THE   SOUTH   SIDE   RAIL   ROAD   COMPANY   OF   LONG   ISLAND UNQUA     STATION THE   LONG   ISLAND   RAIL   ROAD   COMPANY

LOCATED   BETWEEN   SOUTH   OYSTER   BAY  -  LATER   MASSAPEQUA  -  AND   AMITYVILLE

BOB   EMERY   MAPPED   THE   PRE  -  1953   SITUATION

DAVE KELLER - THANKS DAVE!                                                

BILL SLADE SAYS IT OPENED IN SEPTEMBER 1870 AND SAW IT LISTED IN A MAY 1871 TIME TABLE.

UNQUA STATION APPEARS IN THE SOUTH SIDE SIGNAL TIME TABLES OF MARCH 2 AND JULY 17, 1874.
THE TRAINS STOPPING ARE FREIGHT TRAINS.
UNQUA STATION APPEARS IN THE MAY 30, 1880 EMPLOYE TIME TABLE AND AS A FLAG STOP IN THE
JUNE 19, 1880 PUBLIC TIME TABLE.   THE JULY 28, 1881 PUBLIC TIME TABLE SHOWS AS A FOOTNOTE
THAT ONE EASTWARD AND ONE WESTWARD TRAIN WOULD STOP ON SIGNAL - A FLAG STOP.

THE 1880 EMPLOYE TABLE SHOWS THAT TRAIN NUMBERS 53
AND 78   -   BOTH FREIGHT TRAINS   -   WOULD STOP ON SIGNAL!

AFTER 1881 AND UNTIL AT LEAST AUGUST 1894
UNQUA APPEARS ON MONTHLY FREIGHT REPORTS.

MARCH   2 AND JULY 17 1874 TIME TABLES FROM THE SOUTH SIDE SIGNAL




EMPLOYE TIME TABLE OF MAY 30, 1880


JUNE 19, 1880 PUBLIC TIME TABLE


JULY 28, 1881 PUBLIC TIME TABLE


THIS FREIGHT REPORT FORM WAS PRINTED FEBRUARY 2 1894


WE HAD NEVER SEEN UNQUA ON A MAP AND DO NOT KNOW ITS DIS-
TANCE FROM LONG ISLAND CITY OR SOUTH OYSTER BAY STATION.

JOHN FUSTO HAD WRITTEN:   "the Floyd-Jones families had a private station built on their side of
the track,   just west of Unqua road."

THE 1873 BEERS ATLAS SHOWS A GROUP OF THREE BUILDINGS,   PROSPECT PARK HOTEL,   G.F. -
L. DESSART AND A THIRD.   THE PROSPECT PARK HOTEL WAS BUILT BY LOUIS AND CLARA DESSART
IN 1868.   THE THIRD WAS NEARLY SURROUNDED BY JONES AND FLOYD-JONES PROPERTIES.


THE MASSAPEQUA PATCH
WROTE: "The Hotel was located on Front Street across from the newly -
completed Southside Railway and was near the Unqua Station (near today's Grand Boulevard)".

WE BELIEVE THAT THE THIRD BUILDING WAS UNQUA STATION.



THIS 1886 MAP SHOWS UNQUA ALTHOUGH NOT THE DEPOT.




UNQUA STATION MIGHT HAVE BEEN LOCATED AT THE PUMPING STATION
FOR THE BROOKLYN   -   LATER NEW YORK CITY   -   DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY.



BILL SLADE RECEIVED THIS LETTER FROM PAUL BAILEY OF THE LONG ISLAND FORUM


JOHN   FUSTO   WRITES:
Hi Art, I remember you were trying to find more info on Unqua Station a while back.   I recently stumbled on the massapequa chamber site.
Towards the bottom it reads:   "In 1868, the first steam train came along and the Floyd-Jones families had a private station built on their side of
the track,   just west of Unqua road.   The Southside Railroad also had a station west of Hicksville Road called the South Oyster Bay Station."
Regards,   John

THANKS JOHN

WEST OF UNQUA ROAD LOOKING EAST IN 1966.


EAST OF UNQUA ROAD LOOKING WEST IN DECEMBER 1974


EAST OF UNQUA ROAD LOOKING WEST IN DECEMBER 1974



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