Neighborhood Highlights Douglaston Train Station From Through The Years in Little Neck and Douglaston by George C. and Ernestine H. Fowler History of the Douglaston Train Station (Joseph Hellmann, 02/2004: MS Word) The Flushing & Northside Railroad extended to the Village of Flushing in 1854, and as far as Great Neck, presently Nassau County, Long Island, in 1866. William Douglas donated a farm building from his estate to serve as the railroad station. In exchange, he asked that the station and the village around it be called Douglaston. In 1887, Douglas and resident subscribers funded the Queen Anne-style depot building and landscaping at the new Douglaston station as shown in the picture. Popular postmaster and gardener Albert Benz directed the landscaping project. The above photo is from Old Queens in Early Photographs by Vincent Seyfried and William Asedorian West facade of the Douglaston Station circa 1949 with PS 98 in the background. Above is a James V. Osborne photo of the “D” Interlocking Wooden Cabin, Draw Bridge and Right of Way just west of Douglaston Station circa 1926 Train Station circa 1926 By 1961, the Queen Anne-style building had deteriorated to such an extent that the company decided it was not worth repairing, so plans were instigated to have the building replaced. Above is shown the architects conception of the new station which has been erected on the site of the former station building. The plans were developed by a Douglaston resident, A. Gordon Lorimer, whose design was accepted by the Long Island Rail Road Company and the Douglaston residents. The new station was formally opened in 1962 and still stands today. This was the type of train that stopped at Douglaston and Little Neck from 1912 to 1972. Gray and orange MP54 4174 LIRR car at Jamaica Yard, October, 1970 This is an eastbound LIRR train arriving in Douglaston on September 9th, 1965.