Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Beach Branch right-of-way

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abandoned railway right-of-way former railroad corridor

The Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Beach Branch right-of-way is an abandoned former LIRR corridor in Queens, New York City, now largely unused and overgrown, that once provided a direct rail connection between central Queens and the Rockaway Peninsula.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	abandoned railway right-of-way ⓘ former railroad corridor ⓘ
category	Long Island Rail Road infrastructure NERFINISHED ⓘ abandoned rail corridors in New York City ⓘ
condition	largely unused ⓘ overgrown ⓘ
connectedTo	LIRR Main Line at Rego Park (historical junction) NERFINISHED ⓘ Rockaway Beach Branch south of Jamaica Bay (historical through route) NERFINISHED ⓘ
connects	Rockaway Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ central Queens ⓘ
crosses	Atlantic Avenue (via former overpasses) NERFINISHED ⓘ Metropolitan Avenue (via former overpass) NERFINISHED ⓘ Woodhaven Boulevard (via former overpass) NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentUse	informal paths in some segments ⓘ largely unused corridor ⓘ
electrification	third rail (historical, LIRR) NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerFunction	direct rail connection between central Queens and the Rockaway Peninsula ⓘ
hasPart	abandoned bridges ⓘ cut sections and fills ⓘ former embankments ⓘ overgrown track bed ⓘ
historicalOperator	Long Island Rail Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	New York City ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ Queens, New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
ownedBy	Long Island Rail Road NERFINISHED ⓘ Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
parallelTo	Cross Bay Boulevard (for portions of its length) NERFINISHED ⓘ Woodhaven Boulevard (for portions of its length) NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Beach Branch NERFINISHED ⓘ Queens railway infrastructure (historical) ⓘ
proposedUse	linear park / greenway (various proposals) ⓘ transit reactivation (various proposals) ⓘ
railGauge	standard gauge ⓘ
regionServed	Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ Rockaway Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	abandoned ⓘ out of service ⓘ
terminus	Rego Park (northern end, historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ Rockaway Park / Rockaway Peninsula (southern connection, historical) NERFINISHED ⓘ
transportMode	commuter rail (historical) ⓘ
traverses	Forest Hills, Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ Howard Beach, Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ Ozone Park, Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ Rego Park, Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ Woodhaven, Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	rail transport (historical) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aqueduct–North Conduit Avenue → formerRailroad → Long Island Rail Road Rockaway Beach Branch right-of-way ⓘ