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Hunterspoint Avenue station (LIRR)

Hunterspoint Ave
The western end of the station.
General information
Location	49th Avenue between 21st Street and Skillman Avenue Hunters Point and Long Island City, Queens, New York
Coordinates	40°44′32″N 73°56′50″W / 40.74222°N 73.94722°W / 40.74222; -73.94722
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Main Line
Distance	0.6 mi (0.97 km) from Long Island City[1]
Platforms	1island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	New York City Subway: ​ at Hunters Point Avenue at21st Street NYCT Bus: B62 (at Jackson Avenue) MTA Bus: Q67
Construction
Accessible	No; accessibility planned
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1860
Closed	1902
Rebuilt	1903, 1914
Electrified	June 16, 1910 750 V (DC) third rail
Passengers
2006	6,479[2]
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Long Island City Terminus Port Jefferson Branch limited service Jamaica toward Port Jefferson Oyster Bay Branch limited service Jamaica toward Oyster Bay Montauk Branch limited service Jamaica toward Montauk
Former services Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Long Island City Terminus Main Line Woodside toward Greenport
Location

The Hunterspoint Avenue station 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 currently 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. Some westbound trains continue to and terminate at Long Island City, and some eastbound trains originate in Long Island City. All service is provided by diesel trains that cannot use the East River Tunnelsor63rd Street Tunnel, but the tracks are electrified.

History[edit]

Hunterspoint Avenue station opened in August 1860, three years before the New York and Flushing Railroad built their own Hunter's Point station.

According to a New York Times article from May 1914, the third station was scheduled to open on July 1, 1914.^[3] Instead, the reopening date was delayed until October 18, 1914.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[6] However, this was pushed back in an amendment from August 2017 until the MTA's 2020–2024 Capital Program.^[6][7]

Station layout[edit]

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.

Gallery[edit]

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  Hunterspoint Avenue station, as seen from IRT Flushing Line subway train.
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  The North end of the station seen from the overpass bridge.
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  Junction; left branch crosses Borden Avenue to HP station.
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  A New Jersey Transit commuter train passes by on the way to Penn Station as it leaves the Sunnyside Yard.
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  AnAmtrak train passes by on the way to Penn Station as it leaves the Sunnyside Yard.

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External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hunterspoint Avenue station (LIRR).

• Hunterspoint Avenue – LIRR
• Hunterspoint Avenue LIRR timetable
• Hunterspoint Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platform from Google Maps Street View
• Wooden Station Sign and covered entrance from the bridge in 1958; by W.J. Edwards (TrainsAreFun)