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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=Hillside station from the south, December 2017.JPG
| image_caption=The former station building in 2017
| image_caption=The former station building in 2017
| address=177th Street near 93rd Avenue<br>[[Hillside, Queens]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
| address=177th Street near 93rd Avenue<br />[[Hillside, Queens]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
| 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 (Long Island Rail Road)|Main Line]] and [[Montauk Branch]] <!-- services are listed below -->
| owned=[[Long Island Rail Road]]
| owned=[[Long Island Rail Road]]
| opened=unknown (c. 1909)
| opened=unknown ({{circa|1909}})
| closed=July 1, 1966
| closed=July 1, 1966
| former=
| former=
| other_services_header = Former services
| services =None (Closed)
| other_services =
{{s-rail|title=LIRR}}
{{Adjacent stations|system=LIRR former
{{S-note|wide=yes|text=Former services}}
|line=Main|left=Canal Street|right=Rockaway Junction
{{Rail line|previous=[[Canal Street (LIRR station)|Canal Street]]|route=[[Main Line (LIRR)|Main Line]]|next=[[Woodhull Park (LIRR station)|Woodhull Park]]}}
|line2=Montauk Division|left2=Canal Street|right2=Rockaway Junction}}
{{Rail line|previous=[[Canal Street (LIRR station)|Canal Street]]|route=[[Montauk Branch]]|next=[[Woodhull Park (LIRR station)|Woodhull Park]]}}
}}
}}


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[[File:Former staircase to Hillside station, December 2017.JPG|thumb|left|Bricked-off staircase that once led to the platforms]]
[[File:Former staircase to Hillside station, December 2017.JPG|thumb|left|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.<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.
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.

==Confusion with Rockaway Junction station==
This station is often confused with the nearby [[Rockaway Junction (LIRR station)|Rockaway Junction]] station, due to their locations (Rockaway Junction was located two blocks east at 178th Place), and the fact that their years overlap. Hillside's opening is unknown and closed in 1911. It reopened in May 1911 and closed in 1966, while Rockaway Junction opened in 1890 and closed in 1905/1906 and still appeared on timetables until 1910.


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Railway stations closed in 1966]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1966]]
[[Category:Rail junctions in the United States]]
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[[Category:1966 disestablishments in New York (state)]]

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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