Auburndale station (LIRR)

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Auburndale
Auburndale LIRR jeh.JPG
Auburndale station over 192nd Street, looking northbound
General information
Location192nd Street between
Station Road and 39th Avenue
Auburndale, Queens, New York
Coordinates 40°45′41″N73°47′26″W / 40.76139°N 73.7905°W / 40.76139; -73.7905
Owned by Long Island Rail Road
Line(s) Port Washington Branch
Distance9.9 mi (15.9 km) from Long Island City [1]
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg NYCT Bus : Q12, Q13, Q28, Q76
Aiga bus trans.svg Nassau Inter-County Express : n20G, n20X
Construction
ParkingNo
AccessibleYes; elevator
Other information
Station codeADL
Fare zone3
History
Opened1901
Rebuilt1929, 2000–2003
ElectrifiedOctober 21, 1913
750 V (DC) third rail
Passengers
2012—20142,907 [2]
Rank38 of 125
Services
Preceding station MTA NYC logo.svg Long Island Rail Road Following station
Broadway
toward Penn Station or Grand Central
Port Washington Branch Bayside
toward Port Washington
Location
Auburndale station (LIRR)

Auburndale is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch in the Auburndale neighborhood of Queens, New York City. The station is part of CityTicket. The station is located at 192nd Street between Station Road and 39th Avenue, two blocks north of Northern Boulevard.

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History

The Auburndale station was originally built as an infill station in 1901 – the year the community itself was developed. [3] [4] The original station house was sold and converted into an Episcopal Church on 42nd Avenue and Utopia Parkway when a new, elevated station was built between 1929 and 1930, as part of a grade crossing elimination project; this church closed in 1973. [3] [4]

By 1997, both Auburndale and the adjacent Murray Hill station had fallen into a state of disrepair. [5] The station subsequently underwent a significant reconstruction and modernization project between April 2000 and October 2003. [4] [6] [7] [8] As part of the $5.5 million project, funded in part through monies secured by then-New York State Senator Frank Padavan, included rebuilding the platform and expanding it from six to ten cars in length, new canopies, a new, heated waiting room, and making the station accessible to wheelchair users with the installation of an ADA-accessible elevator. [6] [7] [8] The dilapidated, 1901-built station house was also demolished as part of the project. [6]

Further accessibility upgrades to the station were executed in the 2020s with the replacement of its elevator – a project which made the station fully compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. [9]

Station layout

This station has one 10-car long island platform between the two tracks.

P
Platform level		Track 1←       Port Washington Branch toward Penn Station or Grand Central Madison (Broadway)
Island platform, doors will open on the left Wheelchair symbol.svg
Track 2      Port Washington Branch toward Great Neck or Port Washington (Bayside) →
GGround levelExit/entrance and buses

References

  1. ↑ Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. VI. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  2. ↑ "2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. August 23, 2016. PDF pp. 15, 197. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020. Data collection took place after the pretest determinations, starting in September 2012 and concluding in May 2014. .... 2012-2014 LIRR O[rigin and ]D[estination] COUNTS: WEEKDAY East/West Total By Station in Numerical Order ... Auburndale
  3. 1 2 Morrison, David D.; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003). Long Island Rail Road Stations. Chicago: Arcadia. ISBN   0-7385-1180-3 . Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com)". Archived from the original on May 26, 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  5. ↑ "LIRR Off-Track With Repairs, City Audit Says – QNS". qns.com. March 25, 1999. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 "LIRR GETS $2.5M FOR AUBURNDALE STATION FIX". New York Daily News. December 21, 1999. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  7. 1 2 Rhoades, Liz (October 23, 2003). "LIRR Completes Renovations At Sleek Auburndale Station". Queens Chronicle. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  8. 1 2 "LIRR STARTS $5.5M REHAB AT STATION IN AUBURNDALE". New York Daily News. April 18, 2000. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  9. ↑ Morales, Joseph (December 23, 2022). "The MTA Is Beginning Work To Improve Accessibility At Auburndale LIRR Station, Which Can Hopefully Set Precedent For Station Improvements Across the Commuter Rail System". Transit Central. Retrieved January 8, 2025.

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