LIRR Station Name Changes - Mostly 1880's and 1890's Ron Ziel
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Long
Island Railroad |
| FIRST NAME |
FIRST/PREVIOUS NAME |
CURRENT NAME | NOTES |
| Baldwinsville | Baldwin | ||
| Penataquit | Bayshore | Bay Shore | South Side Rail Road opened: 5/20/1868 |
| Interstate Park | Bellaire | ||
| Bellport | Bartlett | Mainline renamed Bartlett on winter timetable 1881-1882 with opening of Bellport on South Shore | |
| Bellport | Summer 1882 Montauk Branch | ||
| Jerusalem | Central Park | Bethpage | Jerusalem: c. 1854 Central Park: 1877-10/1/36 |
| Modern Times | Brentwood | No timetable mention, either. | |
| Thompson's or Thompson's Siding |
Brentwood | Brentwood was called Thompson's or Thompson's Siding opened 6/24/1842, and was really closer to Pineaire. | |
| Baiting Hollow | Calverton | ||
| Carll Place | Carle Place | ||
| Power Place | Cedar Manor | Atlantic Branch: Originally named "Power Place" in 1906, it was later renamed "Cedar Manor." It was taken out of service on January 28, 1959 grade elimination project. | |
| Ocean Point | Cedarhurst | ||
| Suffolk Station | Central Islip | Suffolk Station was the old name for Central Islip and it was located at the crossing of 5th Avenue. The building was picked up and moved to Central Islip at Wheeler Road/Carlton Ave. and the timetables were changed accordingly. | |
| Woodbury | Cold Spring | Cold Spring Harbor | |
| Fashion Race Course | West Flushing | Corona | |
| Moriches | Eastport | The Moriches station building was picked up and moved east, off what became the Manorville branch and was relocated at and renamed Eastport | |
| Newtown | Elmhurst |
Newtown station was changed to Elmhurst, meaning "A Grove of Elms", by the LIRR in June, 1897 |
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| Fanny Bartlett | Bartlett | opened 1924, closed 1928 | |
| Stewart
Jct. (1878-1879) |
Hinsdale
(1879-1887) East Hinsdale (1887-1889) |
Floral Park | Hinsdale on the Central Branch headed towards Creedmoor was abandoned 4/ /30/1879 |
| Nassau, to differentiate it from Glen Cove at Glen St. | Glen Cove | ||
| Club House | Built 1869 S. S. R. R. Depot for South Side Sportsmen's Assn; between MP 45-46, closed 1897 | ||
| Brookdale | Great Neck | NY & Flushing RR Timetable Great Neck 12/31/1866 | |
| Youngsport | Great River | ||
| Centerport | Greenlawn | Built in 1868 as
Centerport. LIRR employee timetable effective: 6/1880. Listed as Greenlawn LIRR public timetable effective: 10/18/1880. |
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| Hammels | Hammel | ||
| Good Ground | Hampton Bays | ||
| Cedar Grove | Hewletts | Hewlett | Cedar Grove (South Side rail Road) 6/1869, Hewletts 7/1869, 1890's Fenhurst, c.1900+ Hewlett |
| Springfield | Higbie Ave., Laurelton | ||
| Hollands | Holland | ||
| Waverly | Holtsville | ||
| Ramblersville | Howard Beach |
Opened: ? At 160th St. Closed:
4/1913 when station stop relocated north 0.2 miles. Renamed “Howard
Beach”: 4/1916 |
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| Islip Centre | December 1, 1868 S.S.R.R.
depot located one mile west of Islip depot. 1/01/1869 Islip Centre on timetable. It may have served the Olympic Boat Club members at the foot of Saxon Ave. Dropped from timetable of 5/1870. on August 19, 1869 the railroad moved the 20 x 30 feet depot on a flat car. It's a distinct possibility that this depot, after being moved east, became the depot at Club House.. |
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| St. Johnsland | Kings Park | by June 1891 Kings Park | |
| Kew | Kew Gardens | ||
| Franklinville | Laurel | Appears on timetable
09/10/1884 as Franklinville
Renamed Laurel in 1890, appears on timetable 09/17/1899 until ETT #1, effective: 5/22/66 Razed: 1967 |
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| Breslau | Wellwood | Lindenhurst | Pearsall's Corners 10/28/1867 |
Pearsall's (1881?) | Lynbrook was named by a number of people who moved from Brooklyn and changed the town name by reversing the "Brook" and the "Lyn" to Lynbrook. 1894 |
| St.
George's Manor 6/14/1845 timetable |
Manor (1852) Razed 9/1869 | Manorville | The town name changed to Manorville with opening of the Post Office, but timetables and LIRR documents retained the name "Manor" until c.1907-1908. Research: Dave Keller |
| South Oyster Bay | Massapequa | ||
| Forge | Mastic | ||
| Miller's Place | Miller Place | ||
| Branch c. 1839 | Hempstead Branch (Jct. of the Hempstead and Oyster Bay branches) 6/6/1861 | Mineola | As of timetable 6/4/1862 |
| Morris Grove | Morris Park (rapid transit stop along the old Atlantic branch) | ||
| Hyde Park, but as that town existed upstate, it was changed | New Hyde Park | ||
| Napeague Beach | Opened:
sometime after 1903 for employees of neighboring fish processing plants.
Appears as signal stop in special instructions of ETT #27: 6/25/1903. R.
Emery states station razed: 12/5/27 and station stop discontinued,
however ETT #107: 12/26/27 lists station stop in schedule pages but no
stops indicated. No longer indicated in ETT #108: 5/23/28 (Art Huneke
data) |
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| Old Northport | New Northport (Northport East) |
Northport (East Northport) | |
| Lang's Corner | Noyack Road (only stop on Sag Harbor branch between Bridgehampton and Sag) | ||
| Hermitage | Peconic | ||
| Melville | Pinelawn/Melville | Pinelawn | |
| Steeplechase | Playland | ||
| Clarenceville | Richmond Hill | ||
| Lake Road | Lakeland (at Lakeland Ave.) | Ronkonkoma (Lake Ronkonkoma) | |
| Foster's Meadow | Rosedale | ||
| Wardenclyffe | Shoreham | ||
| Springfield (probably why Higbie Ave., Laurelton was changed) | Springfield Gardens | ||
| Ridgewood | Wantagh | South Side Rail Road opened: Ridgewood built 1875 changed to Wantagh in 1891as there was a Ridgewood already in NY State | |
| Woodsburgh | Woodmere | ||
| West Deer Park | Wyandance | Wyandanch | West Deer Park: 5/1875 Wyandance: 1/01/1889 Wyandanch: 1903 |
| Fire
Place (6/26/1844) or Carman's River (6/26/1844-6/1845) |
Millville or Milleville Timetable 6/14/1845 |
Yaphank | Milleville
on timetable of 6/14/1845 (Both spellings were
used on timetables). Probably replacing the temporary Carman's
River/Fire Place Station opened at or near the site in June, 1844 with
temporary end of track. Renamed Yaphank 1846. |
LIRR Station Name Changes - Mostly 1880's and 1890's Ron Ziel