The branch originally served passengers for a few years traveling to the Creedmoor Rifle Range, which predated the hospital.
The branch was poorly situated, however, in that it had no direct connection into the LIRR's major hub Jamaica station.
The line from 1,800 feet east of Floral Park to the Creedmoor lead track was taken out of service on October 1, 1973.
[5][6] In 1912, William Kissam Vanderbilt II used the Central Rail Road bridge over Bell Boulevard as part of the Long Island Motor Parkway right of way.
New York State Parks Department later built a steel bridge over Bell Boulevard just north of the original site when they acquired the land for a bicycle path in 1938.