Baldwin station

Baldwin
Baldwin
	Baldwin station as seen from Sunrise Highway
General information
Location	Sunrise Highway and Grand Avenue; Baldwin, New York
Coordinates	40°39′24″N73°36′27″W / 40.656746°N 73.607444°W
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Montauk Branch
Distance	21.2 mi (34.1 km) from Long Island City
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Nassau Inter-County Express : n35
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	7
History
Opened	1867;157 years ago (SSRRLI)
Rebuilt	1881, 1917, 1957
Electrified	May 20, 1925; 750 V (DC) third rail
Previous names	Baldwinsville (1867–1892); Millburn (1892–1897)
Passengers
2012—2014	6,928
Rank	17 of 125
Services
	Montauk Branch does not stop here
Former services
Location
Location

Last updated May 29, 2024

Baldwin is a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially located on Sunrise Highway and Grand Avenue in Baldwin, New York, although it also includes Milburn and Brooklyn Avenues.

History

Baldwin station was originally built in February 1868 by the South Side Railroad of Long Island, though trains had already been stopping there, then called Baldwinsville, since October 28, 1867. The station was remodeled in May 1881, and was razed in 1917, and a second station was opened on December 28, later that year. As part of the grade elimination project taking place along the Babylon Branch throughout the Babylon-Montauk Branch between the 1940s and 1960s this station was razed in November 1957, and officially replaced with the current elevated structure on October 2, 1957 after the last ground level train passed through at 12:18 pm.^[4]

The Baldwin Civic Association commissioned a mural of Nunley's carousel by artist Michael White, which was installed at the Baldwin station on April 22, 2019.^[5]^[6]

Station layout

The station has one 12-car-long high-level island platform between the two tracks. The platform includes an extension over the Grand Avenue bridge between the two tracks that is covered with a gabled roof.

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References

↑ Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. IV. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
↑ Baldwinsville Station (Arrt's Arrchives)
↑ "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
↑ "Aged Commuter Helps 'Run' First Baldwin Overhead Train". The LEADER. Freeport, NY: L & M Publications. October 10, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved April 17, 2012. Dr. William F. Morgan [...] on the first train over the new viaduct on Wednesday, Oct 2.
↑ Peters, Erika (March 13, 2019). "Nunley's Carousel mural will go up at LIRR station". Newsday. Archived from the original on June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019.
↑ Strack, Ben (May 2, 2019). "Rockville Centre residents remember Nunley's amusement park after unveiling of carousel mural". Herald Community Newspapers. Retrieved June 20, 2019.

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[ett-20120514-1] Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. IV. Retrieved August 4, 2022.

[2] Baldwinsville Station (Arrt's Arrchives)

[3] "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

[4] "Aged Commuter Helps 'Run' First Baldwin Overhead Train". The LEADER. Freeport, NY: L & M Publications. October 10, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved April 17, 2012. Dr. William F. Morgan [...] on the first train over the new viaduct on Wednesday, Oct 2.

[5] Peters, Erika (March 13, 2019). "Nunley's Carousel mural will go up at LIRR station". Newsday. Archived from the original on June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 20, 2019.

[6] Strack, Ben (May 2, 2019). "Rockville Centre residents remember Nunley's amusement park after unveiling of carousel mural". Herald Community Newspapers. Retrieved June 20, 2019.

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