Sunnyside Yard

Sunnyside Yard is a large coach yard in the neighborhood of , . Owned by Amtrak and also used by New Jersey Transit and the Long Island Rail Road, the yard was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad and completed in 1910 with an as-built footprint of 192 acres and 25.7 miles of track.
Wikipedia
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
  • Type: Electrical substation
  • Description: railroad yard in Queens, New York
  • Also known as: “Sunnyside Yard Static Converter”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of the Moving Image and New York Presbyterian Church.

Museum
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The is a time-based media museum located in a former building of the historic Astoria Studios, in the neighborhood of in . is situated 2,200 feet north of Sunnyside Yard.

Church
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is a Korean Presbyterian megachurch in the neighborhood of in . The church was founded in 1970. is situated 870 feet east of Sunnyside Yard.

Metro station
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The is a local station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 36th Street and Northern Boulevard in , it is served by the M train on weekdays, the R train at all times except nights, and the E and F trains at night. is situated 1,900 feet west of Sunnyside Yard.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sunnyside Gardens and Harold Interlocking.

Neighborhood
is a planned residential community and historic district in the neighborhood of the in . Built between 1924 and 1928 by the City Housing Corporation, a limited-dividend company led by developer…

Locality
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
is a large railroad junction in . The busiest rail junction in the United States, it serves trains on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line and Port Washington Branch, which diverge at the junction.

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or Greater New York, also called the Tri-State Area, is the massive metropolitan area around in the states of , , and . It is the biggest and wealthiest metro area in the United States.

Sunnyside Yard

Latitude
40.75051° or 40° 45′ 2″ north
Longitude
-73.92172° or 73° 55′ 18″ west
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
Height
20 feet (6 metres)
Operator
Amtrak
Open location code
87G8Q32H+68
Open­Street­Map ID
way 280569732
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Geo­Names ID
7283374
Wiki­data ID
Q7640905
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Portuguese—“Sunnyside Yard” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “桑尼赛德车辆段”
  • Chinese: “陽邊車廠”
  • German: “Sunnyside Yard”
  • Japanese: “サニーサイド・ヤード”
  • Japanese: “サニーサイドヤード”
  • Japanese: “サニーサイド車両基地”
  • Portuguese: “Pátio Sunnyside”

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