Little Neck | |||||||||||
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 The station, as seen fromLittle Neck Parkway | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Little Neck Parkway and 39th Road Little Neck, Queens,New York | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°46′30″N73°44′27″W / 40.775°N 73.740744°W /40.775; -73.740744 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||
| Line | Port Washington Branch | ||||||||||
| Distance | 12.7 mi (20.4 km) fromLong Island City[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  NYCT Bus:Q36Nassau Inter-County Express:n20G,n20X | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Accessible | yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | LNK | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | June 1870 (F&NS) | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1890 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | October 21, 1913 750V (DC)third rail | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2012—2014 | 3,354[2] | ||||||||||
| Rank | 35 of125 | ||||||||||
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Little Neck is astation on theLong Island Rail Road'sPort Washington Branch, in theLittle Neck neighborhood ofQueens,New York City. The station is located atLittle Neck Parkway and 39th Road, about half a mile (800 m) north ofNorthern Boulevard (NY 25A). It is 14.5 miles (23.3 km) fromPennsylvania Station inMidtown Manhattan, and is the easternmost station located within New York City served by the Port Washington Branch. The station is part of theCityTicket program and is in Zone 3.
The original station house was built between February and May 1870 by theFlushing and North Side Railroad, and is one of only two built by the F&NS along the Port Washington Branch. The depot was built on the south side of the tracks and east of Little Neck Parkway. The station building was erected by Benjamin Wooley, and was 16 by 26 feet, two stories high, with a high platform in front, and 75 feet (23 m). The station cost $1,500. The station opened in June 1870 as Little Neck, superseding earlier Little Neck station, which reverted to the name of Douglaston.[3] It was replaced by theLong Island City and Flushing Railroad in 1890 with a second station house. The former F&NS depot is now located on a local street offNorthern Boulevard.[4][5] Electric lights were installed in the station in February 1910.[6]
Automatic gates and high level platforms were installed by 1978.[7]
There is a pedestrian overpass at mid-platform links the eastbound and westbound platforms. The original overpass was refurbished in 1989 and was closed and demolished in September 2016.[8][9][10] It was replaced by a prefabricated span in December 2016, about the same time as the execution of other renovations station-wide.[10][11]
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The station has two at-grade high-levelside platforms, each 10 cars long, with a crossover staircase connecting them.
Unlike most station houses on the Port Washington Branch, Little Neck's station house is located on the south (eastbound) side of the station.[12][13]
Platform A,side platform | |
| Track1 | ← Port Washington Branch towardPenn Station orGrand Central Madison(Douglaston) |
| Track2 | Port Washington Branch towardGreat Neck orPort Washington(Great Neck) → |
| Platform B,side platform | |
Little Neck Parkway, located at the west end of the station, crosses the line at the only at-graderailroad crossing on the Port Washington Branch, and one of the few remaining in New York City.[12][13] It is regarded as one of the most dangerous railroad crossings in the city, as the other crossings carry few trains – usually only freight trains (such as on theLower Montauk Branch west ofJamaica station and theBushwick Branch; neither of those branches are electrified).[12][13]
Data collection took place after the pretest determinations, starting in September 2012 and concluding in May 2014. .... 2012-2014 LIRR O[rigin and ]D[estination] COUNTS: WEEKDAY East/West Total By Station in Numerical Order ... Little Neck
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