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PENNY BRIDGE STATION
THE FLUSHING RAIL ROAD COMPANY WAS INCORPORATED MARCH 3, 1852 TO BUILD FROM FLUSHING TO THE EAST RIVER IN KINGS COUNTY. AFTER ATTEMPTING TO GAIN ACCESS TO WILLIAMSBURGH AND GREENPOINT, THEY DECIDED TO BUILD TO HUNTERS POINT IN QUEENS COUNTY. THIS COLTON MAP PUBLISHED IN 1855 SHOWS THE FLUSHING RAIL ROAD CROSSING NEWTOWN CREEK AND ENTERING BROOKLYN. |
THE FLUSHING RAIL ROAD OPENED JUNE 26, 1854 AND HAD A STATION AT PENNY BRIDGE TO SERVE CALVARY CEMETERY. CONNECTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE CALVARY OMNIBUS LINE WHICH SERVED BROOKLYN VIA THE PENNY BRIDGE.
THE F.R.R. WAS SOLD IN BANKRUPTCY AND REORGANIZED MARCH 22, 1859 AS THE NEW YORK AND FLUSHING RAILROAD. ON JULY 13, 1867 THE LINE WAS PURCHASED BY THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD WHICH SOLD IT TO THE NEW FLUSHING AND NORTH SIDE RAILROAD ON AUGUST 11, 1868. THE F.& N.S. OPERATED THE N.Y.& F. UNTIL THEIR LINE WAS COMPLETED FROM LONG ISLAND CITY TO WINFIELD ON OCTOBER 8, 1869. THEY THEN ABANDONED SERVICE BETWEEN WINFIELD AND LONG ISLAND CITY VIA PENNY BRIDGE AND SOLD THAT PORTION OF RAILROAD TO THE SOUTH SIDE RAILROAD OF LONG ISLAND GIVING THAT LINE A TERMINAL IN LONG ISLAND CITY. THE PORTIONS OF THE FLUSHING RAILROAD REMAINING TODAY ARE THE PORT WASHINGTON BRANCH BETWEEN WINFIELD AND FLUSHING MAIN STREET AND THE MONTAUK BRANCH FROM LONG ISLAND CITY TO LAUREL HILL. |
THIS MAP SHOWS THE FLUSHING RAIL ROAD AND THE BROOKLYN & JAMAICA
COLTON'S 1873 MAP SHOWS THE RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN LAUREL HILL AND WINFIELD
THIS MAP SHOWS THE RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN LAUREL HILL AND WINFIELD
THE L.I.R.R.'S 1924 CORPORATE HISTORY BLUEPRINT SHOWS THE FLUSHING RAIL ROAD - NEW YORK AND FLUSHING RAIL ROAD - RUNNING BETWEEN "C" (LAUREL HILL) AND "C" (WINFIELD). THE PENNY BRIDGE IS SHOWN CROSSING NEWTOWN CREEK AT THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF CALVARY CEMETERY. |
A VISITOR, FRED SHERFY, WRITES:
Hello - through your lovely website, I was able to identify this 1860's stereoview photograph.
I thought I would send you a copy for your website since you have later ones.
I am fairly experienced with these images and I place the image sometime in the 1860's.
I scanned it at home and you should have no trouble with viruses. Regards. Fred
THIS REMARKABLE 1860'S PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS THE PENNY BRIDGE, PEOPLE IN A ROWBOAT FISHING IN NEWTOWN
CREEK AND IN THE DISTANCE CALVARY CEMETERY AND A NEW YORK AND FLUSHING RAIL ROAD TRAIN........
OR PERHAPS TWO TRAINS AS THE ONE TO THE LEFT
APPEARS FURTHER AWAY AND SEEMS TO BE MOVING.
THANKS FRED!
MARCH 23, 1863 NEW YORK & FLUSHING TIME TABLE FROM
"THE LONG ISLAND TIMES"
THANKS TO BRIAN MERLIS FOR THIS LOVELY SCAN OF A DECEMBER 1866 TIMETABLE
A 1932 PHOTO OF PENNY BRIDGE AND THE STATION.
WILLIAM J. RUGEN 1962 PHOTO.
WILLIAM D. SLADE PHOTO JULY, 1953
LOOKING SOUTH CIRCA 1940 - L.I.R.R. PHOTO.
LOOKING NORTHWEST CIRCA 1940 - LAUREL HILL BLVD. CROSSING. - L.I.R.R. PHOTO.
OCTOBER 16, 1955 THE FINAL RUN OF L.I.R.R. STEAM.
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