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Haberman (LIRR station)

Haberman
Haberman Station.jpg
Site of the former station
Location Rust Street and 50th Street
Maspeth, Queens
Coordinates 40°43′33″N 73°55′06″W / 40.725844°N 73.918377°W / 40.725844; -73.918377Coordinates: 40°43′33″N 73°55′06″W / 40.725844°N 73.918377°W / 40.725844; -73.918377
Line(s) Montauk Branch
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
History
Opened September 1892
Closed March 16, 1998
Electrified August 29, 1905
Services
Preceding station   MTA NYC logo.svg LIRR   Following station
Laurel Hill station Montauk Branch
(current and former locations)
Maspeth station

Haberman was a station stop along the Lower Montauk Branch that was located at the intersection of Rust Street and 50th Street in Maspeth, Queens. The station is named after the Haberman Steel Enamel Works in Berlin Village. Haberman opened as a station for the convenience of workmen in September 1892; service was furnished by the Long Island City-East New York Rapid Transit trains. There never was a station building. The station still had manual railroad crossing gates and a guard shack as recently as 1973. The station was closed on March 16, 1998 along with Penny Bridge, Fresh Pond, Glendale and Richmond Hill Stations.


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