRR History Website)
- Little Neck Parkway & Sandhill Road Railroad Crossing (Forgotten NY.com)
- Little Neck Station (Bridge and Tunnel Club)
- Station House from Google Maps Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View (Daytime)
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View (Night)
- Inside station house/ waiting room from Google Maps Street View