New York and Long Island Traction Company

New York & Long Island Traction Company
A woman boarding New York & Long Island Traction Company Trolley no. 25 circa 1918.
Overview
OwnerLong Island Rail Road(50%)
Interborough Rapid Transit Company(50%)
LocaleQueens, New York City
Nassau County, New York.
Service
TypeStreetcar
OperatorLong Island Rail Road(1902-1924)
History
Opened1902
Closed1926
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)[citation needed]
Minimum radius(?)

The New York and Long Island Traction Company was a street railway company in Queens and Nassau County, New York, United States. It was partially owned by a holding company for the Long Island Rail Road and partially by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company. The company operated from New York City east to Freeport, Hempstead, and Mineola.

Lines

The railroad had two main lines.

Mineola Line

The Mineola Line (now the Nassau Inter-County Express n24 bus route) spanned from Queens Village to Mineola (in Nassau County) along Jamaica Avenue.

Brooklyn-Freeport Line

The Brooklyn-Freeport Line spanned from Brooklyn (at the former Grant Avenue station) to Freeport (also in Nassau County) and ran mostly along Rockaway Boulevard, North Conduit Avenue, Atlantic Avenue and Merrick Road. The 17-mile (27 km) route was mostly replaced by the Q7 and Q85 (operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations) and n4 (operated by Nassau Inter-County Express).

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bleyer, Bill. "Freeport: Action on the Nautical Mile". Newsday. Archived from the original on June 20, 2009. Retrieved November 14, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Belmont and Peters Buy Queens Trolleys". The New York Times. June 21, 1905. p. 14. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Company Profile". Jamaica Buses, Inc. Archived from the original on January 25, 2006.
  4. ↑ Meyers, Stephen L. (2006). Lost Trolleys of Queens and Long Island. Images of Rail. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-4526-0.
  5. ↑ Transit Journal (Volume 24 ed.). 1904. p. 932. Retrieved February 26, 2017.