Penny Bridge station
Introduction '''Penny Bridge''' was a station along the Long Island Rail Road's Lower Montauk Branch that runs from Long Island City to Jamaica, Queens, in the state of New York. During its existence, the station served local industry as well as the Calvary Cemetery. Before the Kosciuszko Bridge was built, it also served businesses on the Brooklyn side of Newtown Creek (the name referring to the bridge that formerly connected Laurel Hill Boulevard to Meeker Avenue before it was closed in 1939) prior to the closure and removal of the bridge.
History This station first opened on June 26, 1854, by the Flushing Railroad to serve Calvary Cemetery. The Flushing Railroad was purchased by the New York and Flushing Railroad in April 1859.The station, in June 1859, was renamed '''Calvary Cemetery'''. The station closed on November 14, 1869.After the line was acquired by the South Side Railroad of Long Island in 1869 the station reopened on August 6, 1870.The Long Island Rail Road purchased the line in 1874 and consolidated the line into its system in 1876.The station was closed on July 30, 1880, before reopening on June 2, 1883.The station would close permanently on March 16, 1998, along with Haberman, Glendale, Fresh Pond and Richmond Hill stations due to very low ridership and incompatibility with the C3 cars that were to be introduced into service around the time of closure. Around that time, the station served an average of one passenger per day.
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