Greenvale station

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Greenvale
Greenvale LIRR 2016.JPG
The Greenvale station, as seen in 2016.
General information
LocationBetween Glen Cove Avenue & Plaza Road north of Helen Street
Roslyn Harbor, NY
Coordinates 40°48′56″N73°37′37″W / 40.815547°N 73.626916°W / 40.815547; -73.626916
Owned by Long Island Rail Road
Line(s) Oyster Bay Branch
Distance24.2 mi (38.9 km) from Long Island City [1]
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg Nassau Inter-County Express : n27
Construction
ParkingYes; Village of Roslyn Harbor Permits and Metered Parking
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeGVL
Fare zone7
History
Opened1866 (freight only)
1875, 1880s (passenger service)
Previous namesWeek's
Passengers
2006262 [2]
Services
Preceding station MTA NYC logo.svg Long Island Rail Road Following station
Roslyn Oyster Bay Branch Glen Head
toward Oyster Bay
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road
Following station
North Roslyn
toward Mineola
Oyster Bay Branch Glen Head
toward Oyster Bay

Greenvale is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Oyster Bay Branch. The station is located off Helen Street, between Glen Cove Avenue and Glen Cove Road in the Incorporated Village of Roslyn Harbor, in Nassau County, New York.

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History

Greenvale station was originally established by the Glen Cove Branch Rail Road on July 21, 1866, as "Week's station," a freight-only station primarily used for delivering milk. [3] Passengers were briefly allowed at the station in 1875, and then again sometime during the 1880s. [3] [4] [5] At some point, the station was renamed "Greenvale." The passenger station has never existed as anything else other than a sheltered platform. [3] On May 17, 1891, it was demolished by a locomotive that collided with a horse whose hoof was stuck in the switching apparatus, resulting in both the death of the horse and two crew members. [6] Eventually the station was replaced. [3] [7]

New shelters were built on both sides of the tracks in 2000 on high-level platforms that were installed to make the station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and compatible with the railroad's new C3 bilevel railcars.

Station layout

The Greenvale station is located partially at ground level and partially built on an embankment. It has two high-level side platforms, each four cars long.

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Platform

level

Platform A, side platform Wheelchair symbol.svg
Track 1      Oyster Bay Branch toward Long Island City or Penn Station (Roslyn)
Track 2      Oyster Bay Branch toward Oyster Bay (Glen Head)
Platform B, side platform Wheelchair symbol.svg
GGround levelExit/entrance, parking lots, and buses
MMezzanineUnderpass between platforms

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