Long Island City | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Looking west at the Long Island City station (to the right of the fence) and yard (to its left) | |||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Borden Avenue and Second Street Hunters Point and Long Island City, Queens, New York | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°44′29″N 73°57′25″W / 40.74139°N 73.95694°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Line Montauk Branch | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 island platforms (two employees only) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  New York City Subway:  at Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue New York City Bus: B32, B62 (at 11th Street and Jackson Avenue) MTA Bus: Q103 NYC Ferry East River, Lower East Side, and Astoria routes (at Center Boulevard and Borden Avenue) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | June 26, 1854 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1861, 1870, 1875, 1878, 1879, April 1881, July 1891, April 26, 1903[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | June 16, 1910 750 V (DC) third rail (Tracks 9-12 only) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Hunter's Point | ||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2012—2014 | 101[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 110 of 125 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Long Island City station is a rail terminal of the Long Island Rail Road in the Hunters Point and Long Island City neighborhoods of Queens, New York City. Located within the City Terminal Zone at Borden Avenue and Second Street, it is the westernmost LIRR station in Queens and the end of both the Main Line and Montauk Branch. The station consists of one high-level passenger platform located at ground level and is wheelchair accessible.
- ^ "Long Island Rail Road Alphabetical Station Listing and History". TrainsAreFun.com. Archived from the original on January 6, 2011.
- ^ "2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. August 23, 2016. PDF pp. 15, 199. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020.