Maspeth station (LIRR)
Maspeth | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Rust Street and 58th Avenue Maspeth, Queens, New York | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°43′22″N 73°54′51″W / 40.722833°N 73.914056°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | LIRR | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Montauk Branch | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | February 4, 1895 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1924 or 1925 | ||||||||||
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Maspeth was a station along the Lower Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It was opened in the vicinity of St. Saviour's Church as a rapid-transit stop on February 4, 1895, at what is now 58th Avenue and Rust Street in Maspeth, Queens. The station closed in October 1903. It was reopened at an unknown date and closed again in 1924 or 1925. The station building was removed in 1925 and the station stop itself was discontinued. Currently the area is the site of freight activity by the New York and Atlantic Railway.