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Encyclopedia > East New York (LIRR station)

East New York is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Branch. This station has two side platforms capable of holding a 10-car train. The station is located on grade level, in the median of Atlantic Avenue. "Express Lanes" of traffic are located above the station, and in turn part of Atlantic Avenue is an elevated highway between Eastern Parkway and Pennsylvania Avenue. A ticket office is located in the station, and a connection to the L train at the Atlantic Avenue station located across from the station. The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR (often referred to as the L-I-double-R) is a railroad that serves the length of Long Island, New York. ... The Atlantic Avenue Branch of the Long Island Rail Road runs from Downtown Brooklyn to Valley Stream, New York. ... Atlantic Avenue is a street in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City. ... Various terms are used for passenger rail lines and equipment. ... The L 14th Street-Canarsie Local is a service of the New York City Subway, running local along the full length of the BMT Canarsie Line, 24 hours a day. ...


The station is located in the City Terminal Zone, and in turn located within Zone 1. This station is also included within the CityTicket program. Cityticket is a program instuted by the MTA in 2004 that allow a person to ride the Metro-North Railroad or the Long Island Rail Road between any two points within the borders of New York City, for a reduced $3. ...


External links

Next station to New York The Long Island Rail Road Next station to Long Island
Nostrand Avenue   City Terminal Zone   Boland's Landing


 
 

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