Queens Village (LIRR station)

Queens Village
The front entrance to Queens Village Station from Amboy Lane on the corner of Jamaica Avenue & Springfield Boulevard.
Location	Jamaica Avenue & Springfield Boulevard Queens Village, NY
Coordinates	40°43′03″N 73°44′11″W / 40.717469°N 73.73638°W / 40.717469; -73.73638Coordinates: 40°43′03″N 73°44′11″W / 40.717469°N 73.73638°W / 40.717469; -73.73638
Owned by	MTA
Line(s)	Main Line (Hempstead Branch) (also Oyster Bay Branch, Port Jefferson Branch, and Ronkonkoma Branch)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	5 (1 used for storage)
Connections	NYCT Bus: Q1, Q27, Q36, Q88, Q83 (nights) Nassau Inter-County Express: n24
Construction
Parking	Yes; Metered and Private
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1879
Rebuilt	1924, 2013
Electrified	October 2, 1905? 750 V (DC) third rail
Previous names	Inglewood (1871–1879) Queens (1879–1924)
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	1,582
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Hollis toward New York terminals Main Line (Port Jefferson Branch) (also Oyster Bay Branch and Ronkonkoma Branch) Floral Park toward Greenport, Oyster Bay, or Port Jefferson Hempstead Branch Bellerose toward Hempstead Current and former locations Bellaire station Main Line (Hempstead Branch) Bellerose station

Queens Village is a station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road, located between 218th Street and Springfield Boulevard in Queens Village, Queens, New York City. It has two side platforms along the four-track line, and, except for one AM peak westbound train from East Williston on the Oyster Bay Branch, is served by Hempstead Branch trains only. Just east of the station is Queens Interlocking, a universal interlocking that splits the four-track line into two parallel two-track lines — the Main Line and Hempstead Branch — and controls the junction with the spur to Belmont Park.

Between March and November 1837, the current site of Queens Village station was the site of an early Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad station named Flushing Avenue station then renamed DeLancey Avenue station and later named Brushville station until it was moved to what is today 212nd Street, the site of the former Bellaire station, which was used to serve Ben Lane's Hotel. By 1871, a new station was originally installed across Jericho Turnpike from the estate of Colonel A.M. Wood which was on the northwest corner of Springfield Boulevard. The estate was named "Inglewood," and the new station which resulted in the closing of the Brushville-Ben Lane's station was named for this estate.