Penny Bridge station

Penny Bridge
The site of the former station as seen from the Kosciuszko Bridge in 2023, the station was located around the spot of the light grey road that crosses over the tracks of the Montauk Branch, with the remnants of the platforms being partially visible in the slightly lighter colored rail ballast east and west of the railroad crossing.
General information
Other namesCalvary Cemetery
LocationLaurel Hill Boulevard
and Review Avenue
Long Island City, Queens, New York
Coordinates40°43′44.4″N 73°55′53″W / 40.729000°N 73.93139°W / 40.729000; -73.93139
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)Montauk Branch
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
History
OpenedJune 26, 1854
August 6, 1870
June 2, 1883
ClosedNovember 14, 1869
July 30, 1880
March 16, 1998[1]
ElectrifiedAugust 29, 1905
Former services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station
Long Island City
Terminus
Montauk Branch Laurel Hill
toward Montauk
Location
Map

Penny Bridge was a station along the Long Island Rail Road's Lower Montauk Branch that runs from Long Island City to Jamaica, Queens, in the state of New York. During its existence, the station served local industry as well as the Calvary Cemetery. Before the Kosciuszko Bridge was built, it also served businesses on the Brooklyn side of Newtown Creek (the name referring to the bridge that formerly connected Laurel Hill Boulevard to Meeker Avenue before it was closed in 1939) prior to the closure and removal of the bridge.

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