Albertson station

Albertson
Albertson
	Albertson station as seen from the grade crossing at I.U. Willets Road.
Location	I.U. Willets Road and Albertson Avenue; Albertson, New York
Coordinates	40°46′19″N 73°38′30″W / 40.771872°N 73.641679°WCoordinates: 40°46′19″N 73°38′30″W / 40.771872°N 73.641679°W
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	7
History
Opened	March 1874 (as a milk station); June 1875 (flag stop)
Rebuilt	1913
Previous names	Albertson's
Passengers
2006	594
Services

Albertson is a station along the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The station is on the north side of I.U. Willets Road Albertson Avenue and the Clark Botanic Garden in Albertson, New York. However the parking lot is on the south side of I.U. Willets Road.

History[]

The station was originally opened with name Albertson's and originally opened as a milk station in March 1874 and opened as a flag stop in June 1875^[2] by the Glen Cove Branch Rail Road. The station was renamed as Albertson in 1903.^[3] The station had a depot building built in 1911, and it lasted until 1954, when it was razed.^[4]^[3] In 1960, the LIRR planned to close the station as well as East Williston station and replace them both with a single station between the two sites. However public opposition to the proposal cancelled those plans.^[5] Between the Fall of 1997 and the Fall of 1998, high level concrete platforms were built with ramps.

Station layout[]

The station has two slightly offset high-level side platforms, each four cars long.

Platform A, side platform
Track 1	← Oyster Bay Branch toward Jamaica, Long Island City, or Penn Station (East Williston)
Track 2	← Oyster Bay Branch toward Oyster Bay (Roslyn) →
Platform B, side platform