Holtsville (LIRR station)
Encyclopedia
Holtsville was a station stop on the Greenport Branch of the Long Island Rail Road
. It was located off of Waverly Avenue between Long Island Avenue and Furrows Road in Holtsville, New York
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, across a bridge over the tracks before the company went bankrupt in 1919. In 1958, the station building was torn down, and after being razed in June 1962, Holtsville Station existed only as a platform along the tracks. Holtsville Station, along with a handful of others, was closed on March 16, 1998 due to low usage.
Long Island Rail Road
The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR is a commuter rail system serving the length of Long Island, New York. It is the busiest commuter railroad in North America, serving about 81.5 million passengers each year. Established in 1834 and having operated continuously since then, it is the oldest US...
. It was located off of Waverly Avenue between Long Island Avenue and Furrows Road in Holtsville, New York
Holtsville, New York
Holtsville is a hamlet in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 17,006 at the 2000 census....
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History
The station first opened in a local store as Waverly around 1843. Although the surrounding area was renamed Holtsville in 1860 when a post office opened, the station retained the name "Waverly" until the 1890s, when farmers complained about their shipments going to an upstate town named Waverly by mistake. Holtsville Station was rebuilt on May 13, 1912., only to be burned in another fire on January 4, 1914 and replaced again later the same year South of the station was the northern terminus of the Suffolk Traction Company's main trolley line, which was proposed to be extended to Port Jefferson, New YorkPort Jefferson, New York
The Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson is located in the town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the 2000 United States Census, the village population was 7,837...
, across a bridge over the tracks before the company went bankrupt in 1919. In 1958, the station building was torn down, and after being razed in June 1962, Holtsville Station existed only as a platform along the tracks. Holtsville Station, along with a handful of others, was closed on March 16, 1998 due to low usage.
