List of Long Island Rail Road stations

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Schematic diagram of Long Island Rail Road services and stations LIRR schematic.svg
Schematic diagram of Long Island Rail Road services and stations

The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is a commuter railway system serving all four counties of Long Island, with two stations in the Manhattan borough of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. Its operator is the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York. Serving 301,763 passengers per day as of 2007 [1] and 88.5 million riders for the year of 2008, [2] it is the busiest commuter railroad in the United States. With 324 passenger route-miles, [3] it spans Long Island from Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn to Montauk station at the tip of the southern fork. Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan is the actual westernmost station of the Long Island Rail Road and its busiest station.

Contents

The system currently has 126 stations on eleven rail lines called "branches". [1] [4] (Not included in this count are two additional stations that serve employees of the LIRR: Hillside Facility and Boland's Landing). Several stations see part-time service: Belmont Park, open on event days such as Belmont Stakes; Pinelawn, which exclusively serves cemeteries in its area and is served only during off-peak daytime hours; and Hunterspoint Avenue and Long Island City, which serve as terminals for several diesel trains during rush hours. The six stations on the Main Line east of Ronkonkoma also see very limited week-round trains, and are often used for recreation rather than commuting. Jamaica is a major transfer station between branches, as it provides the interchange from the eastern Long Island stations to the western New York terminals and vice versa. Other inter-branch transfer stations include Woodside, Mineola, Hicksville, Valley Stream, Lynbrook and Babylon. The Huntington, Ronkonkoma and Babylon stations provide transfers between electric train service and diesel train service within their respective branches, the Port Jefferson, Ronkonkoma/Greenport and Babylon/Montauk branches.

Lines

This list shows the western and eastern terminals of each LIRR service. There are 10 total services, plus one additional seasonal service (the Belmont Park Branch). Jamaica and the two employees-only stations are not included in the station counts below.

LineStationsWestern terminal [5] Eastern terminal [5]
  Babylon Branch 13 Rockville Centre Babylon
  Belmont Park Branch 1 Belmont Park (seasonal service only)
  City Terminal Zone 12 Penn Station
Long Island City
Atlantic Terminal
Grand Central Madison 		Jamaica
  Far Rockaway Branch 11 Locust Manor Far Rockaway
  Hempstead Branch 9 Hollis Hempstead
  Long Beach Branch 6 Lynbrook Long Beach
  Montauk Branch 16 Babylon [6] Patchogue / Montauk
  Oyster Bay Branch 10 East Williston Oyster Bay
  Port Jefferson Branch 16 New Hyde Park Huntington (electric) / Port Jefferson (diesel)
  Port Washington Branch 13 Woodside Port Washington
  Ronkonkoma Branch 14 Bethpage Ronkonkoma (electric) / Greenport (diesel)
  West Hempstead Branch 6 St. Albans West Hempstead

Trunk lines

The LIRR has three trunk lines; each branch begins eastbound trips out of New York City via one of these lines.

Trunk lineStationsWestern terminalEastern terminalBranches
Atlantic Branch 8 Atlantic Terminal Valley Stream       City Terminal Zone
      Far Rockaway Branch
      Long Beach Branch
Main Line 29 Penn Station or
Grand Central Madison 		Greenport       City Terminal Zone
      Belmont Park Branch
      Hempstead Branch
      Oyster Bay Branch
      Port Jefferson Branch
      Port Washington Branch
      Ronkonkoma Branch
Montauk Branch 33 Long Island City Montauk       West Hempstead Branch
      Babylon Branch
      Montauk Branch

Station types and designs

The Long Island Rail Road has four types of station designs:

Additionally, some stations have station houses ("staffed", if open), whereas others do not ("unstaffed", if there is none or if the office is closed). [7] Some stations with station houses have ticketing offices open either part-time or full-time, whereas others do not have open ones. Additionally, some stations that lack station houses used to have them; these station houses were razed. [7] [8]

Station house designs

The LIRR has an amalgam of different station house designs across its system. Many station houses built during the same time period (e.g., Mineola and Manhasset; 1920s), or as part of the same project (e.g., Central Islip and Deer Park; 1987 Hicksville–Ronkonkoma electrification project), share similar or identical designs.

Platform lengths

Platform lengths across the system vary from anywhere between 1+1⁄2 train cars (only found at a handful of stations in diesel territory) to 14 cars; most stations in the system feature platforms long enough for 10-12 railcars (C3, M3, M7, or M9), each of which are about 85 feet (26 m) long. [9] [10]

Below are a sample of various stations with different platform lengths throughout the system: [9] [10]

Historical preservation of stations

The NRHP plaque for the Sea Cliff station house. Sea Cliff LIRR Station-NRHP.jpg
The NRHP plaque for the Sea Cliff station house.

Five LIRR stations are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: Sea Cliff, Oyster Bay, Farmingdale, Greenport and East Hampton. The St. James and Southampton stations are contributing properties to NRHP districts. Other stations that are not on the list are often cherished by local communities and treated as landmarks, such as Islip, Northport, Glen Street, and Great Neck. Roslyn, Glen Cove, and Locust Valley are other stations on the Oyster Bay Branch that are historic. Efforts to save the original East Williston station house in 2004 were unsuccessful when the structure was found to be too unstable, while the demolition of Amagansett's in 1965 brought public outcry throughout the Hamptons as well as among local railfans that has lasted for decades. [11] [12] [8]

The St. James station house, built in 1873, is the oldest such building constructed by the LIRR that remains standing. Hewlett's station house is older, but it was originally built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island in 1870. On the West Hempstead Branch, Malverne's station house is the only one originally built during the first two decades of the 20th century, although it is not recognized as a historic landmark. The elaborate Forest Hills station house was one of the few to avoid modernization during the mid-to-late 20th century and has retained the original grand decorative construction. When the Babylon Branch was elevated in the post-WWII era, former station houses in Wantagh and Lindenhurst were moved away from the tracks. The former Wantagh station was transformed into a museum, and also listed on the NRHP.

List of stations

This list contains all stations currently open on the Long Island Rail Road, including seasonal-use stations. Lines with colored boxes indicate branches which serve the station, while lines in parentheses indicate the physical line the station is located on, if applicable. For example, Amityville is physically located on the Montauk Branch but is served by Babylon Branch trains and only appears in the latter timetable.

Wheelchair symbol.svg Station is accessible by wheelchair [13]
Wheelchair symbol.svg ‡Station meets all ADA accessibility requirements [13]
Black x.svg Station does not meet ADA accessibility requirements [13]
NameLineCountyOpened Wheelchair symbol.svg Fare ZoneFormer/other names
Albertson       Oyster Bay Branch Nassau 1875 Wheelchair symbol.svg 7
Amagansett       Montauk Branch Suffolk 1895 Wheelchair symbol.svg 14
Amityville       Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch) Suffolk 1867 Black x.svg 9
Atlantic Terminal       City Terminal Zone (Atlantic Branch) Brooklyn 1877 Wheelchair symbol.svg ‡1Brooklyn
Flatbush Avenue (former name)
Auburndale       Port Washington Branch Queens 1901 Wheelchair symbol.svg 3
Babylon       Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch) Suffolk 1867 Wheelchair symbol.svg ‡9Seaside (July 1868 – 1869)
Baldwin       Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch) Nassau 1867 Wheelchair symbol.svg 7Baldwinsville
Baldwins
Bay Shore       Montauk Branch Suffolk 1868 Wheelchair symbol.svg 10Pentaquit (1868)
Bayshore (1868-????)
Bayside       Port Washington Branch Queens 1866 Wheelchair symbol.svg 3Bay Side
Bellerose       Hempstead Branch Nassau 1898 Black x.svg 4
Bellmore       Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch) Nassau 1870 Wheelchair symbol.svg 7
Bellport       Montauk Branch Suffolk 1882 Wheelchair symbol.svg 12
Belmont Park       Belmont Park Branch Queens 1905 Wheelchair symbol.svg 4
Bethpage       Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line) Nassau 1854 Wheelchair symbol.svg 7Jerusalem Station (1854–1936)
Central Park (1867–1936)
Boland's Landing       City Terminal Zone (Atlantic Branch) Queens 1886 Black x.svg N/A
Brentwood       Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line) Suffolk 1870 Wheelchair symbol.svg 10
Bridgehampton       Montauk Branch Suffolk 1870 Wheelchair symbol.svg 14
Broadway       Port Washington Branch Queens 1866 Wheelchair symbol.svg 3
Carle Place       Port Jefferson Branch (Main Line) Nassau 1842 Wheelchair symbol.svg 7Carll Place
Cedarhurst       Far Rockaway Branch Nassau 1869 Wheelchair symbol.svg 4
Central Islip       Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line) Suffolk 1873 Wheelchair symbol.svg 10
Centre Avenue       Long Beach Branch Nassau 1898 Wheelchair symbol.svg 7
Cold Spring Harbor       Port Jefferson Branch Suffolk 1875 Wheelchair symbol.svg 9
Copiague       Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch) Suffolk 1902 Black x.svg 9
Country Life Press       Hempstead Branch Nassau 1911 Wheelchair symbol.svg 4
Deer Park       Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line) Suffolk 1842 Wheelchair symbol.svg 9
Douglaston       Port Washington Branch Queens 1866 Wheelchair symbol.svg 3 Little Neck (1866–1870)
East Hampton       Montauk Branch Suffolk 1895 Wheelchair symbol.svg 14
East New York       City Terminal Zone (Atlantic Branch) Brooklyn 1878 Black x.svg 1
East Rockaway       Long Beach Branch Nassau 1880 Wheelchair symbol.svg 7
East Williston       Oyster Bay Branch Nassau 1880 Wheelchair symbol.svg 4
Elmont       Hempstead Branch (Main Line) Nassau 2021-2022 Wheelchair symbol.svg ‡4
Far Rockaway       Far Rockaway Branch Queens 1869 Wheelchair symbol.svg 4
Farmingdale       Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line) Nassau 1841 Wheelchair symbol.svg 7
Floral Park       Hempstead Branch (Main Line) Nassau 1878 Wheelchair symbol.svg 4Stewart Junction (1878–1879)
Hinsdale (1879–1887)
East Hinsdale (1887–1890)
Flushing–Main Street       Port Washington Branch Queens 1854 Wheelchair symbol.svg 3
Forest Hills       City Terminal Zone (Main Line) Queens 1906 Wheelchair symbol.svg 1
Freeport       Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch) Nassau 1867 Wheelchair symbol.svg 7
Garden City       Hempstead Branch Nassau 1873 Wheelchair symbol.svg 4
Gibson       Far Rockaway Branch Nassau 1928 Wheelchair symbol.svg 4
Glen Cove       Oyster Bay Branch Nassau 1895 Wheelchair symbol.svg 7
Glen Head       Oyster Bay Branch Nassau 1865 Wheelchair symbol.svg 7
Glen Street       Oyster Bay Branch Nassau 1867 Wheelchair symbol.svg 7
Grand Central       City Terminal Zone Manhattan 2023 Wheelchair symbol.svg ‡1 East Side Access (1963–2022)
Great Neck       Port Washington Branch Nassau 1866 Wheelchair symbol.svg ‡4Brookdale (1869–1872)
Great River       Montauk Branch Suffolk 1897 Wheelchair symbol.svg 10
Greenlawn       Port Jefferson Branch Suffolk 1870 Wheelchair symbol.svg 9
Greenport       Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line) Suffolk 1844 Wheelchair symbol.svg 14
Greenvale       Oyster Bay Branch Nassau 1866 Wheelchair symbol.svg 7Week's Station
Hampton Bays       Montauk Branch Suffolk 1871 Wheelchair symbol.svg 14Good Ground (1869–1922)
Hempstead       Hempstead Branch Nassau 1873 Wheelchair symbol.svg ‡4
Hempstead Gardens       West Hempstead Branch Nassau 1893 Wheelchair symbol.svg 4
Hewlett       Far Rockaway Branch Nassau 1869 Wheelchair symbol.svg 4Cedar Grove (July–October 1869)
Hewletts (1869-?)
Hicksville       Port Jefferson Branch (Main Line) Nassau 1837 Wheelchair symbol.svg ‡7
Hillside Facility       City Terminal Zone (Main Line) Queens 1991 Black x.svg N/A
Hollis       Hempstead Branch (Main Line) Queens 1885 Black x.svg 3
Hunterspoint Avenue       City Terminal Zone (Main Line) Queens 1860 Black x.svg 1
Huntington       Port Jefferson Branch Suffolk 1867 Wheelchair symbol.svg ‡9
Inwood       Far Rockaway Branch Nassau 1911 Wheelchair symbol.svg 4
Island Park       Long Beach Branch Nassau 1898 Wheelchair symbol.svg 7The Dykes
Islip       Montauk Branch Suffolk 1868 Wheelchair symbol.svg 10
Jamaica       City Terminal Zone (Main Line, Atlantic Branch, Montauk Branch) Queens 1836 Wheelchair symbol.svg ‡3
Kew Gardens       City Terminal Zone (Main Line) Queens 1910 Black x.svg 1Kew (1910–1912)
Kings Park       Port Jefferson Branch Suffolk 1872 Wheelchair symbol.svg 10St. Johnsland (1872–1891)
Lakeview       West Hempstead Branch Nassau 1924 Wheelchair symbol.svg 4
Laurelton       Far Rockaway Branch (Atlantic Branch) Queens 1907 Black x.svg 3
Lawrence       Far Rockaway Branch Nassau 1869 Wheelchair symbol.svg 4
Lindenhurst       Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch) Suffolk 1868 Black x.svg 9Wellwood (1867–1870)
Breslau (1870–1891)
Little Neck       Port Washington Branch Queens 1870 Wheelchair symbol.svg 3
Locust Manor       Far Rockaway Branch (Atlantic Branch) Queens 1869 Black x.svg 3Locust Avenue (1869–1929)
Racetrack (1906–1929)
Jamaica Racetrack (1929–1959)
Locust Valley       Oyster Bay Branch Nassau 1869 Wheelchair symbol.svg 7
Long Beach       Long Beach Branch Nassau 1880 Wheelchair symbol.svg ‡7
Long Island City       City Terminal Zone (Main Line, Montauk Branch) Queens 1854 Wheelchair symbol.svg 1
Lynbrook       Long Beach Branch (Montauk Branch) Nassau 1867 Wheelchair symbol.svg ‡4
Malverne       West Hempstead Branch Nassau 1913 Wheelchair symbol.svg 4
Manhasset       Port Washington Branch Nassau 1899 Wheelchair symbol.svg 4
Massapequa       Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch) Nassau 1867 Wheelchair symbol.svg 7
Massapequa Park       Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch) Nassau 1933 Black x.svg 7
Mastic–Shirley       Montauk Branch Suffolk 1960 Wheelchair symbol.svg 12
Mattituck       Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line) Suffolk 1844 Wheelchair symbol.svg 14
Medford       Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line) Suffolk 1844 Wheelchair symbol.svg 10
Merillon Avenue       Port Jefferson Branch (Main Line) Nassau 1912 Wheelchair symbol.svg 4Clowesville (1837–1874)
Garden City (1874–1876)
Merrick       Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch) Nassau 1867 Wheelchair symbol.svg 7
Mets–Willets Point       Port Washington Branch Queens 1939 Black x.svg 1World's Fair (1939–1940; 1961–1966)

United Nations (1946–1952) Shea Stadium (1966–2009)

Mineola       Port Jefferson Branch (Main Line) Nassau 1837 Wheelchair symbol.svg ‡4Branch (1837-?)
Hempstead Branch
Montauk       Montauk Branch Suffolk 1907 Wheelchair symbol.svg 14
Murray Hill       Port Washington Branch Queens 1889 Wheelchair symbol.svg 3
Nassau Boulevard       Hempstead Branch Nassau 1907 Wheelchair symbol.svg 4
New Hyde Park       Port Jefferson Branch (Main Line) Nassau 1870 Wheelchair symbol.svg 4Hyde Park
Northport       Port Jefferson Branch Suffolk 1873 Wheelchair symbol.svg ‡9
Nostrand Avenue       City Terminal Zone (Atlantic Branch) Brooklyn 1877 Wheelchair symbol.svg 1
Oakdale       Montauk Branch Suffolk 1868 Wheelchair symbol.svg 10
Oceanside       Long Beach Branch Nassau 1897 Wheelchair symbol.svg 7
Oyster Bay       Oyster Bay Branch Nassau 1889 Wheelchair symbol.svg 7
Patchogue       Montauk Branch Suffolk 1869 Wheelchair symbol.svg ‡10
Penn Station       City Terminal Zone (Northeast Corridor) Manhattan 1910 Wheelchair symbol.svg ‡1
Pinelawn       Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line) Suffolk 1895 Wheelchair symbol.svg 9Melville (1895–1897)
Pinelawn (Melville) (1897–1899)
Pinelawn Cemetery (1904-?)
Plandome       Port Washington Branch Nassau 1909 Wheelchair symbol.svg 4
Port Jefferson       Port Jefferson Branch Suffolk 1873 Wheelchair symbol.svg ‡10
Port Washington       Port Washington Branch Nassau 1898 Wheelchair symbol.svg ‡4
Queens Village       Hempstead Branch (Main Line) Queens 1871 Wheelchair symbol.svg 3Inglewood (1871–1879)
Queens (1879–1924)
Riverhead       Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line) Suffolk 1870 Wheelchair symbol.svg 14
Rockville Centre       Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch) Nassau 1867 Wheelchair symbol.svg ‡7
Ronkonkoma       Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line) Suffolk 1883 Wheelchair symbol.svg ‡10Lake Ronkonkoma
Rosedale       Far Rockaway Branch (Atlantic Branch) Queens 1870 Wheelchair symbol.svg 3Foster's Meadow (1870–1892)
Roslyn       Oyster Bay Branch Nassau 1865 Wheelchair symbol.svg 7
St. Albans       West Hempstead Branch (Montauk Branch) Queens 1898 Black x.svg 3Locust Avenue
St. James       Port Jefferson Branch Suffolk 1873 Wheelchair symbol.svg 10
Sayville       Montauk Branch Suffolk 1868 Wheelchair symbol.svg 10
Sea Cliff       Oyster Bay Branch Nassau 1867 Wheelchair symbol.svg 7
Seaford       Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch) Nassau 1899 Wheelchair symbol.svg 7
Smithtown       Port Jefferson Branch Suffolk 1872 Wheelchair symbol.svg 10
Southampton       Montauk Branch Suffolk 1871 Wheelchair symbol.svg 14
Southold       Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line) Suffolk 1844 Wheelchair symbol.svg 14
Speonk       Montauk Branch Suffolk 1870 Wheelchair symbol.svg 12Remsenberg
Stewart Manor       Hempstead Branch Nassau 1873 Wheelchair symbol.svg 4Hyde Park (1873–1876)
Hyde Park Central (1878–1879)
Stony Brook       Port Jefferson Branch Suffolk 1873 Wheelchair symbol.svg 10
Syosset       Port Jefferson Branch Nassau 1854 Wheelchair symbol.svg 7
Valley Stream       Far Rockaway Branch (Atlantic Branch) Nassau 1869 Wheelchair symbol.svg 4
Wantagh       Babylon Branch (Montauk Branch) Nassau 1867 Wheelchair symbol.svg 7Ridgewood (1867–1891)
Westbury       Port Jefferson Branch (Main Line) Nassau 1837 Wheelchair symbol.svg 7
Westhampton       Montauk Branch Suffolk 1870 Wheelchair symbol.svg 14
West Hempstead       West Hempstead Branch Nassau 1928 Wheelchair symbol.svg 4
Westwood       West Hempstead Branch Nassau 1929 Wheelchair symbol.svg 4
Woodmere       Far Rockaway Branch Nassau 1869 Wheelchair symbol.svg 4Wood's
Woodsburgh
Woodside       City Terminal Zone (Main Line)
      Port Washington Branch 		Queens 1869 Wheelchair symbol.svg ‡1
Wyandanch       Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line) Suffolk 1875 Wheelchair symbol.svg 9
Yaphank       Ronkonkoma Branch (Main Line) Suffolk 1844 Wheelchair symbol.svg 12Milleville (1845–1846)
Millville

Disused and former stations

The site of the former Jamesport station. Former Jamesport LIRR station facing Greenport-3.JPG
The site of the former Jamesport station.
The former Mill Neck station is now used as the village's post office. Mill Neck former LIRR Station-1.jpg
The former Mill Neck station is now used as the village's post office.
The former Richmond Hill station, which closed in 1998, along with the rest of the Lower Montauk Branch stations, due to low ridership. Richmond Hill LIRR Lower Montauk branch in 2019.jpg
The former Richmond Hill station, which closed in 1998, along with the rest of the Lower Montauk Branch stations, due to low ridership.
The former LIRR Rockaway Park LIRR station was made part of the NYC Subway in 1956, and is now the terminus of the A Train and the Rockaway Shuttle. Bch 116th St Rockaway Bch Bl td (2019-06-04) 07 - IND Station House.jpg
The former LIRR Rockaway Park LIRR station was made part of the NYC Subway in 1956, and is now the terminus of the A Train and the Rockaway Shuttle.

These stations are either demolished or existing but not currently in use by the Long Island Rail Road. Several stations of the Rockaway Beach Branch and Far Rockaway Branch were taken over by the New York City Subway as the IND Rockaway Line in 1956.

NameLineOpenedClosed
A&P Bronze, earlier A&P Central Extension 19281953
Adamsville Atlantic Branch 18721876
Albany Avenue Atlantic Branch 1877?1951
Aquebogue Main Line 18921967
Aqueduct, earlier South Woodhaven Rockaway Beach Branch 18831955
Arverne Far Rockaway Branch 18881955
Atlantic Avenue, merged with East Rockaway Long Beach Branch 18981951
Atlantic Park Far Rockaway Branch 18751887?
Atlanticville Montauk Branch see East Quogue
Autumn Avenue Atlantic Branch 19051939
Aviation Field Number 2 Central Extension see Mitchel Field
Babylon Central Extension 18731874
Baiting Hollow Main Line see Calverton
Bartlett Montauk Branch 19241928
Bartlett's, earlier Bellport Main Line 18441880
Bayport Montauk Branch 18681980
Bay Ridge Bay Ridge Branch 1870s1904
Bayville Oyster Bay Branch 18891892
Beach Channel Far Rockaway Branch 18881905
Beach House, earlier Beach Far Rockaway Branch see South Side Pavilion
Beaver Street, merged with Jamaica Atlantic Branch 18671913
Bedford Atlantic Branch 18781905
Bellaire Main Line 19001972 [14]
Belmont Junction Central Extension and Montauk Branch 1875?1876?
Berlin Switch, earlier Berlin Atlantic Branch 1869
1877		1876
Bethpage Bethpage Branch 18741942
Bethpage Junction Central Extension 18731877
Bluepoint, earlier Blue Point Montauk Branch 1870
1900		1882
1980
Breslau Central Extension 18731875
Bridgeport Southern Hempstead Branch 18701879
Bridge Street Whitestone Branch 18691932
Broad Channel Rockaway Beach Branch 18801950
Brookhaven Montauk Branch 1884
1944		1932
1958
Brooklyn Hills Rockaway Beach Branch 18821911
Brooklyn Manor Rockaway Beach Branch 19111962
Brushville Main Line 18371871
Bushwick Bushwick Branch 1868?1924
Bushwick Junction Montauk Branch see Fresh Pond
Calvary Cemetery Montauk Branch 1863????
Calverton Main Line 1852
1880		1858
1958
Camp Black Central Extension see Mitchel Field
Camp Upton Main Line 1917
1942		1922
1946
Canal Street Main Line 18901899
Canoe Place Montauk Branch 19391953
Carman's River Main Line 18441845
Cedar Manor, earlier Power Place Atlantic Branch 19061959
Center Moriches, earlier Moriches Montauk Branch 18811998
Central Islip State Hospital Main Line 1911?1980 [15]
Central Junction Creedmoor Branch 18731879
Central Park Central Extension 18731876
Clarenceville Atlantic Branch 1874
1905		1939
Clarenceville Montauk Branch see Richmond Hill
Clear Stream Montauk Branch 19061910
Clinton Road Central Extension 19151953
Club House Montauk Branch 18701897
Club House Long Beach Branch 18981909
College Point Whitestone Branch 18691932
Cooper Avenue Evergreen Branch and Bay Ridge Branch 18831894
Corona Port Washington Branch 18541964
Corona Park White Line 18731876
Creedmoor Creedmoor Branch 18731879
Cutchogue Main Line 18441962
Cypress Avenue, earlier Ridgewood Bay Ridge Branch 18831924
DeKalb Avenue Evergreen Branch 18781894
Dunton Atlantic Branch 18681939
East Moriches Montauk Branch 18971958
East Patchogue Montauk Branch 18901928
East Quogue Montauk Branch 1871c. 1883
Eastport Montauk Branch and Manorville Branch 18811958
Edgemere Far Rockaway Branch 18951955
Edgewood Main Line 18921914
Eldert's Grove Far Rockaway Branch 18721887?
Elmhurst Port Washington Branch 18551985
Fanny Bartlett Montauk Branch see Bartlett
Farmingdale Central Extension see South Farmingdale
Far Rockaway – Lockwood's Grove Cedarhurst Cut-off 18721877
Fashion Race Course Port Washington Branch see Corona
Fifth Street Evergreen Branch 18781879
Fire Place Main Line 18441845
Flowerfield Wading River Branch 19101958
Flushing Bridge Street Whitestone Branch see Bridge Street
Ford's Corners Bay Ridge Branch see Rugby
Forge Montauk Branch see Mastic
Frank Avenue Far Rockaway Branch 19221955
Frankiston Creedmoor Branch 18731879
Franklin Avenue Atlantic Branch see Bedford
Fresh Pond Montauk Branch 18691998
Fulton Street Bay Ridge Branch 19141924
Gaston Avenue Far Rockaway Branch see Arverne
General Bronze Central Extension see A&P Bronze
Glendale Montauk Branch 18691998
Golf Grounds Montauk Branch 19071939
Goose Creek Rockaway Beach Branch 18881935
Grand Street Main Line 19131925
Grand Street Evergreen Branch 18781885
Greenpoint Evergreen Branch 18781885
Grinnell Woodside Branch 18741877
Grumman Main Line 19421985
Haberman Montauk Branch 19101998
Hagerman Montauk Branch 18901928
Hamilton Beach Rockaway Beach Branch 19191955
Hammels, earlier Hammel Rockaway Beach Branch 18801941
Hebbard's Bushwick Branch 18701870
Hempstead old Hempstead Branch
Hempstead Southern Hempstead Branch 18701879
Hermanville Main Line 1850
Hermitage Main Line see Peconic
Higbie Avenue, earlier Springfield Atlantic Branch 19081960
Hillside Main Line c. 1909,
May 15, 1911		Early 1911,
1966
Hillside Creedmoor Branch 18741879
Hinsdale Creedmoor Branch 18731879
Holbrook Main Line 19071962
Holland, earlier Hollands Rockaway Beach Branch 18801955
Holland's Far Rockaway Branch 18721887?
Holtsville Main Line 18431998
Hopedale Main Line 18751884
Howard Beach Rockaway Beach Branch ????1955
Howard House Atlantic Branch 18431905
Howard's Landing, also called Howard Rockaway Beach Branch 18981907
Hulse Turnout Main Line See Calverton
Humboldt Street Evergreen Branch 18781885
Hunter's Point Port Washington Branch 1854
1869
1878		1862
1878
Inglewood Main Line 18711879
Interstate Park Main Line see Bellaire
Island Trees Central Extension 18731876
Islip Centre Montauk Branch May 1870
Jamaica Racetrack Atlantic Branch see Locust Manor
Jamesport Main Line 18451985
Jekyl Island, earlier Barnum Island Long Beach Branch 19011922
Kings Highway Manhattan Beach Branch 18831924
Kings Park State Hospital Port Jefferson Branch 1911?1970
Kissena Park, earlier Kissena Creedmoor Branch 1873
1877		1876
1879
Kouwenhoven Bay Ridge Branch 18771924
Lakeland, earlier Lake Road Main Line 18431883
Landia Port Jefferson Branch 19521972 [14]
Lamb's Corner Sag Harbor Branch see Noyack Road
Laurel Main Line 19011967
Laurel Hill Montauk Branch 18901900
Lefferts Avenue Atlantic Branch
Linwood Street Atlantic Branch
Locust Avenue Cedarhurst Cut-Off see St. Albans
Long Island Rail Road Crossing Central Extension 18751875
Malba Whitestone Branch 19081932
Manhattan Beach Manhattan Beach Branch 19091924
Manhattan Crossing Atlantic Branch
Manorville, earlier Manor Main Line and Manorville Branch 1845
1871
1941		1869
1941
1968
Maple Grove Main Line 1879
1883		1882
1909
Maspeth Montauk Branch 18951924
Maspeth Flushing and North Shore Railroad 1855ca. 1858
Mastic Montauk Branch 18821960
Matawok Rockaway Beach Branch 19101913
Matawok Main Line 19221925
Meadowbrook Central Extension 18731876
Metropolitan Avenue Bushwick Branch 1924
Miller's Place, earlier Miller Place Wading River Branch 18981938
Mill Neck Oyster Bay Branch 1892
1912
1919		1911
1918
1998
Mitchell Field, earlier Mitchel Field Central Extension 18961953
Moriches Sag Harbor Branch see Eastport
Morris Park, earlier Morris Grove Atlantic Branch 1868
1886		1886
1939
Myrtle Avenue Bay Ridge Branch 18931924
Myrtle Avenue Evergreen Branch 18781882
Napeague Beach Montauk Branch 18951927
National Rifle Range Creedmoor Branch see Creedmoor
Neck Road Manhattan Beach Branch 18931924
Neptune House Far Rockaway Branch 18751887?
New Bridge Road Central Extension 18741876
New Brooklyn Atlantic Branch
New Cassel Main Line 18751876
Newsday Central Extension 19491953
Newtown Port Washington Branch see Elmhurst
Newtown White Line 18731876
New York Avenue Main Line 18901905
Nichols Road Main Line
Northport Village Northport Branch 18681899
North Roslyn Oyster Bay Branch 18981924
Norwood Southern Hempstead Branch 18701879
Norwood West Hempstead Branch See Malverne
Norwood Avenue Atlantic Branch
Noyack Road Sag Harbor Branch 19061939
Ocean Avenue Bay Ridge Branch
Ocean Point Far Rockaway Branch see Cedarhurst
Old Northport Northport Branch see Northport Village
Ozone Park Rockaway Beach Branch 18841962
Parkside Rockaway Beach Branch 19271962
Parkville Manhattan Beach Branch July 1877 [15] Summer 1897
Pearsall's, earlier Pearsall's Corners Montauk Branch see Lynbrook
Peconic Main Line 1844 or 1848c. 1970
Penataquit Montauk Branch see Bay Shore
Penny Bridge Montauk Branch 1854
1902		1869
1998
Pilgrim State Hospital Main Line 1929?1978
Pineaire, merged with Deer Park Main Line 19151986
Playland Rockaway Beach Branch 19031955
Promised Land Montauk Branch 19241938
Queenswater, earlier Inner Beach Long Beach Branch 18981936
Quogue Montauk Branch 18751998
Railroad Avenue Atlantic Branch see Autumn Avenue
Ralph Avenue Atlantic Branch
Ramblersville Rockaway Beach Branch see Howard Beach
The Raunt Rockaway Beach Branch 18881950
Rego Park Main Line 19281962
Republic Main Line 19401987
Richmond Hill Montauk Branch 18681998
Ridgewood Montauk Branch 18831924
Ridgewood Montauk Branch see Wantagh
Ridgewood Evergreen Branch see DeKalb Avenue
Rochester Avenue Atlantic Branch
Rockaway Avenue Atlantic Branch
Rockaway Junction Main Line and Montauk Branch (West Hempstead Branch)See Woodhull Park
Rockaway Park, earlier Rockaway Beach Rockaway Beach Branch 18821955
Rocky Point Wading River Branch 18951938
Roosevelt Raceway Central Extension 19391961
Rugby Bay Ridge Branch 18881924
Sag Harbor Sag Harbor Branch 18711939
Saint George's Manor Main Line see Manorville
Salisbury Plains Central Extension
Schenectady Avenue Atlantic Branch
Sea Side House Far Rockaway Branch 18721887?
Seaside Montauk Branch see Babylon
Seaside Rockaway Beach Branch 18801955
Setauket Port Jefferson Branch 1877
or 1883		1980 [16]
Shea Stadium Port Washington Branch see Mets – Willets Point
Sheepshead Bay Manhattan Beach Branch 18771924
Shinnecock Hills Montauk Branch 18871932
Shops Montauk Branch
Shoreham Wading River Branch 18951938
Southampton College, earlier Southampton Campus Montauk Branch 19761998
South Eighth Street Bushwick Branch 18681876
South Farmingdale, earlier Farmingdale Central Branch 1873; 19361898; 1972 [14]
South Greenfield Manhattan Beach Branch 18771924
South Lynbrook Long Beach Branch see Centre Avenue
South Oyster Bay Montauk Branch see Massapequa
South Side Pavilion Far Rockaway Branch 18701876?
South Side Railroad Crossing Bushwick Branch and Evergreen Branch 18781890
South Side Railroad Crossing Atlantic Branch see Berlin Switch
South Street Atlantic Branch 19171922
Springfield Atlantic Branch 1867
1876
1906
Springfield Gardens, earlier Springfield Montauk Branch 18731979
Steeplechase Rockaway Beach Branch see Playland
Stewart Avenue West Hempstead Branch 19231926
Stewart Junction Main Line see Floral Park
Straiton Avenue a.k.a.; Arverne-Straiton Avenue Far Rockaway Branch 18921955
Suffolk Main Line 18421873
Suffolk Downs Montauk Branch 19071927
Sunnyside White Line
Thompson's Main Line 18421869
Troy Avenue Atlantic Branch
Union Course Atlantic Branch 19051939
Union Hall Street Main Line 19131976
United Nations Port Washington Branch see Mets – Willets Point
Unqua Montauk Branch 18801893
Upton Road Main Line 19181922
Utica Avenue Atlantic Branch
Vanderbilt Avenue Atlantic Branch
Vanderveer Park Bay Ridge Branch 18781924
Van Wicklens Atlantic Branch see Linwood Street
Van Wyck Avenue Atlantic Branch see Berlin Switch
Wading River Wading River Branch 18951938
Wainscott Montauk Branch 18971938
Wampmissick Main Line 1847–1848Unknown
Wardenclyffe Wading River Branch see Shoreham
Warwick Street Atlantic Branch 19051939
Washington Avenue Atlantic Branch 1878????
Washington Street Central Extension
Watermill Montauk Branch 18751968
Wavecrest Far Rockaway Branch 19281955
Waverly Main Line see Holtsville
Wellwood Montauk Branch see Lindenhurst
Westbridge, earlier High Bridge Main Line 19161939
West Deer Park Main Line see Wyandanch
West Flushing Port Washington Branch 1854
West Flushing Port Washington Branch see Corona
Wheatley Hills Oyster Bay Branch see North Roslyn
Whitestone Whitestone Branch 18691932
Whitestone Landing, also called Beechhurst Yacht Club Whitestone Branch 18861932
Willow Tree Main Line March 1, 1837c. 1872
Winfield Junction Port Washington Branch 18541929
Woodbury Port Jefferson Branch see Cold Spring Harbor
Woodfield Southern Hempstead Branch 18701879
Woodhaven, earlier Woodville Atlantic Branch 18481939
Woodhaven Junction Atlantic Branch and Rockaway Beach Branch 18861977 [17]
Woodhull Park Main Line 18901906
World's Fair Port Washington Branch see Mets – Willets Point
Wreck Lead Long Beach Branch 18881927
Youngsport Montauk Branch see Great River

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