Sea Cliff station

Sea Cliff
Sea Cliff
	The station, as seen from the northbound platform.
General information
Location	Sea Cliff Avenue & Glen Keith Road; Glen Cove, NY
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Oyster Bay Branch
Distance	26.7 mi (43.0 km) from Long Island City
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Connections	Nassau Inter-County Express : n27 ; Glen Cove Bus: Glen Cove Commuter Bus
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes; bike rack
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	7
History
Opened	1867
Rebuilt	1888, 1997
Passengers
2006	602
Services
	Sea Cliff Railroad Station
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	NRHP landmark, rebuilt in 1888.
Location	Sea Cliff, New York, USA
Nearest city	Glen Cove, New York
Coordinates	40°51′9.23″N73°37′31.47″W / 40.8525639°N 73.6254083°W
Built	1888
Architectural style	Late-Victorian
NRHP reference No.	88000021
Added to NRHP	February 18, 1988

Last updated January 26, 2024

Sea Cliff is a station on the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Sea Cliff Avenue and Glen Keith Road, between Glen Cove Avenue and Cedar Swamp Road, in the City of Glen Cove, in Nassau County, New York.

History

The Sea Cliff station was built in 1867 by the Glen Cove Branch Rail Road, and was reconstructed in May 1888 at the cost of $4,000 (1888 USD).^[4]^[5] The station is typical of many LIRR stations of the late-Victorian era. It contains a two-story red brick structure with a gabled-roof that extended into canopies on the sides, which contains elaborate gingerbread woodwork along the canopies.

From July 2, 1902 to December 31, 1924, the Sea Cliff station had connections to two trolley lines. One was the Sea Cliff Village Trolley, owned by the Nassau County Railway and the other was the Glen Cove Railroad (not to be confused with the old LIRR subsidiary) which ran along the Oyster Bay Branch right-of-way into Downtown Glen Cove in 1905. From 1909 to 1956, it also contained a wooden pedestrian bridge.^[5]^[6]

On February 18, 1988, roughly a century after the second station was erected, the station house at the Sea Cliff station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, thus making it a designated landmark.^[5]^[7]

The station underwent a major renovation in 1997, during which time the station's current high-level platforms were added and station was made compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.^[5]^[7] The new platforms made the station compatible with the railroad's new C3 bilevel railcars.^[5]^[7]

Station layout

This station has two high-level side platforms, each four cars long. There is a spur east of the station for track maintenance equipment, but was used as a freight siding until the 1970s. The siding at one point crossed Sea Cliff Avenue to service Sea Cliff Coal and Lumber, whose covered coal dump still stands.

Platform A, side platform
Track 1	← Oyster Bay Branch toward Long Island City or Penn Station (Glen Head)
Track 2	← Oyster Bay Branch toward Oyster Bay (Glen Street) →
Platform B, side platform

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References

↑ Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. VI. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
↑ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
↑ Nassau County Listings at the National Register of Historic Places
↑ Seyfried, Vincent. "The Long Island Rail Road: The age of expansion, 1863-1880". p. 203. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014.
1 2 3 4 5 Morrison, David D. (March 5, 2018). Long Island Rail Road: Oyster Bay Branch. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467128544.
↑ Bob Emery Sea Cliff Station map (TrainsAreFun.com)
1 2 3 Morrison, David D.; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003). Long Island Rail Road Stations. Images of Rail. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. p. 59. ISBN 0-7385-1180-3 . Retrieved November 25, 2011.

External links

Media related to Sea Cliff (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons

Sea Cliff – LIRR
Sea Cliff LIRR timetable
Sam Berliner III's Long Island Railroad page
- 1999 Sea Cliff Station Photos(Victorian Stations of the LIRR)
- NRHP Landmark
Unofficial LIRR History Website
Sea Cliff LIRR Station (Road and Rail Pictures)
Station from Sea Cliff Avenue from Google Maps Street View

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[ett-20120514-1] Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. VI. Retrieved August 7, 2022.

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

[3] Nassau County Listings at the National Register of Historic Places

[:03-4] Seyfried, Vincent. "The Long Island Rail Road: The age of expansion, 1863-1880". p. 203. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014.

[:022-5] 1 2 3 4 5 Morrison, David D. (March 5, 2018). Long Island Rail Road: Oyster Bay Branch. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467128544.

[6] Bob Emery Sea Cliff Station map (TrainsAreFun.com)

[:0-7] 1 2 3 Morrison, David D.; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003). Long Island Rail Road Stations. Images of Rail. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. p. 59. ISBN 0-7385-1180-3 . Retrieved November 25, 2011.

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