Long Island City (LIRR station)

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.

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[hide]*1 History
 * 2 Platform and track configuration
 * 3 Bus & Rail Connections
 * 4 Gallery
 * 5 References
 * 6 External links
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[edit] History
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.

[edit] Platform and track configuration
This station has one two-car-long high-level island platform accessible from Borden Avenue, just west of Fifth Street. There are 14 tracks at this location (including 10 at an adjacent rail yard). The tracks not adjacent to the platform are used for train storage.

[edit] Bus & Rail Connections
New York City Subway MTA Bus
 * Vernon Boulevard – Jackson Avenue on the IRT Flushing Line (7 <7> trains)
 * Q103: to Astoria, 27th Avenue & 2nd Street