Goose Creek (LIRR station)

Goose Creek
Location Jamaica Bay Railroad Trestle
Queens, New York City
Coordinates 40°37′58.4″N 73°49′20.5″W / 40.632889°N 73.822361°W / 40.632889; -73.822361Coordinates: 40°37′58.4″N 73°49′20.5″W / 40.632889°N 73.822361°W / 40.632889; -73.822361
Owned by LIRR
Line(s)
  Rockaway Beach Branch
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Station code None
Fare zone 1
History
Opened 1888
Closed 1935
Rebuilt No
Electrified July 26, 1905
Services

None

Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
toward Grand Street
Rockaway Beach Branch

Goose Creek was a former Long Island Rail Road station on the Rockaway Beach Branch. Located on the north end of the trestle across Goose Creek, it had no address and no station house, because it was meant strictly as a dropping-off point for fisherman using a small island in Jamaica Bay.[1]

The station opened in the summer of 1888 and by the following year it served a small community consisting of six fishing clubs, two saloons, and a hotel. The area was known as a popular fishing ground for weakfish and boats could be hired at the docks.[2][3]

The Rockaway Beach Branch was electrified on July 26, 1905.[4] The following year, spoils from the construction of the tunnels leading to Pennsylvania Station were used to fill in the trestle across Goose Creek.[5] The station closed in September 1935 and by 1940 all of the buildings at Goose Creek were eliminated.[2][6]

References

  1. ↑ Brooklyn, NY Quadrangle (Map). 1:62,500. 15 Minute Series (Topographic). United States Geological Survey. 1898. § SE. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  2. 1 2 Black, Frederick R. (1981). "Jamaica Bay: A History" (PDF). National Park Service. p. 58. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  3. ↑ Hendrick, Daniel M. (2006). Jamaica Bay. Images of America. Charleston: Arcadia. p. 34. ISBN 0-7385-4559-7.
  4. ↑ Seyfried, Vincent F.; Asadorian, William (1991). Old Queens, N.Y., in Early Photographs. New York: Dover. p. xi. ISBN 0-486-26358-4.
  5. ↑ Black, Frederick R. (1981). "Jamaica Bay: A History" (PDF). National Park Service. p. 74. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
  6. ↑ "LIRR Station History". TrainsAreFun. Retrieved 2010-04-18.


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