Pinelawn station

Pinelawn
Pinelawn
	The station, as seen from the Wellwood Avenue grade crossing, on April 21, 2024.
General information
Location	Wellwood Avenue (County Route 3) and Long Island Avenue; East Farmingdale, New York
Coordinates	40°44′43″N73°23′58″W / 40.745339°N 73.399572°W
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Main Line
Distance	32.4 mi (52.1 km) from Long Island City
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Suffolk County Transit : S31
Construction
Parking	Yes; Free
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	9
History
Opened	1895
Rebuilt	1915, 1925, 1979, 2018
Electrified	1987; 750 V (DC) third rail
Previous names	Melville (1895–1897); Pinelawn (Melville) (1897–1899)
Passengers
2006	50
Services
Former services

Last updated April 23, 2024

Pinelawn is a railroad station along the Main Line (Ronkonkoma Branch) of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Long Island Avenue, just east of the Wellwood Avenue (CR 3) grade crossing in East Farmingdale, New York.

History

The Pinelawn station originally had two different station houses with their own histories.^[3] Both were created to serve Pinelawn Cemetery, Wellwood Cemetery, and other cemeteries in the vicinity. The first station opened as a flag stop on the northeast corner of Wellwood Avenue in 1895 as Melville, a name it maintained until 1897. From there it would be named Pinelawn (Melville) and finally Pinelawn in 1899.^[3]

The second station was built in 1915, and moved to the southeast side of Wellwood Avenue in 1925. It was remodeled again in June 1979, but only as a shelter. Despite nearly being eliminated as part of the Long Island Rail Road's electrification of the main line towards Ronkonkoma, the Pinelawn station – along with the Wyandanch and Brentwood stations – was saved as part of a bipartisan effort by New York State Senator Owen H. Johnson (R–West Babylon) and Assemblyman Patrick G. Halpin (D–Lindenhurst), and given a high-level platform in 1986.^[3]

In the late 2000s, as part of the Main Line Second Track Project, which built a second track between Farmingdale and Ronkonkoma, two new platforms were constructed at the Pinelawn station. The existing station building and platform were demolished, allowing construction of a second track and platform.^[4] Long Island Avenue was also shifted slightly south, with the road's old alignment becoming a parking lot for the station with a drop-off area.^[4]

Station layout

This station has two tracks and two 2-car-long side platforms. South of Platform B is a small drop off area with six parking spaces.

Platform A, side platform
Track 1	← Ronkonkoma Branch limited service toward Grand Central Madison or Penn Station (Farmingdale)
Track 2	← Ronkonkoma Branch limited service toward Ronkonkoma (Wyandanch) →
Platform B, side platform

Pinelawn Cemetery station

Despite the presence of the shack-sized station, a much more elaborate station was built across Wellwood Avenue on August 30, 1904.^[3] The station had a tall clock tower, a cemetery office, a chapel, and a fancy ticket office in the main lobby, however it is widely believed never to have been used by the public.^[3] Pinelawn Cemetery station remained in service for a business located within the cemetery, until it was destroyed by a fire in April 1928.^[3] The walls of the station were still standing in 1960, and the arched entrance to this station remained intact until 1985,^[5] when the Long Island Rail Road was beginning its electrification of the Main Line.^[3]

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References

↑ Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. III. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
↑ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Morrison, David D.; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003). Long Island Rail Road Stations. Chicago: Arcadia. ISBN 0-7385-1180-3 . Retrieved April 21, 2024.
1 2 "July 2017 MTA Board Action Items" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 26, 2017. pp. 73–74. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
↑ Pinelawn - Melville Station (Arrt's Arrchives)

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

[2] Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study

[LIRR_Stations2-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Morrison, David D.; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003). Long Island Rail Road Stations. Chicago: Arcadia. ISBN 0-7385-1180-3 . Retrieved April 21, 2024.

[:0-4] 1 2 "July 2017 MTA Board Action Items" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 26, 2017. pp. 73–74. Retrieved July 26, 2017.

[5] Pinelawn - Melville Station (Arrt's Arrchives)

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