>>>I remember coal trains to Creedmoor Hospital, using the spur that crossed over Hillside Avenue, just east
of 235th Court, which was then known as Pistol Street. They also had Range Street (with a grass divider)
and Musket Street, both of which are still called that.
As late as 1970, there were tracks in the huge vacant lot that's now the ball field there. <<<
The legacy of that abandoned LIRR branch is that there aren't a whole lot of ways to get from, say, 88th Avenue north to Hillside Avenue, unless you take Winchester Blvd or 235th Ct (Pistol St).
Why was Pistol Street renamed, since none of the other 'rifle range' streets were? Was the Pistol St crossing a grade crossing?
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