Sunnyside Yard
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Sunnyside Yard is a major rail yard in Queens, New York City, serving as a key hub for Amtrak, NJ Transit, and other commuter rail operations just east of Manhattan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sunnyside Yard canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
rail transport infrastructure
ⓘ
rail yard ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Long Island City
ⓘ
Sunnyside, Queens ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
East River tunnels
ⓘ
surface form:
East River Tunnels
Harold Interlocking ⓘ Penn Station (New York City) ⓘ
surface form:
Penn Station
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| electrification |
overhead catenary (Amtrak and NJ Transit tracks)
ⓘ
third rail (LIRR tracks) ⓘ |
| hasAccess | multiple mainline tracks ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
equipment maintenance support
ⓘ
train servicing ⓘ train staging ⓘ train storage ⓘ |
| hasProposal |
affordable housing development
ⓘ
decking over rail yard ⓘ overbuild mixed-use development ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfTraffic | passenger rail ⓘ |
| isKeyFacilityFor |
equipment layover for Penn Station trains
ⓘ
intercity passenger rail ⓘ regional commuter rail ⓘ |
| isMajorHubFor |
Amtrak
ⓘ
NJ Transit ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey Transit
commuter rail services to Penn Station ⓘ |
| locatedEastOf | Manhattan ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York City
ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
Queens ⓘ |
| locatedInBorough | Queens ⓘ |
| locatedInMetropolitanArea | New York metropolitan area ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| near |
Queens Boulevard
ⓘ
Queensboro Plaza ⓘ Skillman Avenue ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Amtrak ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Amtrak ⓘ |
| partOf |
Amtrak Northeast Corridor routes
ⓘ
surface form:
Amtrak Northeast operations
New York City metropolitan area commuter rail network ⓘ
surface form:
New York City rail network
|
| railGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| serves |
Empire Corridor
ⓘ
Northeast Corridor ⓘ commuter rail operations ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | one of the largest passenger rail yards in the United States ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Amtrak
ⓘ
Long Island Rail Road ⓘ Metro-North Railroad ⓘ NJ Transit ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey Transit
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
East River Tunnels