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Flushing and North Side Railroad
Map
1873 Map of the Flushing and North Side Railroad.
Overview
HeadquartersCollege Point, New York
LocaleQueens County, N.Y., U.S.
Dates of operation1868–1874
PredecessorNew York and Flushing Railroad
SuccessorLong Island Rail Road

The Flushing and North Side Railroad was a former railroad on Long Island built by Conrad Poppenhusen as a replacement for the former New York and Flushing Railroad. The railroad was established in 1868, was merged with the Central Railroad of Long Island in 1874 to form the Flushing, North Shore and Central Railroad, and was finally acquired by the Long Island Rail Road in 1876. Today the main line is known as the Port Washington Branch of the Long Island Rail Road.

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Flushing and North Side Railroad

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The Flushing and North Side Railroad was a former railroad on Long Island built by Conrad Poppenhusen as a replacement for the former New York and Flushing...

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Central Railroad of Long Island

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1871, then merged with the Flushing and North Side Railroad in 1874 to form the Flushing, North Shore and Central Railroad. It was finally acquired by...

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Whitestone Branch

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ran north along Flushing Bay and east along the East River to Whitestone. Originally conceived as a branch of the Flushing and North Side Railroad that...

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Great Neck station

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the Flushing and North Side Railroad in 1869, and the name was changed to Great Neck in 1872. The F&NS was consolidated into the Flushing, North Shore...

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Little Neck station

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station and the Bushwick Branch, both un-electrified). The original station house was built between February and May 1870 by the Flushing and North Side Railroad...

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Port Washington Branch

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1868-established Flushing and North Side Railroad. In 1869, the New York State Legislature authorized the Flushing and North Side to buy the New York and Flushing east...

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Flushing River

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The Flushing River, also known as Flushing Creek, is a waterway that flows northward through the borough of Queens in New York City, mostly within Flushing...

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History of the Long Island Rail Road

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Flushing, North Shore and Central Railroad in 1874, before it was built. Soon after it sold the New York and Flushing to the Flushing and North Side,...

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South Side Railroad of Long Island

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Side Railroad soon drove most traffic away from the New York and Flushing, leading to the portion east of Winfield being sold to the Flushing and North Side...

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List of New York railroads

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Company Elmira Water, Light and Railroad Company Empire State Railroad Far Rockaway Railroad Fishkill Electric Railway Flushing and College Point Electric...

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Long Island Rail Road

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Winfield Junction and Flushing between 1873 and 1876. The Whitestone Branch, which was originally built by the Flushing and North Side Railroad (F&NS), split...

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Winfield Junction station

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was consolidated by the Flushing and North Side Railroad, and the section west of Winfield was sold to the South Side Railroad of Long Island in 1869....

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Creedmoor Branch

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a juncture with the Flushing and North Side Railroad, called Great Neck Junction, in Flushing all the way to Babylon. The railroad had a mixed use as a...

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East Side Access

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tracks and platforms at Penn. This new capacity, as well as track connections resulting from the East Side Access project, allows Metro-North Railroad trains...

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Douglaston station

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at its present location by the Flushing and North Side Railroad, and the existing station was renamed for land-owner and developer William P. Douglas....

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Bushwick Branch

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Manhattan. The South Side originally wanted to build to Long Island City, and tried to buy out the interest of the New York and Flushing Railroad, a small competitor...

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IRT Flushing Line

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The IRT Flushing Line is a rapid transit route of the New York City Subway system, named for its eastern terminal in Flushing, Queens. It is operated...

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Port Washington station

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days of the Flushing and North Side Railroad which established an unbuilt subsidiary called the "North Shore and Port Washington Railroad" that was dissolved...

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