Rosedale (LIRR station)

Infobox Station
name=Rosedale
style=LIRR


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image_caption=Looking west on the platform.
address=Francis Lewis Boulevard & Sunrise Highway
Rosedale, NY
line=rail color box|system=LIRR|line=Atlantic Far Rockawayrail color box|system=LIRR|line=Long Beach
other=NYCT Buses
MTA Long Island Bus
Danny's Taxi
platform=1 island platform
tracks=4
parking=Municipal Parking (NYC Permit Required)
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opened=May 1870Vincent F. Seyfried, , © 1961]
closed=
rebuilt=1889, 1950, 2005
electrified=May 17, 1906
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owned=MTA
zone=3
former=Foster's Meadow(1870-1892) [ [http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/LIRR%20Station%20History.htm Long Island Rail Road Alphabetical Station Listing and History (TrainsAreFun.com)] ]
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Rosedale is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Branch, located in the Rosedale neighborhood of the borough of Queens in New York City. The station is located at Sunrise Highway, Francis Lewis Boulevard and 243rd Street. Rosedale has an island platform and a municipal parking lot on street level. Service is provided by both the Far Rockaway and Long Beach branches. Babylon Branch and Montauk Branch trains pass through on the northern two tracks without stopping. The Rosedale station was recently renovated, and can platform eight cars. Rosedale is part of the CityTicket program and is in Zone 3.

Rosedale Station was originally built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island. Depending on the source, the station was built either on October 28, 1867, May 1870, or even July 1871. Either way it was originally named "Foster's Meadow." The station was abandoned in 1889, but may've been used as a freight house when the second station was built that year, and renamed "Rosedale" in 1892.

From there, the station has a similar history to nearby Laurelton Station. The Eastbound facilities were relocated south of the former station on November 26, 1941 in anticipation of a future grade elimination project, but returned north again on March 10, 1942, when the project was cancelled probably due to concentration on surplus for World War II. All facilities were relocated south of the former location again between November 16-18, 1948 when the grade elimination project was resumed. Temporary facilities were built south of the former location on the same days, while the second depot was razed that month. The third elevated station finally opened for westbound trains on October 31, 1950, and for eastbound trains on November 27, 1950.

NYC Transit Bus Connections

*Q5(weekdays and late nights only): Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer Subway-Rosedale. Q5 Green Acres Mall buses do not serve Rosedale Station.
*Q85: Rosedale or Green Acres Mall-Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer Subway

References

External links

* [http://lirr42.mta.info/stationinfo.asp?station=086 LIRR station information for Rosedale]
*Geolinks-US-buildingscale|40.665893|-73.735578

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