Clarenceville station (LIRR)

Clarenceville Station was a station on the Atlantic Branch, which ran along Atlantic Avenue, of the Long Island Rail Road, located west of 111th Street in the Richmond Hill section of Queens, New York City.[1] Richmond Hill station to the north, at Jamaica Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard, was also originally named Clarenceville Station when it opened in 1868, but that name was changed in 1871.

Not to be confused with Richmond Hill station (LIRR), which was also referred to as "Clarenceville".
Clarenceville
1891 map of Clarenceville station
LocationAtlantic Avenue and 111th Street,
Richmond Hill, Queens, New York
Coordinates40°41′31.2″N 73°50′07.2″W
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)Atlantic Branch
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeNone
Fare zone1
History
Opened1874
Closed1939
Electrified1905
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Former services
Woodhaven Junction   Atlantic Branch   Morris Park

Clarenceville was originally an 1874-built Atlantic Avenue Rapid Transit station that was reopened as an LIRR station in 1905 as part of the LIRR's electrification of the Atlantic Branch, and closed in 1939, when the branch was moved underground, along with Warwick Street, Autumn Avenue, Union Course, Woodhaven, Morris Park, and Dunton stations.[2]

References
  1. List of Atlantic Branch Stations, including Atlantic Avenue Rapid Transit stations (Unofficial LIRR History)
  2. LIRR Notice for November 1, 1939


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