Maspeth
General information
LocationRust Street and 58th Street
Maspeth, Queens, New York
Coordinates40°43′22″N 73°54′51″W / 40.722833°N 73.914056°W / 40.722833; -73.914056
Owned byLIRR
Line(s)Montauk Branch
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
History
OpenedFebruary 1895
Closed1925
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road 		Following station
Haberman
toward Long Island City
 Montauk Division Fresh Pond
toward Montauk

Maspeth was a station along the Lower Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The station was opened in February 1895 at 58th Avenue and Rust Street.[1] The station closed in October 1903.[1] It was reopened and closed again afterwards, dates between these years is unconfirmed, around 1924 the building was removed and around 1925 the station stop itself was discontinued.[2] Currently the area is the site of freight activity by the New York and Atlantic Railway.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b The Long Island Rail Road A Comprehensive History by Vincent F. Seyfried Part Six The Golden Age 1881 – 1900 Page 266 Station List Archived 2015-04-19 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com)". Archived from the original on 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
  3. ^ NYA Maspeth Freight (TrainsAreFun.com)
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