:Brooklyn Manor station

The elevated station was located on the south side of the overpass over Jamaica Avenue, with two side platforms and shelters on both platforms. The platforms at this station, like the others on the line, were constructed from wood.{{cite web|last1=Keller|first1=Dave|title=Rockaway Beach Branch|url=http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/far%20rockaway%20branch/farrockawaybranch.htm|website=trainsarefun.com|publisher=trainsarefun.com|access-date=July 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704124817/http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/far%20rockaway%20branch/farrockawaybranch.htm|archive-date=July 4, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1958/02/20/83652840.pdf|title=L.I.R.R. Asks Cuts in Queens Branch: Seeks Reduction of Service on Rockaway Beach Spur-Request Is Opposed|date=February 20, 1958|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=October 18, 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/viewer/?file=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201961%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201961%2520b%2520-%25202378.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2Fa3e87edba48395df76cc1cf6cf3da1e3#page=1|title='Forgotten Spur' a Painful Reminder|last1=Noyes|first1=Thomas|date=December 27, 1961|work=Long Island Star-Journal|access-date=August 18, 2016|page=17}} While most of the other stations on the line south of here were rebuilt in the 1930s and 1940s with concrete platforms, the platforms at this station were not replaced.

• {{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1942/12/26/archives/new-rail-tunnel-to-open-monday-first-trains-for-public-to-run-in.html|title=New Rail Tunnel To Open Monday; First Trains for Public to Run in the Underground Route in Atlantic Ave.|date=December 26, 1942|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 23, 2015|issn=0362-4331}}
• {{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1942/12/28/archives/atlantic-ave-tubeopen-first-long-island-train-passes-through-at-247.html|title=Atlantic Ave. Tube Open; First Long Island Train Passes Through at 2:47 A. M.|date=December 28, 1942|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 23, 2015|issn=0362-4331}}
• {{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2023/Forest%20Parkway%20NY%20Leader%20Observer/Forest%20Parkway%20NY%20Leader%20Observer%201940-1942/Forest%20Parkway%20NY%20Leader%20Observer%201940-1942%20-%201233.pdf|title=Tunnel Opened on Atlantic Avenue for L.I. Trains; Project Eliminates 20 Hazardous Grade Crossings in Its Run|date=December 31, 1942|access-date=April 23, 2015|work=Leader Observer (Queens/Brooklyn, NY)|issue=December 31, 1942|pages=1}}
• {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/52759492/?terms=|title=First Completed Atlantic Ave. Tube Job Is Inspected: Commissioners Tour Woodhaven Section in 24 Million Project|date=September 10, 1941|newspaper=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle|access-date=August 18, 2015|page=3}}{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1942/04/11/85529653.pdf|title=Last Grade Crossing In Rockaways Ends|date=April 11, 1942|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=June 30, 2015}}{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1932/01/24/105771821.pdf|title=Pushes Grade Separation|date=January 24, 1932|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=June 30, 2015}} The BMT Jamaica Line runs over the Rockaway Beach Branch tracks along Jamaica Avenue. This section of the Jamaica Line opened in 1917, built after the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) station.
• {{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1917/05/27/archives/to-open-jamaica-av-line-nearly-two-and-a-half-miles-ready-for.html|title=To Open Jamaica Av. Line.; Nearly Two and a Half Miles Ready for Operation Tonight|date=May 27, 1917|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 21, 2015|pages=24|issn=0362-4331}}
• {{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2023/Forest%20Parkway%20NY%20Leader%20Observer/Forest%20Parkway%20NY%20Leader%20Observer%201913-1917/Forest%20Parkway%20NY%20Leader%20Observer%201913-1917%20-%201038.pdf|title=Jamaica Avenue 'L' is an Old Story Already|date=May 31, 1917|access-date=April 20, 2015|work=Leader Observer (Queens/Brooklyn, NY)|issue=May 31, 1917|pages=1}}
• {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C39CAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA81|title=Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York, Volume 1|date=January 15, 1918|publisher=New York State Public Service Commission|pages=73, 81, 312–314|access-date=April 20, 2015}} Connection was available to the Jamaica Avenue surface trolley, and to the Jamaica Line two blocks east at the 102nd–104th Streets station.{{Cite NYCS map|neighborhood|Woodhaven}}

A new station along the Rockaway Beach Branch at Jamaica Avenue was proposed in 1909 by the LIRR. In April 1910, the LIRR applied to the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) for permission to discontinue service at the Brooklyn Hills station, which was built in 1882, and relocate it {{Convert|3000|feet|meters|abbr=}} to the south of the station side at Myrtle Avenue in Forest Park.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/53881352/?terms=%22glendale%2Bcut%22|title=Richmond Hill to Be Served: Many Trains Will Run to Tunnels by Montauk Division and Glendale Cut-Off|date=August 7, 1909|access-date=October 20, 2015|newspaper=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/58335627/?terms=%22Brooklyn%2BHills%2Bstation%22|title=Wants to Move Station|date=April 23, 1910|access-date=October 20, 2015|work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle}} The PSC granted the LIRR's application on May 20, 1910, on the condition that the LIRR submit plans for the new station to the PSC for approval, which it did on September 29, 1911.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j9hLAQAAMAAJ&q=relocation+of+station+at+brooklyn+hills&pg=PA284|title=Report of the Public Service Commission for the First District of the State of New York For The Year Ending December 31, 1911 Vol. 1|date=1912|publisher=New York State Public Service Commission|pages=284|language=en}}

The station was built in conjunction with other projects along the line, including the elimination of grade crossings, its electrification, and its extension from the Glendale Junction with the Montauk Branch to the LIRR Main Line at Whitepot Junction, known as the Glendale Cut-off.{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/04/10/102037256.pdf|title=Millions Spent On Long Island R.R.; First Full Details of Improvements and What They Have Cost the Pennsylvania.|date=April 10, 1910|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=October 18, 2015}} The new station opened on January 9, 1911, and was only served by electric trains, because the platforms could not accommodate the steam trains to Long Island City. Service was initially provided by six trains to Penn Station, and by eleven trains to Far Rockaway.{{Cite news|url=https://newspapers.com/clip/35854226//|title=Indignant Over Library's Location|date=January 9, 1911|work=Brooklyn Times Union|access-date=September 11, 2019}} Following the opening of Brooklyn Manor, passengers were diverted away from the Atlantic Branch, leading to increased service to Penn Station.{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/06/30/100587312.pdf|title=New Train Service; Inaugurated by Long Island Railroad Big Increase of Commuters.|date=June 30, 1912|work=The New York Times|access-date=October 18, 2015|issn=0362-4331}}

In the early expansion plans of the city's Independent Subway System (IND) in the 1930s, the Rockaway Beach Branch was planned to be absorbed into the new subway, which would have turned the Brooklyn Manor station into a stop on the IND Queens Boulevard Line or a new Queens crosstown line.{{cite book|author1=Roger P. Roess|author2=Gene Sansone|title=The Wheels That Drove New York: A History of the New York City Transit System|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qfZ0VxuLoc0C&pg=PA416|date=August 23, 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-642-30484-2|pages=416–417}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/03/19/archives/city-board-votes-new-subway-links-tentatively-lists-16000000-outlay.html|title=City Board Votes New Subway Links|date=March 19, 1937|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=July 3, 2015}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/17/nyregion/subway-planners-lofty-ambitions-are-buried-as-dead-end-curiosities.html?pagewanted=all|title=Subway Planners' Lofty Ambitions Are Buried as Dead-End Curiosities|last1=Martin|first1=Douglas|date=November 17, 1996|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=June 27, 2015}} In 1950, the Rockaway Beach Branch south of Ozone Park closed after the trestle across Jamaica Bay between The Raunt and Broad Channel stations was destroyed by a fire. The city purchased the entire line in 1955, but only the portion south of Liberty Avenue was reactivated for subway service.{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1956/06/28/84703811.pdf|title=Rockaway Trains to Operate Today|last1=Freeman|first1=Ira Henry|date=June 28, 1956|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=June 29, 2015}} Ridership declined on the remaining portion of the branch.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1958/11/14/archives/lirr-will-drop-2-queens-trains-one-morning-one-evening-run-on-ozone.html|title=L.I.R.R. Will Drop 2 Queens Trains; One Morning, One Evening Run on Ozone Park Spur Will Be Halted Nov. 24|date=November 14, 1958|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=August 19, 2015}} Vandalism and criminal activity along the line also led the LIRR to take the two side platforms out of service in 1958, replacing these with a low-level platform in the former southbound trackway.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1958/09/23/archives/lirr-stops-called-criminal-hangouts.html|title=L.I.R.R. Stops Called Criminal Hangouts|date=September 23, 1958|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=August 19, 2015}} The station closed on June 8, 1962, along with the rest of the Rockaway Beach Branch.{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/viewer/?file=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201962%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201962%2520-%25205602.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2F63004186747aaa0bd8b49a91573896b8#page=1|title=An Era Ends at 6:09: Last Train Rides Forgotten Spur|date=June 8, 1962|work=Long Island Star-Journal|access-date=August 18, 2016|page=11}}

In the 1950s, following the fire that led to service reductions on the line, the QM23 express bus was created by Green Bus Lines to replace LIRR service between this station and Manhattan.{{cite web|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/dotbusrsra_2.pdf|title=NYCDOT Bus Ridership Survey and Route Analysis Final Report: Chapter 3 Transit System Characteristics|date=May 2004|website=nyc.gov|publisher=New York City Department of Transportation|access-date=October 16, 2015}} After takeover by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in 2006, the route was discontinued on June 27, 2010, due to budget cuts.{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/docs/MTA_Bus_2010_Service_Reduction_Evaluation_09232011.pdf|title=2010 MTA Bus Company Service Reductions One Year Evaluation Bus Company September 23, 2011|date=September 23, 2011|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|pages=E-5, E-6|access-date=September 11, 2019}} Alternate service is provided by the nearby 104th Street subway station on the Jamaica Line.

While few remnants of the station site remain, there still is dilapidated track and signal infrastructure. Signal towers can still be seen on the path to Brooklyn Manor. Much of the roadbed is overgrown with trees and weeds. Access to the area is currently limited, although Queens Community Board 9 has proposed to redevelop the right-of-way into a greenway bike path.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/31/nyregion/clashing-visions-for-old-rail-bed-just-dont-call-it-the-high-line-of-queens.html?_r=0|title=Clashing Visions for Old Rail Bed (Just Don't Call It the High Line of Queens)|last1=Dunlap|first1=David W.|date=July 30, 2014|work=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=July 3, 2015}}

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• [http://www.forgotten-ny.com/SUBWAYS/Rockaway%20Line/rockline.html Former Rockaway Beach Branch, including Brooklyn Manor Station (Forgotten New York)]
• [http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/LIRR%20STATION%20HISTORY.pdf LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com)]
• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20010624181225/http://www.lirrhistory.com/dec98/bklynman.jpg Brooklyn Manor Station image — May 20, 1931 (Unofficial LIRR History Website; Ron Ziel Collection)]}}
• [https://maps.google.com/maps?cbp=1,481.6134252997655,,0,-15.211808711791896&cbll=40.694872,-73.847222&ll=40.694872,-73.847222&layer=c Location of former Brooklyn Manor station site]

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