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FLUSHING TO CREEDMOOR PAGE ONE
A TUNNEL CARRIED THE C.R.R.L.I. UNDER LAWRENCE STREET AND AVERY (BANK) STREET.
LOOKING SOUTHEAST AT AVERY STREET IN 1978.
TRACKS EMERGED FROM TUNNEL WHERE TREES ARE IN LEFT BACKGROUND.
LOOKING NORTHWEST IN 1978.
LOOKING NORTHWEST MAY 21, 2002. CAN'T YOU VISUALIZE THE SOUTH PORTAL?
A SLIGHT CURVE TO THE EAST AND THROUGH THE PRESENT QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDENS.
CIRCA 1905 MAP SHOWS FLUSHING BRANCH AND C.R.R.L.I.
RIGHT OF WAY JUST ABOVE MILL ROAD (NORTH HEMPSTEAD TURNPIKE).
THE STREET IDENTIFIED AS JAMAICA AVENUE IS NOW KISSENA BLVD. THE SITE OF KISSENA STATION.
CIRCA 1905 MAP SHOWS C.R.R.L.I. RIGHT OF WAY AND CREEDMORE BRANCH
FROM NORTH HEMPSTEAD TURNPIKE TO FLORAL PARK.
RIGHT OF WAY RAN PARALLEL WITH AND WEST OF CROMMELIN STREET AT RIGHT.
JAGGAR AVENUE ON THIS MAP IS NOW MAIN STREET AND WAS THE SITE OF HILLSIDE STATION.
LOOKING NORTHWEST FROM MAIN STREET - PECK AVENUE AT LEFT.
LOOKING SOUTHEAST ACROSS MAIN STREET JUST EAST OF PECK AVENUE.
LOOKING NORTHWEST FROM KISSENA BLVD. THE SITE OF KISSENA STATION.
LOOKING SOUTHEAST FROM KISSENA BLVD. THE SITE OF KISSENA STATION.
IN KISSENA PARK THE SINGLE TRACK NEW YORK AND QUEENS COUNTY RAILWAY CROSSED
THE C.R.R.L.I. RIGHT OF WAY AND HAD A PASSING SIDING. IN HIS HISTORY OF THE
N.Y.& Q.C.RY. SEYFRIED STATES THAT THE RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY WAS ON
AN EMBANKMENT THROUGH WHICH THE TROLLEY COMPANY HAD TO EXCAVATE.
BY 1936 THE NEW YORK AND QUEENS COUNTY WAS DOUBLE TRACK.
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