former Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Beach Branch (southern portion)
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The former Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Beach Branch (southern portion) is a disused rail corridor in Queens, New York City, whose remaining tracks now serve the Rockaway Park Shuttle subway service.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| former Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Beach Branch (southern portion) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5610527 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: former Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Beach Branch (southern portion) Context triple: [Rockaway Park Shuttle, usesInfrastructure, former Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Beach Branch (southern portion)]
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A.
Long Island Rail Road branches
Long Island Rail Road branches are the multiple commuter rail lines radiating from New York City across Long Island, serving as the primary rail network for Nassau and Suffolk counties.
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B.
North Fork route of the Long Island Rail Road
The North Fork route of the Long Island Rail Road is a branch line that runs along the northeastern portion of Long Island, providing passenger rail service to communities on the North Fork peninsula, including Greenport.
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C.
Montauk Branch of Long Island Rail Road
The Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road is a commuter and seasonal rail line that runs along Long Island’s South Shore, providing key passenger service between New York City and the Hamptons out to Montauk.
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D.
Long Island Rail Road Ronkonkoma Branch
The Long Island Rail Road Ronkonkoma Branch is a major LIRR commuter rail line running between Ronkonkoma in central Long Island and New York City, serving as one of the system’s busiest and most heavily used branches.
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E.
Long Island Rail Road Port Jefferson Branch
The Long Island Rail Road Port Jefferson Branch is a commuter rail line on Long Island that runs between western terminals in New York City and the village of Port Jefferson, serving numerous communities along the island’s north shore.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: former Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Beach Branch (southern portion) Target entity description: The former Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Beach Branch (southern portion) is a disused rail corridor in Queens, New York City, whose remaining tracks now serve the Rockaway Park Shuttle subway service.
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A.
Long Island Rail Road branches
Long Island Rail Road branches are the multiple commuter rail lines radiating from New York City across Long Island, serving as the primary rail network for Nassau and Suffolk counties.
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B.
North Fork route of the Long Island Rail Road
The North Fork route of the Long Island Rail Road is a branch line that runs along the northeastern portion of Long Island, providing passenger rail service to communities on the North Fork peninsula, including Greenport.
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C.
Montauk Branch of Long Island Rail Road
The Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road is a commuter and seasonal rail line that runs along Long Island’s South Shore, providing key passenger service between New York City and the Hamptons out to Montauk.
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D.
Long Island Rail Road Ronkonkoma Branch
The Long Island Rail Road Ronkonkoma Branch is a major LIRR commuter rail line running between Ronkonkoma in central Long Island and New York City, serving as one of the system’s busiest and most heavily used branches.
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E.
Long Island Rail Road Port Jefferson Branch
The Long Island Rail Road Port Jefferson Branch is a commuter rail line on Long Island that runs between western terminals in New York City and the village of Port Jefferson, serving numerous communities along the island’s north shore.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
disused rail corridor
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railway line segment ⓘ |
| acquiredByCityForSubway | 1950s ⓘ |
| connectedHistoricallyTo | LIRR main network in Queens ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Beach 90th Street station
NERFINISHED
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Beach 98th Street station NERFINISHED ⓘ Broad Channel station NERFINISHED ⓘ Hammels Wye NERFINISHED ⓘ Rockaway Park – Beach 116th Street station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convertedToSubwayUse | 1950s ⓘ |
| crosses | Jamaica Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentOperator |
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
NERFINISHED
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New York City Transit Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentUse | rapid transit shuttle line ⓘ |
| electrification |
600 V DC
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third rail ⓘ |
| formerOperator | Long Island Rail Road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOwnerHistory |
City of New York
NERFINISHED
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Long Island Rail Road NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City Transit Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStructure | trestle over Jamaica Bay ⓘ |
| hasTrackConfiguration | double track on most segments ⓘ |
| historicalUse | commuter rail line ⓘ |
| infrastructureType |
causeway
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elevated railway ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York City
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New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ Queens, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| openedAsRailroad | 1890s ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
New York City
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surface form:
City of New York
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| partOf | Rockaway Beach Branch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfNetwork | former Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Beach Branch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Rockaway Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rightOfWayUsedFor | New York City Subway infrastructure ⓘ |
| servesBorough | Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servesNeighborhood |
Belle Harbor vicinity
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Rockaway Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ Rockaway Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status |
partly abandoned
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partly in use as subway line ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| usedByLine | IND Rockaway Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedByService |
New York City Subway
NERFINISHED
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Rockaway Park Shuttle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | passenger transportation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: former Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Beach Branch (southern portion) Description of subject: The former Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Beach Branch (southern portion) is a disused rail corridor in Queens, New York City, whose remaining tracks now serve the Rockaway Park Shuttle subway service.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Rockaway Park Shuttle
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usesInfrastructure
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former Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Beach Branch (southern portion)
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