Garden City is one of five

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on the

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located within the village of

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. It is on the

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and is at Seventh Street between Hilton and Cathedral Avenues, directly across the street from the

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. It is one of the few Long Island Rail Road stations with two station houses.

History

Garden City station was originally built in 1872 by the

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, which was built by

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to bring visitors to the Garden City Hotel. The original station was a typical one-story Victorian structure with a second story over the front door, and a back "porch" over high platforms. It also included a separate freight house. The CRRLI merged with the

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in 1874 to form the Flushing, North Shore and Central Railroad, only to be acquired by the Long Island Rail Road in 1876. Prior to their acquisition of the FNS&C, the LIRR gave the name "Garden City Station" to Clowesville station along the main line. The LIRR rebuilt it in 1898, and the rebuilt station had eyebrow porch windows along the roof and trolley connections to Mineola-Freeport branch of the

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. A pedestrian tunnel was added in 1915, which included an additional trolley along the Central Branch, and a removal of the eyebrow porch windows on the roof of the station house before 1918. High-level platforms were added during the 1970s and a major restoration project took place in the early-21st Century. Besides standing in the shadow of the Garden City Hotel, Garden City station is also next to the Garden City Public Library. The station has residential parking on both sides of the tracks on 6th and 7th Streets, as well as unrestricted free parking at nearby Stewart Avenue between Hilton & Franklin Avenues, and free parking during off-peak hours along 6th Street near Cathedral Avenue. The station provides access to the Cathedral of the Incarnation. Built in 1876, it is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places and stands just south of the station on Cathedral Avenue.

Station layout

The station has two high-level

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s, each 10 cars long.

References

External links

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Garden City Station History (Arrt's Arrchives)
*Unofficial Long Island Railroad History Website ** and station houses **
Station House from Google Maps Street ViewPlatforms from Google Maps Street ViewStation House/ Waiting Room from Google Maps Street View (Interior)
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History

Station layout

See also

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