Fifth Street station (LIRR)
Fifth Street | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Driggs Avenue between Lorimer Street and Union Avenue Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°43′18″N 73°57′03″W / 40.721599°N 73.950972°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Evergreen Branch | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1878 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1879 | ||||||||||
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Fifth Street was a train station along the Evergreen Branch of the Long Island Rail Road that opened in 1878 at Fifth Street, which later became Driggs Street and later Driggs Avenue.[1] Fifth Street was three minutes away from Greenpoint Terminal.[2] The station closed in 1879.[3][4] This is evident as Fifth Street is not mentioned on the 1880 season timetable.[5]
References
- ^ Obsolete Brooklyn Street Names
- ^ 1878 or 1879 Manhattan Beach Railway Timetable
- ^ "LONG ISLAND STATION HISTORY". trainsarefun.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2017. Retrieved April 6, 2015.
- ^ "Evergreen Branch". lirrhistory.com. Archived from the original on March 4, 2000.
- ^ 1880 Manhattan Beach Railway Timetable
External links
- EVERGREEN BRANCH: another lost LIRR line (Forgotten New York)
- Bushwick Branch Approximation
- Arrts Archives Map of Evergreen Branch
- Arrts Archives THE L.I.R.R.'S EVERGREEN BRANCH