Hunterspoint Avenue station (LIRR)

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Not to be confused with Hunters Point Avenue station or Hunts Point Avenue station.
Hunterspoint Avenue
Hunterspoint Av LIRR jeh.JPG
The western end of the station.
Location49th Avenue between 21st Street and Skillman Avenue
Hunters Point and Long Island City, Queens, New York
Coordinates40°44′32″N 73°56′50″W / 40.74222°N 73.94722°W / 40.74222; -73.94722Coordinates: 40°44′32″N 73°56′50″W / 40.74222°N 73.94722°W / 40.74222; -73.94722
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)Main Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsNew York City Subway:
"7" train"7" express train​ at Hunters Point Avenue
"G" train at 21st Street
Local Transit NYCT Bus: B62 (at Jackson Avenue)
Local Transit MTA Bus: Q67
Construction
Disabled accessNo; accessibility planned
Other information
Fare zone1
History
Opened1860
Closed1902
Rebuilt1878, 1903, 1914
ElectrifiedJune 16, 1910
750 V (DC) third rail
Passengers
20066,479[1]
Services
Preceding station MTA NYC logo.svg LIRR Following station
Long Island City
Terminus
 Port Jefferson Branch
limited service
 Jamaica
towards Port Jefferson
Oyster Bay Branch
limited service
 Jamaica
towards Oyster Bay
Montauk Branch
limited service
 Jamaica
towards Montauk
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road 		Following station
Long Island City
Terminus
 Main Line Woodside
toward Greenport

Hunterspoint Avenue is a station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road within the City Terminal Zone. It is located at 49th Avenue (formerly Hunters Point Avenue) between 21st Street and Skillman Avenue in the Hunters Point and Long Island City neighborhoods of Queens, New York City. This ground-level station has an island platform between two tracks and is not wheelchair accessible from the entrance above the station.

The station is served only 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 the Oyster Bay, Montauk, or Port Jefferson Branches, with one Ronkonkoma-bound train also departing from Hunterspoint Avenue in the late afternoon. Some westbound trains continue to Long Island City, and some eastbound trains originate in Long Island City. All service (except for one PM rush Ronkonkoma-bound train and one AM rush train from Huntington) is provided by diesel trains that cannot use the East River Tunnels, but the tracks are electrified.

History[]

Hunterspoint Avenue station opened in August 1860, three years before the New York and Flushing Railroad built their own Hunter's Point station. LIRR's Hunterspoint Avenue was renovated in April 1878, but burned in a fire in December 1902. The station was replaced on April 26, 1903, only to be rebuilt again nine years later. [The preceding is confusing the Hunterspoint station (renamed Long Island City) with the Hunterspoint AVENUE station. They are two different stations.] According to a New York Times article from May 1914, the third station was scheduled to open on July 1, 1914.[2] Instead, the reopening date was delayed until October 18, 1914.[3] [The Times article actually makes it clear, this is a NEW station, located east of the original Hunterspoint station, which had long since been renamed Long Island City and still existed.]

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.

On November 22, 1948, a 155 foot (47 m)-long extension of the platform went into service.[4]

In the 2010s, it was announced that the station would receive renovations and become compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as part of the 2015-2019 MTA Capital Program.[5] However, this was pushed back in an amendment from August 2017 until the MTA's 2020-2024 Capital Program.[5][6]

Station layout[]

The station has one 10-car long high-level island platform between the two Main Line tracks, with stairways on both sides of 49th Avenue.

G Street level Entrance/exit to 49th Avenue
P
Platform level 		Track 1 ←      Port Jefferson Branch AM rush hours toward Long Island City (Terminus)
←      Oyster Bay Branch AM rush hours toward Long Island City (Terminus)
←      Montauk Branch AM rush hours toward Long Island City (Terminus)
←      Port Jefferson Branch PM rush hours toward Huntington or Port Jefferson (Jamaica) →
←      Oyster Bay Branch PM rush hours toward Oyster Bay (Jamaica) →
←      Montauk Branch PM rush hours toward Patchogue, Speonk or Montauk (Jamaica) →
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
Track 2 ←      Port Jefferson Branch AM rush hours toward Long Island City (Terminus)
←      Oyster Bay Branch AM rush hours toward Long Island City (Terminus)
←      Montauk Branch AM rush hours toward Long Island City (Terminus)
←      Port Jefferson Branch PM rush hours toward Huntington or Port Jefferson (Jamaica) →
←      Oyster Bay Branch PM rush hours toward Oyster Bay (Jamaica) →
←      Montauk Branch PM rush hours toward Patchogue, Speonk or Montauk (Jamaica) →

Gallery[]

  • Hunterspoint Avenue station, as seen from IRT Flushing Line subway train.

  • Junction; left branch crosses Borden Avenue to HP station.

  • A New Jersey Transit commuter train passes by on the way to Penn Station as it leaves the Sunnyside Yard.

  • So does an Amtrak train.

References[]

  1. ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  2. ^ "New Railway Station; At Hunters Point Avenue, L.I. City, to Open July 1". The New York Times. May 3, 1914. p. XX1. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
  3. ^ "Long Island Rail Road Alphabetical Station Listing and History". trainsarefun.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
  4. ^ "Extended Rail Platform in Use". The New York Times. November 23, 1948. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  5. ^ a b Contributor, Richard Heaton, Chronicle. "MTA sidetracks new LIRR Elmhurst station". Queens Chronicle. Retrieved August 15, 2020. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ "LIRR plan: Upgrade stations, new trains". Newsday. Retrieved August 15, 2020.

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