Far Rockaway Branch
West of Locust Manor , most trips go on to terminate at Jamaica , with some trips ending at Atlantic Terminal or Penn Station .
Stations past Far Rockaway were abandoned in 1955, many of them were reopened as subway stations on the IND Rockaway Line in 1956.
Zone | Location | Station | Miles (km) from NYP | Date opened | Date closed | Connections and notes |
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3 | Locust Manor, Queens | Locust Manor | 12.2 (19.6) | 1869 | New York City Bus : Q3 , Q85 , QM21 | |
Springfield Gardens, Queens | Higbie Avenue | 1908 | 1960 | |||
Laurelton, Queens | Laurelton | 13.1 (21.1) | 1907 | New York City Bus: Q77 , Q85 | ||
Rosedale, Queens | Rosedale | 14.0 (22.5) | 1870 | New York City Bus: Q5 , Q85 , X63 | ||
4 | Valley Stream | Valley Stream | 16.1 (25.9) | 1869 | Long Island Rail Road : Long Beach , West Hempstead branches Nassau Inter-County Express : n1 , Elmont Flexi |
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Gibson | 16.4 (26.4) | 1928 | Nassau Inter-County Express: n1 | |||
Hewlett | Hewlett | 17.2 (27.7) | 1869 | Nassau Inter-County Express: n1 , n31 , n32 Originally named Cedar Grove, then Hewletts |
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Woodmere | Woodmere | 17.8 (28.6) | 1869 | Nassau Inter-County Express: n31 , n32 | ||
Cedarhurst | Cedarhurst | 18.8 (30.3) | 1869 | Nassau Inter-County Express: n31 , n32 | ||
Lawrence | Lawrence | 19.5 (31.4) | 1869 | Nassau Inter-County Express: n31 , n32 | ||
Inwood | Inwood | 19.9 (32.0) | 1905 | Nassau Inter-County Express: n31 , n32 Originally named Westville |
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Far Rockaway, Queens | Far Rockaway | 20.4 (32.8) | 1869 | New York City Subway: A (at Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue ) Nassau Inter-County Express: n31 , n32 , n33 MTA Bus : Q22 , Q113 , QM17 |
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Wavecrest | 1928 | 1955 | Now Beach 25th Street subway station | |||
South Side Pavilion | 1955 | |||||
Edgemere, Queens | Edgemere | 1895 | 1955 | Now Beach 36th Street subway station | ||
Frank Avenue | 1922 | 1955 | Now Beach 44th Street subway station | |||
Arverne, Queens | Straiton Avenue | 1892 | 1955 | Originally named Arverne–Straiton Avenue, now Beach 60th Street subway station | ||
Gaston Avenue | 1888 | 1955 | Originally named Arverne, then Arverne–Gaston Avenue, now Beach 67th Street subway station | |||
Rockaway Beach, Queens | Eldert’s Grove | 1872 | 1887 | Replaced by NYW&R -built Hammels station in 1880 | ||
Holland’s | 1880 | 1955 | Now Beach 90th Street subway station | |||
Sea Side House | 1880 | 1955 | Originally named Seaside, now Beach 105th Street subway station | |||
Rockaway Park, Queens | Neptune House | 1882 | 1955 | Originally named Rockaway Beach, then Rockaway Park, now Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street subway station | ||
Atlantic Park | 1875 | c. 1901 |