Queens Borough, New York City, 1910-1920; the borough of homes and industry, a descriptive and illustrated book setting forth its wonderful growth and development in commerce, industry and homes during the past ten years ..a prediction of even greater growth during the next ten years ..and a statement of its many advantages, attractions and possibilities as a section wherein to live, to work and to succeed . n through Woodhaven andMorris Park will be undertaken shortly. There are today approximately 169 grade crossings on the Long Island Rail-road in Queens Borough. New York City 57 WOODSIDE T
Queens Borough, New York City, 1910-1920; the borough of homes and industry, a descriptive and illustrated book setting forth its wonderful growth and development in commerce, industry and homes during the past ten years ..a prediction of even greater growth during the next ten years ..and a statement of its many advantages, attractions and possibilities as a section wherein to live, to work and to succeed . n through Woodhaven andMorris Park will be undertaken shortly. There are today approximately 169 grade crossings on the Long Island Rail-road in Queens Borough. New York City 57 WOODSIDE TRANSFER STATION Through this joint station, passengers on any division of the Long IslandRailroad, whether North Shore, Main Line, or Rockaway Division, are able totransfer directly to the Queensboro Subway and Second Avenue L rapid tian-sit trains of the Interborough and the Hroadway-59th Street Line of the B. R. T. The importance of this station as a transfer point is directly proportional tothe number of Long Island Railroad trains which stop there. About seventy-fourpercent of the trains stop today. The Queensboro Chamber of Commerce be-lieves that more trains should stop at that point for the interchange of passengers,at the same time realizing that passengers bound for all points in New York Citycan go through to the Pennsylvania Station and make connections there with theSeventh Avenue Map Showing of the \\ooDsnjE Stations of the Long Island and the Raph) Transit Systems as a Convenient Transfer Point. Insert Photograph Shows the Two Stations, One Above the Other. 58 Chamber of Cojimerce of the Borough of Queens PASSENGER TRAFFIC Lying within a radius of 15 to 20 miles from the business sections of Man-hattan and Brooklyn is the great suburban zone of the Borough of Queens. Thisis one of the most wonderful residential sections in the world. The followingtable will give the reader an adequate idea of the immense growth in travel inthe past ten
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