Glendale station (LIRR)

Glendale was a Long Island Rail Road station along the Lower Montauk Branch, located at Edsall Avenue and 73rd Street, near Cooper Avenue, at the All Faiths Monuments factory for the Queens Lutheran Cemetery in Glendale, Queens.[1][2] This station had two "platforms" which were just strips of pavement besides the tracks, and two tracks.[1]

Glendale
The Glendale station in June 2014
Location	73rd Street and Edsall Avenue Glendale, Queens, New York
Coordinates	40°42′23.8″N 73°52′41.6″W
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Montauk Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
History
Opened	June 1869
Closed	March 16, 1998
Rebuilt	1928
Electrified	August 29, 1905
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Former services Fresh Pond toward Penn Station, Long Island City, or Atlantic Terminal Montauk Branch Ridgewood toward Montauk Myrtle Avenue toward Bushwick Junction Bay Ridge Branch Ridgewood toward Bay Ridge Fresh Pond toward Grand Street Rockaway Beach Branch Brooklyn Hills toward Rockaway Park

However, there are proposals to bring back passenger service along the Lower Montauk Branch.

History

It opened around June 1869 (although some sources claim it was built in 1868)[3] and contained a small station house along the eastbound tracks. Nearby freight service included such companies as American Grass Twine Works, and Prairie Grass Furniture Company. Trains from the Rockaway Beach Branch also served the station prior to that line's connection with the LIRR Main Line.[4] In January 1927, due to decreasing ridership, the LIRR razed the station, and on September 27, 1927, the name was moved to a new station at Metropolitan Avenue on the Rockaway Beach Branch.[5] The name had lasted only for slightly more than a month until it was changed to Parkside Station on October 23, 1927,[6] and Glendale was returned to the Montauk Branch as a wooden sheltered shed along the westbound tracks by 1928. The wooden shed was replaced by corrugated iron during World War II.

This station closed on March 16, 1998 along with the other remaining stations on the Lower Montauk branch, due to low ridership and inability to operate with the C3 bi-level coaches, which can stop only at stations with high level platforms. This station had only two riders daily at the time of its closure.[1][7][3]

References

1. Sengupta, Somini (March 15, 1998). "End of the Line for L.I.R.R.'s 10 Loneliest Stops". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
2. Urbitran Associates (May 2004). "New York City Department of Transportation Bus Ridership Survey and Route Analysis Final Report: Chapter 3 Transit System Characteristics" (PDF). nyc.gov. New York City Department of Transportation. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
3. "Glendale SSRRLI Station; 1868-1998". arrts-arrchives.com. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
4. Roden, J. (July 4, 1948). "Old Timers: This Veteran Railroader Describes Rockaway Run". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 18. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
5. "New Long Island Station - Will Be Built Near Forest Hills on the Rockaway Division". New York Times. March 25, 1927. p. 5. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
6. The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History Volume #5; New York, Woodhaven & Rockaway Railroad; New York & Rockaway Beach Railway; New York & Long Beach Railroad; New York & Rockaway Railroad; Brooklyn Rapid Transit Operation to Rockaway Over L.I.R.R., by Vincent F. Seyfried.
7. Lyons, Richard D. (July 13, 1986). "If You're Thinking of Living In: Glendale". New York Times. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

External links

• Glendale SSRRLI Station; 1868-1998 (Arrt's Arrchives)