Hunterspoint Avenue (LIRR Station)

Hunterspoint Avenue (LIRR Station)

Hunterspoint Avenue is a station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road within the City Terminal Zone. It is at Hunters Point Avenue (49th Avenue) and Skillman Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. The station has an island platform between two tracks and is not wheelchair accessible.

The station is served only during weekday rush hours in the peak direction (to Hunterspoint Avenue from Long Island in the morning, from Hunterspoint Avenue to Long Island in the evening). Trains are normally run through to and from the Oyster Bay, Montauk, or Port Jefferson Branches, with one Ronkonkoma-bound train also departing from Hunterspoint Avenue in the late afternoon. Some westbound trains continue to Long Island City, and some eastbound trains originate in Long Island City. The last train departing Hunterspoint Avenue is the 6:41 to Oyster Bay. Most service is on diesel trains that cannot use the East River Tunnels, but the tracks are electrified and a few trips are served by electric trains.

Currently, the LIRR's East Side commuters who work in Manhattan must use the 7 train with major stops in Times square and Grand Central Terminal.