CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND
CENTRAL RAIL ROAD EXTENSION COMPANY OF LONG
ISLAND
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CREEDMOOR
HILLSIDE
AVENUE AND 88th AVENUE LOOKING
SOUTHEAST.
RON ZIEL REMEMBERS THE WARD NURSERY OCCUPYING THE BLOCK BETWEEN 87th AND
88th AVENUES
AND RECEIVING SHIPMENTS BY RAIL. THEIR SIDING
RAN 931 FEET PAST THE END OF L.I.R.R. PROPERTY
(729 FEET WEST OF
WINCHESTER AVENUE [ALLEY ROAD]).
LOOKING NORTH FROM WINCHESTER AVENUE, FORMERLY ALLEY ROAD.
HENRY RAUDENBUSCH MAP CIRCA 1950 SHOWS PASSING SIDING SPANNING RANGE
STREET AND WINCHESTER
AVENUE GRADE CROSSINGS. THE SIDING
TO CREEDMOOR HOSPITAL POWERHOUSE CROSSED HILLSIDE AVENUE.
BOB EMERY'S MAP
GRADE CROSSING 398A WAS RANGE AVENUE (LATER STREET). NOTE TWO HOTELS IN
1916.
FROM 1948 CROSSING
LIST.
CREEDMOOR STATION - NATIONAL RIFLE RANGE

LOOKING NORTH (WEST) TOWARD RANGE AVENUE CROSSING AUGUST 29, 1933.
NOTE
STATION PLATFORM WAS STILL THERE.
OCTOBER 26 1952 - STATION PLATFORM WAS STILL THERE, RAILS WERE BARELY
VISIBLE.
NEARLY THE SAME LOCATION IN 1950'S - THE END OF THE LINE.
NEARLY THE SAME SCENE TODAY.
LOOKING NORTH AT RANGE AVENUE (STREET) TODAY.
AFTER THE BRANCH WAS ABANDONED BETWEEN LAWRENCE STREET, FLUSHING, AND
CREEDMOOR, SERVICE WAS
STILL PROVIDED TO THE NATIONAL RIFLE RANGE.
THIS IS FROM EMPLOYE TIME NUMBER 13 - SEPTEMBER 22, 1879.
THIS IS FROM EMPLOYE TIME NUMBER 15 - JULY 4, 1880.
IN MARCH 1882 THE RAILROAD PLANNED TO CEASE CREEDMOOR PASSENGER SERVICE
APPARENTLY WHEN THE LINE WAS CUT
BACK TO
CREEDMOOR A TURNTABLE HAD
BEEN INSTALLED
IN MAY 1882 AN ACCIDENT OCCURED
AT THE TURNTABLE

AS LATE AS 1907 SPECIAL TRAINS
WERE STILL
RUN TO CREEDMOOR FOR
SHOOTING MATCHES
1924 C.R.4. SHOWS STATION AND
SIDINGS.
THE END OF THE LINE OCTOBER
26, 1952
LOOKING SOUTHEAST FROM JUST
SOUTHEAST OF RANGE STREET ON
AUGUST 29, 1933.
SWITCHES ARE PASSING SIDING AND
FRANK R. SMITH & COMPANY
continued on
CREEDMOOR STATE HOSPITAL SIDING
and
CREEDMOOR TO EAST HINSDALE
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