| Ridgewood | |||||||||||
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 1891 Map of the station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | DeKalb Avenue between Irving Avenue and Wyckoff Avenue Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°42′13″N 73°55′11″W / 40.703678°N 73.919847°W / 40.703678; -73.919847 | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Evergreen Branch | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | July 14, 1878 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1894 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | DeKalb Avenue | ||||||||||
| Former services | |||||||||||
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Ridgewood (formerly known as DeKalb Avenue) was a train station in New York along the Evergreen Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The station opened on July 14, 1878. DeKalb Avenue was renamed Ridgewood in June 1882. From the Greenpoint Terminal it took 15 minutes to get here. The station closed with the end of passenger service in 1894.
References
- "Evergreen Branch". lirrhistory.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2000.
- 1880 Manhattan Beach Timetable
- "LONG ISLAND STATION HISTORY". trainsarefun.com. Archived from the original on 2017-05-26.
- Arrts Archives Map of Evergreen Branch
External links
- EVERGREEN BRANCH: another lost LIRR line (Forgotten New York)
- Arrts Archives THE L.I.R.R.'S EVERGREEN BRANCH
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