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{{Infobox station
{{Infobox station
| style=LIRR
| style=LIRR former
| name=Hillside
| name=Hillside
| image=Hillside station from the south, December 2017.JPG
| image=LIRR 1909 Rockaway Junction station.jpg
| image_caption=The former station building in 2017
| image_size=
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| address=177th Street near 93rd Avenue<br />[[Hillside, Queens]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
| image_caption=1909 map, showing the station on the south side of the Main Line tracks at 178th Place.
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| address=178th Place South of 93rd Avenue<br>[[Hillside, Queens]] (near [[Jamaica, Queens|Jamaica]])
| coordinates={{coord|40.706529|-73.782715|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates={{coord|40.706529|-73.782715|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}
| line=[[Main Line (Long Island Rail Road)|Main Line]] and [[Montauk Branch]] <!-- services are listed below -->
| line=[[Main Line (LIRR)|Main Line]]:{{Rail color box|system=LIRR|line=Belmont Park}}{{Rail color box|system=LIRR|line=Hempstead}}{{Rail color box|system=LIRR|line=Oyster Bay}}{{Rail color box|system=LIRR|line=Port Jefferson}}{{Rail color box|system=LIRR|line=Ronkonkoma}}<br />
| owned=[[Long Island Rail Road]]
[[Montauk Branch (LIRR)|Montauk Branch]]:{{Rail color box|system=LIRR|line=West Hempstead}}{{Rail color box|system=LIRR|line=Babylon}}{{Rail color box|system=LIRR|line=Long Beach}}
| opened=June 24, 1890
| opened=unknown ({{circa|1909}})
| closed=July 1, 1966
| closed=July 1, 1966
| former=
| electrified=August 29, 1905
| other_services_header = Former services
| former=Rockaway Junction
| services =
| other_services =
{{s-rail|title=LIRR}}
{{Adjacent stations|system=LIRR former
|line=Main|left=Canal Street|right=Rockaway Junction
{{s-line-loc|before=[[Canal Street (LIRR station)|Canal Street]] station|line=[[Main Line (LIRR)|Main Line]]|after=[[Hillside Facility (LIRR station)|Hillside Facility]] station}}
|line2=Montauk Division|left2=Canal Street|right2=Rockaway Junction}}
{{s-line-loc|before=[[Canal Street (LIRR station)|Canal Street]] station|line=[[Montauk Branch]]|after=[[St. Albans (LIRR station)|St. Albans]] station}}
}}
}}


'''Hillside''', earlier '''Rockaway Junction''', was a [[junction (rail)|junction]] and [[station (rail)|station]] on the [[Long Island Rail Road]]'s [[Main Line (LIRR)|Main Line]] and [[Montauk Branch]] in [[Hillside, Queens]], [[New York City]], [[United States]]. It was located at the place where the Montauk Branch now crosses over the two eastbound passenger tracks and the two freight tracks of the Main Line, just west of the [[Hillside Facility]].
'''Hillside''' was a [[junction (rail)|junction]] and [[station (rail)|station]] on the [[Long Island Rail Road]]'s [[Main Line (LIRR)|Main Line]] and [[Montauk Branch]] in [[Hillside, Queens]], [[New York City]], [[United States]]. It was located east of where the Montauk Branch now crosses over the two eastbound passenger tracks and the two freight tracks of the Main Line, just west of the [[Hillside Facility]].


==History==
==History==
[[File:Former staircase to Hillside station, December 2017.JPG|thumb|left|Bricked-off staircase that once led to the platforms]]
The junction was formed in 1871, when the LIRR's [[Cedarhurst Cutoff|Rockaway Branch]] (now the Montauk Branch) was built south from the Main Line.<ref name="PRRC 1870">{{PDFlink|[http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR1870%20Jan%2005.pdf PRR Chronology, 1870]|57.0&nbsp;[[Kibibyte|KiB]]<!-- application/pdf, 58449 bytes -->}}, January 2005 Edition</ref> It was not a station until June 24, 1890, when the local [[Atlantic Avenue rapid transit]] trains were extended from [[Woodhaven Junction (LIRR station)|Woodhaven Junction]] through [[Jamaica (LIRR station)|Jamaica]] to Rockaway Junction, their new terminal. (The [[Canal Street (LIRR station)|Canal Street]] station opened at the same time.)<ref name=RJ>{{cite BDE|title=Rapid Transit Extension|md=June 24|y=1890|page=1}}</ref> By 1897, these local trains continued along the Main Line to [[Hempstead (LIRR station)|Hempstead]] or the Montauk Division to [[Valley Stream (LIRR station)|Valley Stream]].<ref>{{cite BDE|title=Long Island Railroad's Summer Schedule|md=May 30|y=1897|page=9}}</ref>
Hillside's opening date is unknown (although it appeared on the November 1909 public timetable), near '''Rockaway Junction''', although the station should not be confused with the station nearby with the same name as the junction. The new station house replaced the old one on May 15, 1911, and the replacement station first appeared in employee timetable #60 on May 14, 1911. On October 1, 1930 the junction was eliminated when the Montauk Branch was elevated. Less than a year later, it was given high-level platforms, staircases, and a bridge over 177th Street as part of a grade elimination project.<ref>Images of Rail: Revisiting the Long Island Rail Road; 1925-1975, by David Keller and Steven Lynch (Arcadia Publishing; 2005 Revised edition)<!--page 116--></ref> The station closed on July 1, 1966.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/lirrstationshistory.htm|title=LONG ISLAND STATION HISTORY|work=trainsarefun.com|access-date=2009-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526225709/http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/lirrstationshistory.htm|archive-date=2017-05-26|url-status=dead}}</ref> By the year 1975, the station building and grounds were used by an ice cream distributor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arrts-arrchives.com/HILLSIDEsta.html|title=HILLSIDE STATION|work=arrts-arrchives.com}}</ref> Twenty-four years after the station closed, the name was revived for the LIRR's [[Hillside Maintenance Facility]], which was located closer to Rockaway Junction site and nearby Holban Yard.

[[Electric (rail)|Electric]] service to Rockaway Junction began on August 29, 1905.<ref>[http://arrts-arrchives.com/aug301905.html Arrt's Arrchives: August 30, 1905]</ref> ,but the station house was torn down between 1905 and 1906 for construction of the [[Holban Yard]], a major LIRR freight yard. At some point, it was renamed Hillside.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007<!--Arrt's Arrchives shows a ticket stub from 1909 that includes "Hillside" station <ref>[http://arrts-arrchives.com/images3/LOCALtkt3fsm.JPG ]</ref>-->}} A new station house replaced the old one on May 15, 1911, and the junction was eliminated on October 1, 1930, when the Montauk Branch was elevated. Less than a year later, it was given high-level platforms, staircases, and a bridge as part of a grade elimination project.<ref>Images of Rail: Revisiting the Long Island Rail Road; 1925-1975, by David Keller and Steven Lynch (Arcadia Publishing; 2005 Revised edition)<!--page 116--></ref> The station closed on July 1, 1966.<ref>[http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/lirrstationshistory.htm LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com)]</ref> Twenty-four years after the station closed, the Rockaway Junction site and nearby Holban Yard became the site of the LIRR's Hillside Maintenance Facility.


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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*[http://trainsarefun.com/lirr/hillside/hillside.htm Hillside Station Photo History]
*[http://trainsarefun.com/lirr/hillside/hillside.htm Hillside Station Photo History]


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Latest revision as of 17:21, 12 March 2024

Hillside
The former station building in 2017
General information
Standort177th Street near 93rd Avenue
Hillside, Queens, New York
Coordinates40°42′24″N 73°46′58″W / 40.706529°N 73.782715°W / 40.706529; -73.782715
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)Main Line and Montauk Branch
History
Openedunknown (c. 1909)
ClosedJuly 1, 1966
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road 		Following station
Canal Street
toward Long Island City or Penn Station
 Main Line Rockaway Junction
toward Greenport
Canal Street
toward Long Island City
 Montauk Division Rockaway Junction
toward Montauk

Hillside was a junction and station on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line and Montauk Branch in Hillside, Queens, New York City, United States. It was located east of where the Montauk Branch now crosses over the two eastbound passenger tracks and the two freight tracks of the Main Line, just west of the Hillside Facility.

History

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Bricked-off staircase that once led to the platforms

Hillside's opening date is unknown (although it appeared on the November 1909 public timetable), near Rockaway Junction, although the station should not be confused with the station nearby with the same name as the junction. The new station house replaced the old one on May 15, 1911, and the replacement station first appeared in employee timetable #60 on May 14, 1911. On October 1, 1930 the junction was eliminated when the Montauk Branch was elevated. Less than a year later, it was given high-level platforms, staircases, and a bridge over 177th Street as part of a grade elimination project.[1] The station closed on July 1, 1966.[2] By the year 1975, the station building and grounds were used by an ice cream distributor.[3] Twenty-four years after the station closed, the name was revived for the LIRR's Hillside Maintenance Facility, which was located closer to Rockaway Junction site and nearby Holban Yard.

References

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  1. ^ Images of Rail: Revisiting the Long Island Rail Road; 1925-1975, by David Keller and Steven Lynch (Arcadia Publishing; 2005 Revised edition)
  2. ^ "LONG ISLAND STATION HISTORY". trainsarefun.com. Archived from the original on 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2009-07-27.
  3. ^ "HILLSIDE STATION". arrts-arrchives.com.
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