Promised Land station

Promised Land
General information
Location	Promised Land, New York
Coordinates	40°59′12″N 72°05′16″W / 40.9866°N 72.0879°W / 40.9866; -72.0879
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road (former)
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
History
Opened	June 29, 1900 (1900-06-29)
Closed	December 31, 1928 (1928-12-31)
Former services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Fanny Bartlett toward Long Island City Montauk Division Montauk Terminus
Location

Promised Land or Promise Land was a former railroad station stop on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It opened as a flag stop only, for employees of neighboring fish processing plants. The station appears as a signal stop as '"Promise Land" in special instructions of employee timetable #15 of June 29, 1900, as well as employee timetable #27 of June 25, 1908 and employee timetable #49 of September 9, 1908. It also appears under station designation S106 in 1903, 1913, and 1924 CR4BOOKS according to Art Huneke. The station closed on December 31, 1928 according to Robert Emery.^[1] The stop was located near the junction with the siding serving the fish processing plants.^[2]

References

1. "Long Island Rail Road Alphabetical Station Listing and History" (PDF). TrainsAreFun. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
2. "Promised Land". TrainsAreFun. Retrieved November 18, 2025.

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