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- Whitestone_Branch abstract "The Whitestone Branch was a branch of the Long Island Rail Road, running north and east along the left bank of the Flushing River from the Port Washington Branch near the modern Willets Point, Flushing. It crossed the river on one of the three bridges later torn down for the Van Wyck Expressway, then ran north along Flushing Bay and east along the East River to Whitestone. Originally conceived as a branch of the Flushing and North Side Railroad that was intended to lead into Westchester County (a connection that never materialized) in 1869, it was consolidated into the Long Island Rail Road in 1876 when its owners, the Poppenhusen family, took over the bankrupt LIRR. It later became part of a subsidiary called the Long Island City and Flushing Railroad.In the 1920s the branch began to lose patronage and the LIRR sought to rid itself of the line. There was a proposal for the city owned IND subway to buy the line and incorporate it into the subway system. The deal never panned out most likely due the numerous grade crossings that would have cost the city a large amount of money to remove. The Interstate Commerce Commission allowed the LIRR to abandon the line in 1932. Most of the branch was removed, except a small section of the line leading to the Corona Yard which remained well into the 1970s when the LIRR closed the Corona yard. Today only a small section of track, just east of the former Shea Stadium station, remains branching off from the Port Washington branch. The Flushing-Main Street station of the Port Washington Branch was so named to distinguish it from the Whitestone's Flushing-Bridge Street station. Despite the closing of the Bridge Street station the LIRR continues to use "Main Street" on signs and timetables to this day.".
- Whitestone_Branch closingDate "1932-02-19".
- Whitestone_Branch closingYear "1932".
- Whitestone_Branch location Queens.
- Whitestone_Branch numberOfStations "5".
- Whitestone_Branch openingYear "1869".
- Whitestone_Branch operatedBy Flushing_and_North_Side_Railroad.
- Whitestone_Branch operatedBy Long_Island_Rail_Road.
- Whitestone_Branch routeEnd Whitestone,_Queens.
- Whitestone_Branch routeStart Willets_Point,_Queens.
- Whitestone_Branch status "Abandoned".
- Whitestone_Branch thumbnail Whiitestone_LIRR_ferry_jeh.JPG?width=300.
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- Whitestone_Branch wikiPageID "9376109".
- Whitestone_Branch wikiPageRevisionID "603442001".
- Whitestone_Branch caption "Beechhurst Yacht Club, the site of the former northern terminus of the Whitestone Branch".
- Whitestone_Branch close "1932-02-19".
- Whitestone_Branch el "1912".
- Whitestone_Branch end Whitestone,_Queens.
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- Whitestone_Branch locale Queens.
- Whitestone_Branch name "Whitestone Branch".
- Whitestone_Branch operator Flushing_and_North_Side_Railroad.
- Whitestone_Branch operator Long_Island_Rail_Road.
- Whitestone_Branch start Willets_Point,_Queens.
- Whitestone_Branch stations "5".
- Whitestone_Branch status "Abandoned".
- Whitestone_Branch type "Passenger and Freight".
- Whitestone_Branch subject Category:Long_Island_Rail_Road.
- Whitestone_Branch subject Category:Railway_lines_closed_in_1932.
- Whitestone_Branch subject Category:Railway_lines_opened_in_1869.
- Whitestone_Branch subject Category:Transportation_in_Queens,_New_York.
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- Whitestone_Branch type Wikidata:Q532.
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- Whitestone_Branch comment "The Whitestone Branch was a branch of the Long Island Rail Road, running north and east along the left bank of the Flushing River from the Port Washington Branch near the modern Willets Point, Flushing. It crossed the river on one of the three bridges later torn down for the Van Wyck Expressway, then ran north along Flushing Bay and east along the East River to Whitestone.".
- Whitestone_Branch label "Whitestone Branch".
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- Whitestone_Branch name "Whitestone Branch".
