Penny Bridge station
Penny Bridge | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Former site of the Penny Bridge station | |||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Other names | Calvary Cemetery | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | north of Laurel Hill Boulevard and Review Avenue Long Island City, Queens, New York | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°43′44.4″N 73°55′53″W / 40.729000°N 73.93139°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Montauk Branch | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | June 26, 1854 August 6, 1870 June 2, 1883 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | November 14, 1869 July 30, 1880 March 16, 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | August 29, 1905 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Penny Bridge was a station along the Long Island Rail Road's Lower Montauk Branch that runs from Long Island City to Jamaica, Queens, in the state of New York. During its existence, the station served local industry as well as the Calvary Cemetery. Before the Kosciuszko Bridge was built, it also served businesses on the Brooklyn side of Newtown Creek (the name referring to the bridge that formerly connected Laurel Hill Boulevard to Meeker Avenue before it was closed in 1939) prior to the closure and removal of the bridge.