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Rockaway Junction was a junction and station on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line and Montauk Branch in Hillside, Queens, New York City, United States.It was located in the vicinity where the Montauk Branch now crosses over the two eastbound passenger tracks and the two freight tracks of the Main Line, just west of the Hillside Facility, although at the time of the station's existence it ...
The Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station (announced as the Far Rockaway station) is the eastern terminal station of the New York City Subway's IND Rockaway Line. Originally a Long Island Rail Road station, it is currently the easternmost station in the New York City Subway. It is served by the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times until May 2025. [5]
The Rockaway Boulevard station is a station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway.Located at the intersection of Rockaway Boulevard, Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards, and Liberty Avenue in Ozone Park, Queens, it is served by the A train at all times and the Rockaway Park Shuttle during summer weekends.
Most of the Rockaway Line dates back to the 1880s when it was operated as the New York, Woodhaven and Rockaway Railroad; [11] the Far Rockaway station had been in operation since 1869 as part of the South Side Railroad of Long Island. [12] In 1892, the line first saw service by the Long Island Rail Road from its Atlantic Branch.
Stations on the IND Rockaway Line—both the Rockaway Park and Far Rockaway branches—of the New York City Subway Wikimedia Commons has media related to IND Rockaway Line stations . Pages in category "IND Rockaway Line stations"
The next stop to the west was Saratoga Avenue until May 30, 1940, after which all stations on the line west of Rockaway Avenue were closed and a free transfer became available to the IND Fulton Street Line at the 1936-built subway station of the same name. [4] The next stop to the east was Manhattan Junction. The station closed on April 26 ...
The station was originally built in 1882 as a Long Island Rail Road station on the Rockaway Beach Branch, was called Rockaway Beach, and contained a trolley stop for the Ocean Electric Railway, which eventually expanded their line further west to Belle Harbor and Neponsit.
The station became part of the LIRR system in 1909, when the NY&LB merged with the LIRR. The original station house was razed in 1942. [5] On December 11, 1951, the station was relocated to its current address and combined with the former Atlantic Avenue station. [5] Access to the NICE n36 bus was available until April 9, 2017. [6]