Springfield Gardens station

Springfield Gardens
Location Springfield Boulevard
and Carson Street
Springfield Gardens, Queens, New York
Coordinates 40°40′32″N 73°45′19″W / 40.675464°N 73.755380°W / 40.675464; -73.755380Coordinates: 40°40′32″N 73°45′19″W / 40.675464°N 73.755380°W / 40.675464; -73.755380
Owned by LIRR
Line(s)
  Montauk West Hempstead Branch
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Connections NYCT: Q77
Other information
Station code None
Fare zone 3
History
Opened 1873
Closed October 30, 1979
Electrified May 21, 1925
Previous names Springfield
Services
None
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Former services
St. Albans   Montauk Branch   Rosedale
St. Albans   Cedarhurst Cut-Off   Ocean Point

Springfield Gardens was an island platform station that existed along the Babylon-Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, in the Springfield Gardens, Queens section of Queens, New York City. The station was located between St. Albans and Rosedale Stations, north of Springfield Junction. The only visible evidence of the station today is by a wide gap between the tracks. It first opened around the 1870s by the New York and Rockaway Railroad as Springfield Station[1] (a name also given to a former station on the Atlantic Branch near Higbie Avenue). It was originally located on Merrick Boulevard until May 1885 when it was moved to the southeast side of Springfield Road (now Springfield Boulevard). The line was electrified on May 21, 1925 and the station was renamed Springfield Gardens in October 1927. On July 24, 1936, the station was rebuilt as part of a grade elimination project, and finally closed on October 30, 1979.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Long Island Railroad Mainline to Hicksville & Hempstead Branch Timetable 1915
  2. ↑ Springfiled Gardens Station; 1873 Map(Arrt's Arrchives)


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