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Re: My Route Suggestion of the Old Abandoned LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch

Posted by WillD on Sat Jul 22 21:16:54 2006, in response to Re: My Route Suggestion of the Old Abandoned LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch, posted by RonInBayside on Sat Jul 22 19:27:11 2006.

Satellite pictures don't show property lines.

Yes they do. Just zoom in on the area of the Rockaway Line and turn on the 'Block/Lot Boundaries' layer, the first layer under the 'Property/Land Use' options. You'll see that none of the private properties adjoining the Rockaway Line right of way actually cross onto the ROW.

However, there are several incursions on that right of way which involve the former LIRR lots which may or may not be legal. At Union Turnpike what looks like a former factory and a semi-circular tower have both used the ROW for their parking lots. Those lots are separate from the buildings adjacent to them and the legality of the use is likely highly debatable. Further south at Atlantic Avenue what I guess was once a junction between the two LIRR lines is now a parking lot for a schoolbus company. In this case the lot encompasses the full area, and I believe somebody on Subtalk said the bus company's occupation of that lot is not totally legal. I see nowhere where private homes come right up to the right of way, and indeed for much of it there seems to be plenty of room to have two light rail tracks, a bike trail, and some trees on what used to be a four track ROW.

Three quite minor right of way incursions seem to be a very minor issue over the entire length of the line.

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