The New York and Long Island Traction Company was a street railway company in Queens and Nassau County, New York, United States.[1] It was partially owned by a holding company for the Long Island Rail Road and partially by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company.[2][3] The company operated from New York City east to Freeport,[1] Hempstead,[1] and Mineola.[4]
Lines
The railroad had two main lines.
Mineola Line
The Mineola Line (now the Nassau Inter-County Express n24 bus route) spanned from Queens Village to Mineola (in Nassau County) along Jamaica Avenue.
Brooklyn-Freeport Line
The Brooklyn-Freeport Line spanned from Brooklyn to Freeport (also in Nassau County) and ran mostly along Rockaway Boulevard, North Conduit Avenue, Atlantic Avenue and Merrick Road. The 17-mile (27 km) route[5] was mostly replaced by the Q7 and Q85 (operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations) and n4 (operated by Nassau Inter-County Express).