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Flushing – Main Street. / 40.757989; -73.831086. trains at Flushing–Main Street. Flushing–Main Street is a station on the Long Island Rail Road 's Port Washington Branch in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens, New York City. The station is located at Main Street and 41st Avenue, off Kissena Boulevard.
Visitors can also check out Robert Moses State Park and the Fire Island National Seashore, which is home to the island's famous lighthouse. How to get there: Take the LIRR's Montauk branch to Bay ...
On December 7, 1993, a mass shooting occurred aboard a Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) train in Garden City Park, New York, United States. As the train arrived at the Merillon Avenue station, passenger Colin Ferguson began firing at other passengers with a semi-automatic pistol. Six of the victims were killed and nineteen others were wounded ...
Find out what's happening in New York City with free, real-time updates from Patch. On Monday, the LIRR will operate on a weekend/holiday schedule with Montauk Branch trains running on a Sunday ...
Service to Atlantic Terminal, Nostrand Avenue and East New York. The LIRR is adding 36 trains per day to Atlantic Terminal, bringing 155 trains to or from the terminal daily, an increase of 30 ...
LONG ISLAND, NY — A total of 43 LIRR employees earned more than $250,000 in 2020, according to payroll data released by the Empire Center for Public Policy. Of those, 19 workers topped $300,000 ...
The LIRR's steam passenger locomotives were modernized from 1901 to 1906, and by 1927, it was the first Class I railroad to replace all its wood passenger cars with steel. [2] In 1926, the LIRR was the first U.S. railroad to begin using diesel locomotives. The last steam locomotive was a G5s operated until 1955. [2]
The Interborough Express (IBX) is a proposed 14-mile (22.5 km) 24/7 light rail line in New York City. As proposed, the line would operate on its own separate tracks within the existing right-of-way from the Bay Ridge Branch and Fremont Secondary to connect Bay Ridge, Brooklyn and Jackson Heights, Queens. Near the All Faiths Cemetery in Queens ...