in Fresh Meadows between 1980 and 1991. Libraries The Queens Public Library operates two branches in Fresh Meadows. The Fresh Meadows branch is located at 193-20 Horace Harding Expressway, and the Hillcrest branch is located at 187-05 Union Turnpike in Utopia. Transportation Buses Although there are no New York City Subway stations in Fresh Meadows, several local MTA Regional Bus Operations routes serve the neighborhood and connect to the subway. These include the: : to 169th Street () or Flushing–Main Street () via Horace Harding Expressway and 188th Street : to Flushing–Main Street () via Hollis Court Boulevard : to Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer () or Little Neck via Utopia Parkway and Horace Harding Expressway : to Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer () or Bayside via Utopia Parkway : to Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike () or Glen Oaks via Union Turnpike : to 169th Street () or College Point via Francis Lewis Boulevard : to Woodhaven Boulevard () or Queens Village LIRR via Horace Harding Expressway, 188th Street and 73rd Avenue In addition, the Union Turnpike express buses run along Union Turnpike, 188th Street, and 73rd Avenue, providing service to Manhattan: to Midtown Manhattan to Lower Manhattan Trains The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR)'s Auburndale station is nearby and provides access on the Port Washington Branch to Midtown Manhattan. Buses also run to the LIRR stations at Flushing–Main Street and Jamaica. Former In June 1873, the Central Railroad of Long Island opened a station, called Frankiston, on Black Stump Road, now called 73rd Avenue. It was east of the present-day Clearview Expressway, where Cunningham Park is now. The railroad line continued northwest, along the parkland between today's Peck Avenue and Underhill Avenue, ultimately ending in downtown Flushing. The origin of the name Frankiston is unknown. Loomis L. White, the railroad's second largest stockholder, had bought all the land surrounding the station in April 1871. The station's building was built by E.W. Karker & Co. of College Point, April–May 1873. The train fare from Frankston to downtown Flushing was $0.30 (). The station was first included in railroad timetables in June 1873. On April 30, 1879, the station was closed and the railroad line was abandoned. Proposed In the 1970s, an extension of the subway system along Horace Harding Expressway was proposed as part of the Program for Action, but it was ultimately not built. Highways The Long Island Expressway (I-495) connects Fresh Meadows with both midtown