Islip station (LIRR)

This article is about a railroad station in Islip, New York. For the station in Islip, Oxfordshire, England, see Islip railway station.

Not to be confused with Central Islip station.

Islip
Islip station house as seen from the eastbound platform
General information
Location	Islip Avenue (NY 111) & Moffitt Boulevard Islip, New York
Coordinates	40.736°N 73.209°W / 40.736; -73.209
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Suffolk County Transit: S42
Construction
Parking	Yes (free)
Bicycle facilities	Yes (bike rack)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	10
History
Opened	1868 (SSRRLI)
Rebuilt	1881, 1963, 1997
Passengers
2012—2014	1,028
Rank	76 of 125
Services

Islip is a station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, off NY 111 (Islip Avenue) and Nassau Avenue, north of Suffolk CR 50 (Union Boulevard), and south of Moffitt Boulevard in Islip, New York, but the official description of its location isn't as precise. The MTA describes the station as being located at the same address, but also between Sunrise Highway (NY 27) and NY 27A, and does not include Nassau Avenue. Full Service and Daily Ticket Machines are on the north side of the station building.

History

Islip station was originally built as a South Side Railroad of Long Island depot in 1868. A second depot was built in 1881, then razed in 1963. A third depot was built the same year, and remodeled in 1997. At the west end of the platforms is an at-grade pedestrian crossing with signals but no gates. This crossing is in line with where Williams Avenue used to cross the tracks and intersect with Nassau Avenue. Though the station is neither listed under the National Register of Historic Places, nor a New York State Historic Landmark, it is considered a landmark by the Historical Society of Islip Hamlet.

Islip Centre station

West of Islip Station, the South Side Railroad of Long Island (SSRRLI), once had an additional station called Islip Centre station. LIRR timetables from 1869 indicate it was at or near Brentwood Road, 1.5 miles east of the Bay Shore station. The station may have been used for members of the olympic boat club. Islip Centre Station was abandoned around May 1870.

Station layout

The station has two offset high-level side platforms each four cars long. The Montauk Branch has two tracks here, though a third abandoned track runs parallel, stopping just a few feet from the north platform. Passengers are able to cross between the tracks using a paved crossing area on the west end of the station. Warning lights and an audible signal alert passengers that a train is nearby, but no gates are present at the crossing area. Passengers cross on the east side using the sidewalk on Islip Avenue.

Platform A, side platform
Track 1	←      Montauk Branch toward Jamaica, Long Island City, or Penn Station (Bay Shore)
Track 2	←      Montauk Branch toward Patchogue, Speonk, or Montauk (Great River) →
Platform B, side platform

Gallery

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  At another angle, you'll find the westbound platform.
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  An un-gated pedestrian crossing west of the platforms.
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  Islip Historic Society's plaque for the station on NY 111.

External links

• Islip – LIRR
• Islip LIRR timetable
• Steve Lynch's LIRR Maps, Photos, Charts, etc., (TrainsAreFun.com):
  • Islip Depot (Various Historic and Contemporary Images)
  • Islip Freight Sightings
• Old Islip Depot Photo (Arrt's Arrchives)
• Unofficial LIRR History Website (May 2007 Photos)
  • View of Station House
  • Clock Tower with Locomotive & Tender Weather Vane
  • Shelters to Montauk and New York City
• Station from Islip Avenue from Google Maps Street View