LIRR  Bay Ridge Branch

This line runs in part near the Sea Beach Line and was at least in part, electrified via Catenary lines. The line still sees freight service today and the Queens Portion is used for Amtrak's Boston Service.

Bay Ridge (65^th Street at the East River). Opened 1876. Last passenger service 1904.

Third Avenue Opened 7/1877. Closed 1879,reopened  and reclosed in 1880. A new Station was built  in 1885 for service via the Culver Line to Coney Island (1885-1887)

Bath Junction  Open  7/197-1897. No further information is available .

Parkville  Was located at Gravesend Avenue.   It opened 1877. No further information is available

Manhattan Beach Junction. 7/1877-1924. It was located on the west side of Ocean Avenue No further information is available

Kings County Central Junction was located at New York Avenue. Open 1878 only. No further information available.

Vandeveer Park  Originally Flatlands.  Name changed in 1899. It was located just east of Nostrand Avenue. It was elevated in 1906 and cvlosed in 1924. No further information is available

Kouwenhoven No further information is available

Rugby (Ford's Corner)  Opened 1888 closed 1924. It was located between East 92^nd Street and Remsen Avenue.  No further information is available

New Lots Road 1877-1897. No further information is available.

East New York 7/1877 (Still in use).

Bushwick Avenue 1884-1915. No further information is available.

Central Avenue 6/2/1883.Closed 1884 when Bushwick Station was built. No further information is available.

Ridgewood (Cypress Avenue, originally Dummy Crossing. Name changed to Ridgewood in 1884 and Cypress Avenue in 1891) No further information is available.

Myrtle Avenue  1893-1924. No further information is available.

Bushwick Junction  (Fresh Pond) No further information is available.

Maspeth 1885-1924.No further information is available.

Haberman 1910-1924. No further information is available.

Penny Bridge I1883-1924. No further information is available.

Long Island City 6/2/1883No further information is available.

Woodhaven Junction No further information is available

Cypress Avenue No further information is available

Myrtle Avenue No further information is available

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