Bay Shore is a major
railroad station
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on the
Montauk Branch
The Montauk Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The line runs the length of Long Island, 115 miles (185 km) from Long Island City to Montauk. However, in LIRR maps and sche ...
of the
Long Island Rail Road
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, located on Park Avenue and Oak Street in
Bay Shore, New York
Bay Shore is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Administrative divisions of New York#Town, Town of Islip, New York, United States. It is situated on the South Shore (Long Island), South Shore of Long Island, adjo ...
, to the north of
Union Boulevard (CR 50) and west of Fourth Avenue.
Ferries
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...
to
Fire Island
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In 2012, Hurricane Sandy once again divided Fire Island into two islands. Together, these two isl ...
board from a nearby port located to the station's south.
History
Bay Shore station was built by the
South Side Railroad of Long Island (SSRRLI) on May 20, 1868 as Penataquit station only to be renamed Bay Shore station in July 1868. It was replaced in 1882 and replaced again on July 17, 1912, in the style typical of stations such as
Riverhead,
Manhasset
Manhasset is an affluent hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered the anchor community of the Greater Manhasset area. The population was 8,176 ...
,
Northport, and
Mineola. The station also had a freight yard nearby.
High-level platforms were added in 1984. The entrance to the station previously had decorative pillars on the sides, and a railroad hotel once existed behind the station plaza.
LIRR Trackside Business Photos
/ref> It is one of the few stations on the LIRR with two station buildings. The larger building was for the westbound platform and the smaller one was for the eastbound platform. An underground pedestrian tunnel once connected the two station houses until a pedestrian bridge was built in 2009. Both station houses still stand, but the smaller one previously used for the eastbound platform was taken over by the MTA. The new overpass brought a renovation project, replacing platform lighting and adding new platform waiting shelters.
Station layout
The station has two high-level side platforms each 12 cars long. There are two large parking lots on each side of the tracks.
References
External links
*Unofficial LIRR website
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