Woodhaven Junction station

Woodhaven Junction
Former Woodhaven Junction station site
General information
LocationAtlantic Avenue and 100th Street
Woodhaven, Queens, New York
Coordinates40°41′22″N 73°50′39.6″W / 40.68944°N 73.844333°W / 40.68944; -73.844333
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)Atlantic Branch and Rockaway Beach Branch
Platforms4 side platforms (2 on each level)
Tracks4 (2 on each level)
Other information
Station codeNone
Fare zone1
History
Opened1881 (Rockaway Beach, elevated)
1893/1895 (Atlantic, street-level)
ClosedJune 8, 1962 (Rockaway Beach, elevated)
January 7, 1977 (Atlantic, underground)
RebuiltDecember 28, 1942 (Atlantic, underground)
Electrified1905
Former services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station
Woodhaven
toward Atlantic Terminal
 Atlantic Branch Clarenceville
toward Valley Stream
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road		 Following station
Brooklyn Manor
toward Woodside
 Rockaway Beach Division Ozone Park
toward Gibson or Rockaway Park
Brooklyn Hills
(before 1911)
toward Glendale
Preceding station Brooklyn Rapid Transit Following station
Norwood Avenue
toward Chambers Street
 Union Elevated Broadway Line
1898–1917
 Ozone Park
toward Rockaway Park
Woodhaven
toward Park Row
 Union Elevated Fifth Avenue Line
1899–1905
 Ramblersville
toward Rockaway Park
Location

Woodhaven Junction was a station complex on the Atlantic Branch and Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, located at Atlantic Avenue between 98th and 100th Streets in Woodhaven, Queens, New York City. The elevated Rockaway Beach station was closed in 1962 along with the rest of the branch, while the underground Atlantic Branch station was closed and abandoned on January 7, 1977.

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