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Nassau Boulevard station

Coordinates: 40°43′23″N 73°39′46″W / 40.722933°N 73.662751°W / 40.722933; -73.662751
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Nassau Boulevard
Nassau Boulevard station, looking east from the westbound platform
General information
LocationNassau Boulevard & South Avenue
Garden City, New York
Coordinates40°43′23″N 73°39′46″W / 40.722933°N 73.662751°W / 40.722933; -73.662751
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone4
History
Opened1907
ElectrifiedMay 26, 1908
750 V (DC) third rail
Passengers
20061,741[1]
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station
Stewart Manor Hempstead Branch Garden City
toward Hempstead

Nassau Boulevard is a station on the west side of Nassau Boulevard in Garden City, New York. It is one of five Long Island Rail Road stations in the village. Originally, it was a station for "Stewart's Central Rail Road," a railroad envisioned to serve the village of Garden City by its founder Alexander Turney Stewart. The station, however, was built in 1907, which was over four decades after Stewart's death, and not built by Stewart himself. It was instead built by the former village of Garden City Estates, which was merged with Garden City in 1915.[2][need quotation to verify] Nassau Boulevard Station is down the road from Adelphi University and provides fast commute into Manhattan. There is parking at the station by local permit only. In the early 2000s, the station underwent renovations, including installation of ramps. A pedestrian tunnel exists at the station. The entrances resemble the former tunnel for nearby Stewart Manor station.[3][4]

Station layout

The station has two slightly offset high-level side platforms, each 10 cars long.

Platform A, side platform Disabled access
Track 1      Hempstead Branch toward Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal, or Penn Station (Stewart Manor)
Track 2      Hempstead Branch toward Hempstead (Garden City)
Platform B, side platform Disabled access

Image gallery

References

  1. ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  2. ^ Zeil, Ron; Wettereau, Richard (1988). Victorian Railroad Stations of Long Island. Bridgehampton: Sunrise Special. p. 132. OCLC 19319353.
  3. ^ Entrance to Nassau Boulevard Station underpass (TheSubwayNut)
  4. ^ 1936 Stewart Manor Station Pedestrian Underpass Photo (Arrt's Arrchives)

External links

Media related to Nassau Boulevard (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons