Lindenhurst station

Lindenhurst
Lindenhurst station in 2023
General information
Location	Wellwood Avenue and Hoffman Avenue Lindenhurst, New York
Coordinates	40°41′18″N73°22′10″W / 40.6882°N 73.3695°W / 40.6882; -73.3695
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Montauk Branch
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Suffolk County Transit: 10
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	9
History
Opened	1867 (SSRRLI)
Rebuilt	1902, 1968-1973
Electrified	May 20, 1925 750 V (DC) third rail
Previous names	Wellwood (1867–1870) Breslau (1870–July 28, 1891 [1] )
Passengers
2012—2014	3,178 [2]
Rank	36 of 125
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Copiague toward Penn Station, Grand Central or Atlantic Terminal Babylon Branch Babylon Terminus       Montauk Branch does not stop here
Former services Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Copiague toward Long Island City Montauk Division Babylon toward Montauk At Breslau station South Farmingdale toward Bethpage Central Branch Babylon Terminus
Location

Lindenhurst station is a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located at Wellwood Avenue (CR 3) and East Hoffman Avenue (CR 12) in Lindenhurst, Suffolk County, New York.

History

The preserved former station building

Lindenhurst station is typical of the elevated Babylon Branch stations that were rebuilt during the mid-to-late 20th century. It was originally built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island on October 28, 1867, as "Wellwood" It was renamed "Breslau" in 1870, after developers Thomas Welwood and Charles S. Schleier renamed the community after their native Breslau in German Empire, then was renamed "Lindenhurst" in 1891. ^[3] The station burned down suspiciously on January 22, 1901. ^[4] The second station was built in 1902.

This station was replaced with a temporary station with high-level platforms on October 25, 1968, when construction of the current elevated station was started. ^{[5] [6]} The current elevated station was opened on August 7, 1973, and was renovated in the early 2000s, along with much of the rest of the Babylon line. The 1902 station was moved to a private location and restored as a museum in 1971. ^{[7] [5]}

21st century

In 2023, the MTA agreed to make the Amityville, Copiague, and Lindenhurst stations wheelchair-accessible to settle a lawsuit. ^[8] The elevator at Lindenhurst opened on June 28, 2024, making the station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. ^{[9] [10]}

Station layout

The station has one 10-car-long high-level island platform between the two tracks.

P Platform level	Track 1	←      Babylon Branch toward Atlantic Terminal, Grand Central Madison, or Penn Station (Copiague) ←      Montauk Branch does not stop here
	Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Track 2	←     Babylon Branch toward Babylon (Terminus) → →     Montauk Branch does not stop here →
G	Ground level	Exit/entrance, parking, and buses

References

1. "Change of Station Name". The Sentinel. July 23, 1891. Retrieved July 4, 2018.
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
3. Vincent F. Seyfried, The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part One: South Side R.R. of L.I., 1961
4. "Railroad Station Burned". The Brooklyn Citizen. January 22, 1901. p. 9. Retrieved May 3, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Lindenhurst Historical Society – Former Railroad Station". www.bradcoweb.com. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
6. "Compact NYSDOT Highway Record Plans: Beginning 1900". State of New York. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
7. Old Lindenhurst Station Today (Existing Railroad Stations in New York State)
8. Korb, Priscila (July 29, 2020). "MTA Agrees To Install Elevators At 3 LIRR Train Stations". Lindenhurst, NY Patch. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
9. "LIRR adds new elevator at Lindenhurst Station". CBS New York. June 28, 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
10. Castillo, Alfonso A. (June 28, 2024). "Elevator opens at Lindenhurst LIRR station, part of $169M access plan". Newsday. Retrieved June 30, 2024.

External links

Media related to Lindenhurst station at Wikimedia Commons

• Lindenhurst – LIRR
• Lindenhurst LIRR timetable