Ridgewood station (LIRR Evergreen Branch)

Ridgewood
1891 Map of the station
Location DeKalb Avenue between Irving Avenue and Wyckoff Avenue
Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates 40°42′13″N 73°55′11″W / 40.703678°N 73.919847°W / 40.703678; -73.919847Coordinates: 40°42′13″N 73°55′11″W / 40.703678°N 73.919847°W / 40.703678; -73.919847
Owned by MTA
Line(s)
Platforms 2 island platforms
Tracks 2
History
Opened July 14, 1878
Closed 1894
Rebuilt No; Station abandoned
Previous names DeKalb Avenue
Services
None
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Former services
South Side Railroad Crossing   Evergreen Branch   Myrtle Avenue

Ridgewood (formerly known as DeKalb Avenue) was a train station along the Evergreen Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The station opened on July 14, 1878. DeKalb Avenue was renamed Ridgewood in June 1882.[1] From the Greenpoint Terminal it took 15 minutes to get here.[2] The station closed with the end of passenger service in 1894.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. "Evergreen Branch". lirrhistory.com.
  2. 1880 Manhattan Beach Timetable
  3. "LONG ISLAND STATION HISTORY". trainsarefun.com. Archived from the original on 2017-05-26.
  4. Arrts Archives Map of Evergreen Branch


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