Clarenceville station (LIRR)

Not to be confused with Richmond Hill station (LIRR), which was also referred to as "Clarenceville".

The Clarenceville station was on the Atlantic Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, located on Atlantic Avenue west of 111th Street in the Richmond Hill section of Queens, New York City.^[1] Richmond Hill station to the north, at Jamaica Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard, was also originally named Clarenceville Station when it opened in 1868, but that name was changed in 1871.

Clarenceville
1891 map of Clarenceville station
General information
Location	Atlantic Avenue and 111th Street, Richmond Hill, Queens, New York
Coordinates	40°41′31.2″N 73°50′07.2″W
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Atlantic Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	None
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1874
Closed	1939
Electrified	1905
Former services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Woodhaven Junction toward Flatbush Avenue Atlantic Division Morris Park toward Valley Stream

Clarenceville was originally an 1874-built Atlantic Avenue Rapid Transit station that was reopened as an LIRR station in 1905 as part of the LIRR's electrification of the Atlantic Branch, and closed in 1939, when the branch was moved underground, along with Warwick Street, Autumn Avenue, Union Course, Woodhaven, Morris Park, and Dunton stations.^[2]

References

1. List of Atlantic Branch Stations^[usurped], including Atlantic Avenue Rapid Transit stations (Unofficial LIRR History)
2. LIRR Notice for November 1, 1939

External links

• 1905 Atlantic Branch Electrification; Woodhaven Junction to Rockaway Junction (Arrt's Arrchives)
• Site of former Clarenceville LIRR station (Road and Rail Pictures)