Laurel Hill station

Laurel Hill
An 1891 map of the area which included of the former Laurel Hill Station.
General information
Location	Clifton Street Long Island City, Queens, New York
Coordinates	40°43′36.38″N 73°55′24.91″W / 40.7267722°N 73.9235861°W / 40.7267722; -73.9235861
Owned by	LIRR
Line(s)	Montauk Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms[citation needed]
Tracks	2[1]
History
Opened	1890[dubious – discuss]
Closed	c.1900[dubious – discuss]
Electrified	August 29, 1905[citation needed]
Former services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Penny Bridge toward Long Island City Montauk Division Haberman toward Montauk

Laurel Hill was a railroad station on the Lower Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in Long Island City, New York. It existed briefly around the 1880s^[1] and was located where Clifton Street (now 46th Street) used to intersect the railroad line.^[2][1]

Laurel Hill station was located a few blocks west of the point where the former junction between the New York and Flushing Railroad and South Side Railroad of Long Island existed.^[3] It was built by the LIRR^{[dubious – discuss]} in 1890^{[dubious – discuss]}. The station was relatively short-lived and closed in September 1892^[1] or around 1900.^[2] However, also in September 1892, the new Haberman station opened only a short distance to the east.^[4]

In 1905, the junction was closed for passenger service.^{[citation needed]} Industrialization of Long Island City and the altering of both street names and street patterns (in this case by the Phelps Dodge Copper Refining and Chemical Plant) have removed all traces of the former station^{[citation needed]}, which, relative to the 21st-Century street grid, would have been along 56th Road halfway between 43rd and 48th Streets.

• Site of Laurel Hill station

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