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Re: suggestions for first LIRR or Metro North ride |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Sun Sep 8 19:50:19 2019, in response to suggestions for first LIRR or Metro North ride, posted by JRR4 on Sun Sep 8 11:42:21 2019. LIRR Jamaica to Atlantic Terminal, Brooklyn. It’s a short trip but one loaded with early LIRR history. The line has been running for over 100 years.Interesting things to see on the line are the following. 1) “Boland’s Landing” - The short, wooden platform that only LIRR employees use. 2) The abandoned Woodhaven station, closed in 1976. This station replaced a station that was at grade in 1942, after much of the surface LIRR line that ran on Atlantic Avenue was replaced by a 2-track tunnel. The station used to function as a transfer point to the LIRR Rockaway line Woodhaven station until that service ended in 1962. The Woodhaven station in the tunnel looks like an IND subway station, down to the style of tiling. 3) In the same area, you can see the trackway turnouts that used to connect the Atlantic Avenue tunnel to the elevated LIRR Rockaway line tracks. Today the mouth of the tunnel and it’s adjacent area are used for parking by a school bus company. 4) The tunnel ride itself - the tunnel is arrow-straight from Boland’s Landing to East New York, and LIRR M-7 trains have hit 70 mph in the tunnel! 5) The East New York LIRR Station - runs at surface level and has the roadway of Atlantic Avenue running above it. Some ornate ironwork remains. 6) The elevated line and Nostrand Avenue station - the line runs elevated, subway style, above Atlantic Avenue, giving you a good look at central Brooklyn. 7) Atlantic Terminal - renovated, brightly lit station that directly connects to several subway lines and lies beneath the Atlantic Terminal mall. The Barclays Center is directly across the street. |
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