Woodhaven Junction station

Woodhaven Junction (LIRR station)
General information
Location	Woodhaven Boulevard, and Flatbush Avenue Bedford-Stuyvesant, New York
Owned by	MTA
Line(s)	City Terminal Zone   Rockaway Beach Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Connections	Rockaway Beach Branch
Other information
Station code	None
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	December, 1942
Closed	December, 1976
Rebuilt	N/A Station Abandoned
Electrified	1905
Previous names	Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad
Services
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Woodhaven Junction was a station on the Atlantic Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It was first opened by the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad in 1942. The design resembled an Independent Subway station. The tilework is of the same design; the name mosaic reads "Woodhaven". The station was used less and less after 1950, when the Rockaway Beach Branch closed after a trestle was destroyed by fire. Ridership declined, and fewer trains were scheduled to make the stop. Passengers had to walk to walk to East New York or ride buses to other nearby stations. The elevated station of the Rockaway Beach Branch closed first in 1967.

The underground station of the Atlantic Branch closed in 1976, it is still visible from passing trains.

See also

• LIRR Atlantic Branch

References

• Abandoned Stations - Woodhaven (Joseph Brennan)

• Former Rockaway Beach Branch, including Woodhaven Station (Forgotten New York)