Myrtle Avenue station (LIRR Bay Ridge Branch)

Myrtle Avenue was a train station along the Bay Ridge Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The station opened in 1893, at Myrtle Avenue and what is now 61st Street. The station closed and was subsequently removed with the end of passenger service on May 14, 1924.[1] As of July 2021, the tracks remain active with freight activity operated by the New York and Atlantic Railway.

This article is about the former LIRR Bay Ridge Branch station at Myrtle Avenue. For the former station of the same name on the LIRR Evergreen Branch, see Myrtle Avenue station (LIRR Evergreen Branch).
Myrtle Avenue
General information
LocationMyrtle Avenue at Fresh Pond Road and 61st Street
border of Ridgewood and Glendale, Queens, New York
Coordinates40°42′03″N 73°53′39″W
Owned byMTA
Line(s)Bay Ridge Branch
PlatformsIsland platform
Tracks3
History
Opened1893
ClosedMay 14, 1924
Services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road		 Following station
Cypress Avenue
toward Bay Ridge
 Bay Ridge Branch Fresh Pond
Terminus

References
  1. "Bay Ridge Branch". lirrhistory.com.
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