Richmond Hill station (LIRR)

Richmond Hill
The abandoned station canopy viewed in October 2020.
General information
Location	Hillside Avenue and Babbage Street Richmond Hill, Queens, New York
Coordinates	40°42′02″N 73°49′56″W / 40.70056°N 73.83222°W / 40.70056; -73.83222
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Montauk Branch
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
History
Opened	1869
Closed	March 16, 1998
Rebuilt	1923
Electrified	August 29, 1905
Previous names	Clarenceville (1869–1871)
Former services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Ridgewood toward Long Island City Montauk Branch Dunton toward Montauk

The Richmond Hill station is a closed station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in the Richmond Hill neighborhood of Queens in New York City. The station is located at Myrtle Avenue and cuts diagonally from the intersection of Jamaica Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard through to Hillside Avenue. The station has two tracks and an island platform. Richmond Hill was the only station on the Lower Montauk Branch that was elevated with a high-level platform for passengers to wait for trains; the others were at ground level, with low-level platforms.

The Richmond Hill station was originally built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island in 1869 as the Clarenceville station. After New York City and the Long Island Rail Road began negotiating the elimination of numerous at-grade crossings within Queens in the 1910s, the current station was opened on a viaduct in 1923. The station was closed on March 16, 1998, along with nine others due to low ridership and the potential cost of upgrading the stations to modern standards; at the time of its closure, the station averaged one passenger per day.