Long Island Electric Railway

Long Island Electric Railway

The Long Island Electric Railway was a streetcar company operating in Brooklyn, Queens, and Nassau County, New York, United States. It connected the east end of the Fulton Street El at Crescent Street station in City Line, Brooklyn with Jamaica, Queens, and ran from there to the Nassau County line at Queens Village and to Far Rockaway, Queens via Nassau County. The New York and Long Island Traction Company used trackage rights over its line from Crescent Street to Queens Village.


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