Originally the Flushing to Bethpage line: Flushing to Creedmoor - TopicsExpress



          

Originally the Flushing to Bethpage line: Flushing to Creedmoor - abandoned 1879, although the rails were still in existence until about WWI. The line branched off from what is now the Port Washington branch near the intersection of Sanford Ave. and DeLong St. and ran SE through what is now the Kissena Corridor and Cunningham Park. Up to this point, there is very little evidence of the old ROW. However, from there the evidence starts building as, I assume, it followed Stewart Rd. (The Stewart Road was the popular name for the line in its day, since it was built by A.T. Stewart, who also founded Garden City) and crossed Hillside Ave. just east of Braddock. From there, current street patterns clearly show the way as it crosses Winchester Blvd. a few blocks south of Hillside. Then it contiued east to a point just south of the current Little League ballfield, with a spur going north to the now Creedmoor State Hospital.
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 14:50:55 +0000

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