Bartlett's station

Bartlett's was a private flag stop on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line, that opened under the name Bellport in 1844 with the opening of the LIRR.[1][2] Located 2 1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) east of Medford station and thus much further north than Bellport, it included a stagecoach connection down Bellport (Station) Road to Bellport Village, hence the station's name.

Bartlett's
LocationBellport Avenue
Yaphank, New York
Coordinates40.821111°N 72.956667°W / 40.821111; -72.956667
Owned byLIRR
Line(s)
  Ronkonkoma Branch
Platforms2
Tracks2
History
Opened1844
Closed1880
Previous namesBellport
Services
None (Closed)
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Former services
Medford   Main Line   Fire Place

History

The station is mentioned in 1852 in the New York Traveller.[3] This station appears on the 1852 timetable[4] and on a map from 1873 as Bellport[5] (Also on this map the Manorville Branch, the Main Line and the proposed SSRRLI right of way past Patchogue to meet with the Manorville Branch). This station was renamed "Bartlett's Station" on May 21, 1880[6] after NYS Court of Appeals Justice Willard Bartlett, whose father had purchased a farm in Brookhaven, then an estate of over 1000-acres.[7] The station was abandoned at some point. The stop was a private flag-stop, which eventually was closed.

References
  1. LIRR Station History
  2. "early LIRR stations". lirrhistory.com.
  3. "The New York Traveller; Containing Railroad, Steamboat, Canal Packet, and ..." google.com.
  4. "BROOKLYN & JAMAICA RAIL ROAD, LONG ISLAND R. R. 1852 TIMETABLE". arrts-arrchives.com.
  5. from the Atlas of Long Island, New York, Part of Brookhaven, Suffolk, with Blue Point, Patchogue, East Patchogue, Bellport, Brookhaven, South Haven, Mastic, Moriches, East Moriches, Eastport, Great South Bay, East Bay, Fire Island, property owners, by D.G. Beers & Co., 1873. Excellent condition, original color, some toning, approx. 14 x 21 inches.
  6. Vincent Seyfried notes at the State University of New York at Stony Brook
  7. "Bellport/Bartlett LIRR Station (former)". wikimapia.org.


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