Richmond Hill was a station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road which originally opened in 1869 with tracks at street grade. In 1923, the platforms were rebuilt to run on a viaduct. By the end of the 20th century, ridership along the Lower Montauk branch dropped and this station, along with a few others, closed permanently on March 16, 1998. Today, only freight trains seldom pass this station on their way to Long Island City, while the neighborhood is left with the J and Z lines that run adjacent to the abandoned platform as the main point of transportation. Hope you enjoyed the little tour of this forgotten station on a forgotten line.

Good afternoon! Wishing you a happy Monday, March 15th, 2021 from all of us at Viewing NYC!

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Brooklyn urban explorer and transit enthusiast Bob Diamond is most well-known for rediscovering, exploring, and offering unauthorized tours in, an abandoned subway tunnel under Atlantic Avenue. He has a huge collection of vintage videos that he shares online from time-to-time, and in this one, we get to see an Atlantic Avenue Tunnel tour and Red Hook Trolley ride in 1987.

Back in the mid 90's, we did a video presentation at the MTA Transit Museum, then walked through the historic circa 1844 Atlantic Avenue tunnel, then took the historic "Jackie Gleason Bus" to Red Hook, for a ride on our circa 1897 trolley, the #3.