EDGEWOOD |
THE STATION AND THE HOSPITAL
PAGE NEW MARCH 30, 2002. REVISED 02/06/03
EDGEWOOD IS LOCATED ON THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD MAIN LINE BETWEEN DEER PARK AND BRENTWOOD. EDGEWOOD STATION WAS LOCATED EAST OF GRANT AVENUE CROSSING AND APPEARED IN TIMETABLES IN THE 1890'S AND LAST APPEARED IN E.T.T. NUMBER 72, OCTOBER 21, 1914.  EDGEWOOD HOSPITAL WAS BUILT ADJACENT TO AND WEST OF PILGRIM STATE HOSPITAL AND HAD ITS OWN COAL BURNING POWER PLANT AND SIDING. |
EDGEWOOD HOSPITAL
EDGEWOOD HOSPITAL POWER HOUSE IN 1972.
GRANT AVENUE CROSSING IN 1975 - SINGLE TRACK, TWO LANE ROAD.
WESTWARD FREIGHT WITH LEASED PRECISION NATIONAL ENGINE NO. 1702.
IN 1986 THE RAILROAD WAS BEING ELECTRIFIED AND A STRETCH OF DOUBLE TRACK INSTALLED.
THE CROSSING WAS WIDENED TO FOUR LANES AND IS NOW PART OF LONG ISLAND AVENUE.
GRANT AVENUE NOW DEADENDS SOUTH OF THE RAILROAD. THIS IS LOOKING EAST.
LOOKING WEST TOWARD NEW "DEER PARK" STATION WHERE EDGEWOOD WAS LOCATED 73 YEARS EARLIER.
