Hunterspoint Ave
The western end of the station.
General information
Location	49th Avenue between 21st Street and Skillman Avenue Hunters Point andLong Island City, Queens,New York
Coordinates	40°44′32″N73°56′50″W / 40.74222°N 73.94722°W /40.74222; -73.94722
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line	Main Line
Distance	0.6 mi (0.97 km) fromLong Island City[1]
Platforms	1island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	New York City Subway: ​ atHunters Point Avenue at21st Street NYCT Bus:B32,B62,Q67 MTA Bus:Q101,Q103
Construction
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	No; accessibility planned
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1860
Closed	1902
Rebuilt	1903, 1914
Electrified	June 16, 1910 750V (DC)third rail
Passengers
2006	6,479[2]
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Long Island City Terminus Port Jefferson Branch limited service Jamaica towardPort Jefferson Oyster Bay Branch limited service Jamaica towardOyster Bay Montauk Branch limited service Jamaica towardMontauk
Former services Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Long Island City Terminus Main Line Woodside towardGreenport
Location

Hunterspoint Avenue is astation on theMain Line of theLong Island Rail Road, within theCity Terminal Zone. It is located at 49th Avenue (formerly Hunters Point Avenue) between 21st Street and Skillman Avenue in theHunters Point andLong Island City neighborhoods ofQueens,New York City. This ground-level station has anisland platform between two tracks and is not wheelchair accessible from the entrance above the station.

The Hunterspoint Avenue station is only served during weekday rush hours in the peak direction (to Hunterspoint Avenue from Long Island in the morning; from Hunterspoint Avenue to Long Island in the evening). Trains serving here usually run on theOyster Bay,Montauk, orPort Jefferson Branches. Some westbound trains continue to and terminate atLong Island City, and some eastbound trains originate in Long Island City. All service at the station is provided by diesel trains, which can neither use theEast River Tunnels nor the63rd Street Tunnel – although the tracks are electrified.

The original^{[clarification needed]} Hunterspoint Avenue station opened in August 1860, three years before theNew York and Flushing Railroad built their own Hunter's Point station.^{[citation needed]}

According to aNew York Times article from May 1914, the current station at 49th Avenue was scheduled to open on July 1, 1914.^[3] Instead, the reopening date was delayed until October 18, 1914.^[4]

In June 1947, only two weekday trains were scheduled east from Hunterspoint Ave, one to Jamaica and one to Queens Village. Trains destined beyond electrified territory could leave Penn Station behind DD1 electric locomotives and change engines at Jamaica; thirteen weekday trains did so. That service ended in 1951, leading to Hunterspoint Avenue's present role.^{[citation needed]}

On November 22, 1948, a 155 foot (47 m)-long extension of the platform went into service.^[5]

In the 2010s, it was announced that the station would receive renovations and become compliant with theAmericans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as part of the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Program.^[6] However, this was pushed back in an amendment from August 2017 until the MTA's 2020–2024 Capital Program.^[6][7]

The station has one 10-car long high-levelisland platform between the two Main Line tracks, with stairways on both sides of 49th Avenue.^{[citation needed]}

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  Hunterspoint Avenue station, as seen fromIRT Flushing Line subway train.
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  The North end of the station seen from the overpass bridge.
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  Junction; left branch crosses Borden Avenue to HP station.
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  ANew Jersey Transit commuter train passes by on the way toPenn Station as it leaves the Sunnyside Yard.
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  AnAmtrak train passes by on the way toPenn Station as it leaves the Sunnyside Yard.

Wikimedia Commons has media related toHunterspoint Avenue station (LIRR).

• Hunterspoint Avenue – LIRR
• Hunterspoint Avenue LIRR timetable
• Hunterspoint Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platform from Google Maps Street View
• Wooden Station Sign and covered entrance from the bridge in 1958; by W.J. Edwards (TrainsAreFun)

• Long Island Rail Road stations in New York City
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1860
• Railway stations in Queens, New York
• Long Island City
• 1860 establishments in New York (state)

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