New York and Long Island Traction Company

For the predecessor to the Brooklyn subways, see Long Island Traction Company.

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).