- Far Rockaway (LIRR station)
Infobox Station
name=Far Rockaway
style=LIRR
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image_caption=Looking northeast at the station
address=Nameoke Street and Redfern Avenue, off Central AvenueFar Rockaway, New York .
line=rail color box|system=LIRR|line=Far Rockaway
other=New York City Subway
NYCS-bull-small|A @ Far Rockaway-Mott AvenueMTA Long Island Bus MTA Bus
Rockaway Car Service
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parking=Yes
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opened=July 29 ,1869 Vincent F. Seyfried , , © 1961]
closed=
rebuilt=July 15 1890 , 1958
electrified=1904
ADA=yes
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owned=MTA
zone=4
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mpassengers=Far Rockaway is the terminus of the
Long Island Rail Road 'sFar Rockaway Branch in the Far Rockaway neighborhood ofQueens ,New York ,United States . The station is located at Nameoke Street and Redfern Avenue, and is 23.0 miles (37 km) from Penn Station inMidtown Manhattan , and mean travel time is 56 minutes, although most off - peak trains require a transfer for service to Penn Station.As the Far Rockaway Branch loops back through Nassau County and is in zone 4, this station is not eligible for the
CityTicket program.History
The Far Rockaway Branch had originally been part of a loop that traveled along the existing route, continuing through the Rockaway Peninsula and heading on a trestle across
Jamaica Bay through Queens where it reconnected with other branches. Frequent fires and maintenance problems led the LIRR to abandon the Queens portion of the route, which was acquired by the city to become theIND Rockaway Line , with service provided by the A train. The line was divided with the portions from Mott Avenue becoming part of the subway system and the Far Rockaway station becoming the terminus of the LIRR branch. [ [http://www.nycsubway.org/lines/rockaway.html IND Rockaway Branch/Jamaica Bay Crossing] , accessedJune 14 ,2006 ]Bus & Rail Connections
New York City Subway
*Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue station on theIND Rockaway Line (NYCS Rockaway) (3 blocks west).MTA Long Island Bus
*N31: Far Rockaway-Hempstead
*N32: Far Rockaway-Hempstead
*N33: Far Rockaway-Long Beach [http://lirr42.mta.info/stationinfo.asp?station=099 LIRR station information for Far Rockaway] ,Long Island Rail Road . AccessedJune 11 ,2007 .]MTA Bus
*Q22: Roxbury-Far Rockaway Subway Station.
*Q22A: Far Rockaway Subway Station-Bayswater
*Q113: Far Rockaway-JamaicaReferences
External links
* [http://lirr42.mta.info/stationinfo.asp?station=099 LIRR station information for Far Rockaway]
* [http://subwaynut.com/lirr/farrockaway/index.html Far Rockaway Station (The SubwayNut)]
*Arrt's Arrchives
** [http://www.arrts-arrchives.com/images3/frstaval.jpgOld Far Rockaway Station (c. 1905)]
** [http://www.arrts-arrchives.com/images2/frfwtwr.jpg"FW" Tower (1907)]
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