Pearl River station

Pearl River
Pearl River
	View of station from northwest
Location	35 South Main Street; (at Central Avenue); Pearl River, NY 10965
Coordinates	41°03′29″N 74°01′20″W / 41.0581°N 74.0222°WCoordinates: 41°03′29″N 74°01′20″W / 41.0581°N 74.0222°W
Owned by	Metro-North Railroad;
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	Transport of Rockland: 92
Other information
Station code	801 (Erie Railroad)
History
Opened	1870
Key dates
July 1, 1981	Station agency closed
Services
show Former services

Pearl River is a railroad station in Pearl River, New York. It serves NJ Transit and Metro-North Railroad trains on the Pascack Valley Line. It is located at 35 South Main Street between West Central Avenue and Jefferson Avenue. Pearl River is the last station in New York, heading from Spring Valley towards Hoboken Terminal.

History[]

Pearl River station in 1910

The land donated for the station came from Julius Braunsdorf, a local entrepreneur, who won a lawsuit against the Singer Corporation. Braunsdorf opened Central Avenue, the local post office, and the railroad station. Known as Muddy Brook, Braunsdorf suggested the hamlet be renamed for the pearls in the local river.^[4] Braunsdorf built originally two facilities at Pearl River, but some time after 1880, these were merged into one structure.^[5]

Station layout[]

The station has one track and one low-level side platform.

Like many Metro-North stations east of the Hudson, permit parking is operated by LAZ Parking. Pearl River's parking lot accommodates 170 vehicles.

Bibliography[]

Cassetta, James Vincent (2014). Images of America: Pearl River. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467121552.

References[]

^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
^ Cassetta 2014, p. 7.
^ Castellucci, John (June 30, 1981). "The Ticket Agent - Just a Memory?". The Journal-News. White Plains, New York. p. 13. Retrieved March 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Cassetta 2014, p. 7–8.
^ Cassetta 2014, p. 11.