Other names Calvary Cemetery Tracks 2 Opened 26 June 1854 Platforms in use 2 | Line(s) Montauk Branch Electrified August 29, 1905 Other name Calvary Cemetery | |
Location Laurel Hill Boulevard
and Review Avenue
Long Island City, Queens Closed November 14, 1869
July 30, 1880
March 16, 1998 Similar Haberman, Winfield Junction, Canal Street, Union Hall Street | ||
Penny Bridge was a station stop along the Lower Montauk Branch that runs from Long Island City, Queens to Jamaica, Queens, in the state of New York. During its existence, the station served local industry as well as the Calvary Cemetery. Before the Kosciuszko Bridge was built, it also served businesses on the Brooklyn side of Newtown Creek (the name referring to the Penny Bridge that formerly connected Laurel Hill Boulevard to Meeker Avenue before it was closed in 1939) prior to the closure and removal of the bridge.
History
This station first opened on June 26, 1854 by the Flushing Railroad to serve Calvary Cemetery. The Flushing Railroad was purchased by the New York and Flushing Railroad in April 1859. The station, in June 1859, was renamed Calvary Cemetery. The station closed on November 14, 1869. After the line was acquired by the South Side Railroad of Long Island in 1869 the station reopened on August 6, 1870. The Long Island Rail Road purchased the line in 1874 and consolidated the line into its system in 1876. The station was closed on July 30, 1880 before reopening on June 2, 1883. The station was closed on March 16, 1998 along with Haberman, Glendale, Fresh Pond and Richmond Hill stations due to extreme low usage; at the time of closure, the station served an average of one person per day.