Springfield Gardens (LIRR station)

Springfield Gardens
Location	Springfield Boulevard & Carson Street Springfield Gardens, Queens
Coordinates
Owned by	LIRR
Line(s)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	NYCT: Q77
Other information
Station code	None
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1873
Closed	October 30, 1979
Electrified	May 21, 1925
Previous names	Springfield
Services
None Preceding station   LIRR   Following station St. Albans station Montauk Branch (current and former locations) Rosedale station St. Albans station Cedarhurst Cut-Off (current and former locations) Ocean Point station

Springfield Gardens was an island platform station that existed along the Babylon-Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, in the Springfield Gardens, Queens section of Queens, New York City. The station was located between St. Albans and Rosedale Stations, north of Springfield Junction. The only visible evidence of the station today is by a wide gap between the tracks. It first opened around the 1870s by the New York and Rockaway Railroad as Springfield Station (a name also given to a former station on the Atlantic Branch near Higbie Avenue). It was originally located on Merrick Boulevard until May 1885 when it was moved to the southeast side of Springfield Road (now Springfield Boulevard). The line was electrified on May 21, 1925 and the station was renamed Springfield Gardens in October 1927. On July 24, 1936, the station was rebuilt as part of a grade elimination project, and finally closed on October 30, 1979.

External links

• Springfield (Gardens) Station (Arrt's Arrchives)