Wreck Lead
General information
LocationNortheast side of the Reynolds Channel
Island Park, New York
Coordinates40°35′48″N 73°39′36″W / 40.596690°N 73.660057°W / 40.596690; -73.660057
Platforms2
Tracks2
History
OpenedJune 1888 (NY&LB)
ClosedDecember 21, 1927
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road 		Following station
Island Park
toward Lynbrook
 Long Beach Branch Queenswater
toward Long Beach

Wreck Lead was a train station along the Long Beach Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The station was opened in June 1888 by the New York and Long Beach Railroad to serve numerous fishing clubs and hotels.[1] This station was a flag stop.[2] Wreck Lead consisted of a low cinder platform on the northeast side of the Reynolds Channel (south of here, the railroad traverses the channel via the Wreck Lead Bridge). In 1911, a second platform was installed on the west side of the tracks and on January 15, 1927, and Wreck Lead became the terminus of the double-tracking of the Long Beach Branch.[3][4] Wreck Lead closed on December 31, 1927.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Assembly, New York (State) Legislature (1916). Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York. E. Croswell. p. 304.
  2. ^ "TRAIN LOAD IN DANGER FROM ACT OF A MADMAN; Keeper Opened Long Beach Draw in Front of Engine". The New York Times. August 22, 1904. Retrieved August 7, 2018.
  3. ^ Company, Long Island Railroad (1917). Annual Report... p. 6.
  4. ^ Senate, New York (State) Legislature (1912). Documents of the Senate of the State of New York. p. 363.
  5. ^ "LONG ISLAND STATION HISTORY". trainsarefun.com.

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