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The Montauk Branch is double-tracked from just east of Long Island City (where there is a short segment of single track) all the way through Babylon, becoming single track at Y Interlocking east of the Sayville station. Some Montauk Branch trains operate west to NYC via the diesel-only Central Branch, joining the Main Line east of Bethpage ...
Montauk Station was one of the settings for the 2004 movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet. [5] The noise of train engines left idling for long periods in the Montauk Yard was a cause of concern for local residents, who formed a group called the Montauk Anti-Pollution Coalition in 2003.
The Montauk Cutoff is a cutoff approximately one-third of a mile in length [1] and was double-tracked for its entire length. [ 2 ] : 1 It begins just west of Sunnyside and Arch Street Yards ( 40°44′38″N 73°56′35″W / 40.744°N 73.943°W / 40.744; -73.943 ), after which it runs west parallel to Skillman Avenue and passes ...
New York, in 1799, passed a Gradual Emancipation Act, a law that freed no living slave; but after the date of passage, children born to slave mothers were required to work for the mother's master as indentured servants until age 28 (men) and 25 (women). The last slaves were freed of this obligation on July 4, 1827 – 28 years after 1799.
Maspeth was a station along the Lower Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It was opened in the vicinity of St. Saviour's Church as a rapid-transit stop on February 4, 1895, at what is now 58th Avenue and Rust Street [2] in Maspeth, Queens. The station closed in October 1903. [4]
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This is a route-map template for the Montauk Branch, a Long Island Rail Road line.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
Montauk Friends of Olmsted Parks LLC was established in 1994 to protect an extensive system of beaches and waterfront properties and roadways. In 1995, Montauk became the birthplace of the extreme surfcasting technique known as skishing. The sport involves donning a wetsuit and flippers and swimming into the ocean with rod and reel to catch ...