Floral Park station

Floral Park
The eastbound lines at Floral Park.
General information
Location	Tulip Avenue & Atlantic Avenue Floral Park, NY
Coordinates	40.724622°N 73.706398°W / 40.724622; -73.706398
Owned by	MTA
Line(s)	Hempstead Branch Main Line (limited service):   Port Jefferson Branch   Oyster Bay Branch
Platforms	3 (2 side platforms, 1 island platform)
Tracks	4
Connections	Taxi service
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	1878
Rebuilt	1909, 1960
Electrified	May 26, 1908
Previous names	Stewart Junction(1878-1879) Hinsdale(1879-1887) East Hinsdale (1887-1890)
Passengers
2006	777,660  0%
Services
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Floral Park is a Long Island Rail Road train station in Floral Park, New York at Tulip and Atlantic Avenues. It is primarily a Hempstead Branch station, but there is limited service to the Port Jefferson Branch service (the Main Line) on weekday mornings. Its pretty crappy and weird people go there.

History

Floral Park Station was originally built between October and November 1878 as "Stewart Junction," for the junction between the main line and the Central Railroad of Long Island built by Alexander Turney Stewart. Five years earlier, the CRRLI built a brdge over the main line, and the station served as a connection between both lines. Connecting tracks were available at the southwest corner of the bridge at the station, and on the northwest corner of the bridge west of the station. It was renamed "Hinsdale" in 1879 with the closing of the CRRLI depot of the same name along the Creedmoor Branch, then renamed "East Hinsdale" in 1887. That same year, the station gained a control tower known as the "Tower #47." Apparently due to the presence of the florist John Lewis Childs, the station was renamed "Floral Park" by 1890. Tower #47 was replaced with the "FK Tower" in 1904, the station itself was razed in 1909, and a second station was rebuilt and relocated the same year in July. In 1924 the LIRR replaced the FK Tower with the Park Tower, and rebuilt it again in 1946. The third and current elevated structure was built in 1960, as the second one was razed on October 20 of that same year.

Platform and track configuration

This station has three high-level platforms. The northern one (Platform A), is an eight-car-long side platform adjacent to Track 1 of the Main Line that is generally used by westbound or New York City-bound trains. The central one (Platform B), is a 10-car-long island platform adjacent to Track 2 of the Main Line and Track 1 of the Hempstead Branch. This platform is generally used by eastbound Main Line trains or westbound or New York City-bound Hempstead Branch trains. The southern one (Platform C), is a 10-car-long side platform adjacent to Track 2 of the Hempstead Branch and generally used by eastbound or Hempstead-bound trains. There are four tracks at this location, and each is adjacent to one of the platforms.

On weekday mornings, as of September 2006, only three eastbound trains stop at Platform B and one westbound train stops at Platform A. These services are intended to supplement service to and from the west and are not necessarily intended for Port Jefferson Branch customers. The station is not wheelchair accessible.

External links

• LIRR station information for Floral Park
• LIRR schedule for Floral Park
• Arrt's Arrchives:
  • Floral Park Station Photographic History
  • The Stewart Line: East Hinsdale - Floral Park