Long Island Rail Road station
Laurel Hill was a railroad station on the Lower Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in Long Island City, New York. It existed briefly around the 1880s[1] and was located where Clifton Street (now 46th Street) used to intersect the railroad line.[2][1]
Laurel Hill station was located a few blocks west of the point where the former junction between the New York and Flushing Railroad and South Side Railroad of Long Island existed.[3] It was built by the LIRR[dubious – discuss] in 1890[dubious – discuss]. The station was relatively short-lived and closed in September 1892[1] or around 1900.[2] However, also in September 1892, the new Haberman station opened only a short distance to the east.[4]
In 1905, the junction was closed for passenger service.[citation needed] Industrialization of Long Island City and the altering of both street names and street patterns (in this case by the Phelps Dodge Copper Refining and Chemical Plant) have removed all traces of the former station[citation needed], which, relative to the 21st-Century street grid, would have been along 56th Road halfway between 43rd and 48th Streets.
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