Clarenceville station (LIRR)

Clarenceville Station was a station on the Atlantic Branch, which ran along Atlantic Avenue, of the Long Island Rail Road, located west of 111th Street in the Richmond Hill section of Queens, New York City.[1] Richmond Hill station to the north, at Jamaica Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard, was also originally named Clarenceville Station when it opened in 1868, but that name was changed in 1871.

Not to be confused with Richmond Hill station (LIRR), which was also referred to as "Clarenceville".

Clarenceville
1891 map of Clarenceville station
Location	Atlantic Avenue and 111th Street, Richmond Hill, Queens, New York
Coordinates	40°41′31.2″N 73°50′07.2″W
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Atlantic Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	None
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1874
Closed	1939
Electrified	1905
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Former services Woodhaven Junction   Atlantic Branch   Morris Park

Clarenceville was originally an 1874-built Atlantic Avenue Rapid Transit station that was reopened as an LIRR station in 1905 as part of the LIRR's electrification of the Atlantic Branch, and closed in 1939, when the branch was moved underground, along with Warwick Street, Autumn Avenue, Union Course, Woodhaven, Morris Park, and Dunton stations.[2]

References

1. List of Atlantic Branch Stations, including Atlantic Avenue Rapid Transit stations (Unofficial LIRR History)
2. LIRR Notice for November 1, 1939

External links

• 1905 Atlantic Branch Electrification; Woodhaven Junction to Rockaway Junction (Arrt's Arrchives)
• Site of former Clarenceville LIRR station (Road and Rail Pictures)