Floral Park station

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Floral Park
FloralParkStation.jpg
Looking east at Floral Park, from Platform C.
LocationTulip Avenue & Atlantic Avenue
Floral Park, NY
Coordinates40°43′29″N 73°42′23″W / 40.724622°N 73.706398°W / 40.724622; -73.706398Coordinates: 40°43′29″N 73°42′23″W / 40.724622°N 73.706398°W / 40.724622; -73.706398
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)Main Line
Hempstead Branch
Platforms2 side platforms
1 island platform
Tracks4 (2 on the Hempstead Branch, and 2 on the Main Line)
ConnectionsNew York City Bus: Q36 (at Jericho Turnpike, Little Neck Parkway, 256th and 257th Streets)
Nassau Inter-County Express: n24 (at Jericho Turnpike)
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes; 3 Elevators, 1 for each platform
Other information
Fare zone4
History
Opened1878
Rebuilt1909, 1960
ElectrifiedMay 26, 1908[1]
750 V (DC) third rail
Previous namesStewart Junction (1878–1879)
Hinsdale (1879–1887)
East Hinsdale (1887–1890)
Passengers
20062,991[2]
Services
Preceding station MTA NYC logo.svg LIRR Following station
Bellerose
towards Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal or Penn Station
 Hempstead Branch Stewart Manor
towards Hempstead
Jamaica
towards Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal, Long Island City or Penn Station
 Port Jefferson Branch
limited service
 New Hyde Park
towards Port Jefferson
     Ronkonkoma Branch does not stop here
     Oyster Bay Branch does not stop here
     Montauk Branch does not stop here
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road 		Following station
Bellerose
toward Long Island City or Penn Station
 Main Line New Hyde Park
toward Greenport
Terminus Hempstead Branch Stewart Manor
toward Hempstead

Floral Park is a Long Island Rail Road train station in Floral Park, New York, at Tulip and Atlantic Avenues, on the Main Line and Hempstead Branch just west of their split. Most trains serving this station run to or from Hempstead, but limited Main Line trains stop here on weekday mornings. The station is ADA accessible as of July 16, 2021.[3]

History[]

The first Floral Park station was built between October and November 1878 as "Stewart Junction," for the junction between the LIRR Main Line and the Central Railroad of Long Island built by Alexander Turney Stewart. Five years earlier the CRRLI had bridged the LIRR, and the station served as a connection between both lines. Connecting tracks were available at the southwest corner of the bridge at the station, and on the northwest corner of the bridge west of the station. It was renamed "Hinsdale" in 1879 with the closing of the CRRLI depot of the same name along the Creedmoor Branch, then renamed "East Hinsdale" in 1887. That same year, the station gained a control tower known as "Tower #47." Apparently due to the presence of the florist John Lewis Childs, the station was renamed "Floral Park" by 1890.[4] Tower #47 was replaced with the "FK Tower" in 1904, the station itself was razed in 1909, and a second station was rebuilt and relocated the same year in July.[5] In 1924, the LIRR replaced the FK Tower with the Park Tower, and rebuilt it again in 1946.[6] The third and current elevated structure was built in 1960, as the second one was razed on October 20 of that same year.

The ticket office at this station was staffed until August 19, 2009, when it was closed during cost-cutting measures across the MTA.[7]

As part of the LIRR third track project, the Floral Park station was renovated starting in spring 2019 and three vehicular crossings east of the station were rebuilt starting that year.[8] This station was rebuilt and received elevators, making it ADA-accessible.[9][10]

Station layout[]

This station has three high-level platforms serving four tracks. Platform A is eight cars long, while Platforms B and C are 10 cars long. Main Line trains (the Port Jefferson, Oyster Bay, Ronkonkoma, and Branches) use the two northern tracks while Hempstead Branch trains use the two southern tracks. Besides a few morning rush hour trains, all Main Line trains bypass this station.

P
Platform level 		Platform A, side platform
Track 1 ←      Port Jefferson Branch limited service toward Penn Station (Jamaica)
←                Oyster Bay Branch, Montauk Branch, Ronkonkoma Branch do not stop here
Track 2 ←                Oyster Bay Branch, Montauk Branch, Ronkonkoma Branch do not stop here →
←      Port Jefferson Branch limited service toward Huntington or Port Jefferson (New Hyde Park) →
Platform B, island platform
Track 1 ←      Hempstead Branch toward Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal, or Penn Station (Bellerose)
Track 2 ←      Hempstead Branch toward Hempstead (Stewart Manor) →
Platform C, side platform
G Ground level Exit/entrance, parking, buses

References[]

  1. ^ "Hurrah at Hempstead Over the Third Rail". The Brooklyn Times Union. May 20, 1908. p. 5. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  2. ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  3. ^ "MTA Announces Opening of Three New Elevators at LIRR Floral Park Station". MTA.info.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "The Stewart Line: East Hinsdale - Floral Park". Arrt's Arrchives.
  5. ^ "LIRR Station History" (PDF). TrainsAreFun.com.
  6. ^ "Floral Park Station Photographic History". Arrt's Arrchives.
  7. ^ jlouis (September 4, 2009). "Floral Park Commuters Deal with LIRR Station Ticket Window Closure". Floral Park Dispatch.
  8. ^ "Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting June 2018" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 18, 2018. p. 27. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  9. ^ Brooks, Khristopher J. (April 29, 2018). "Villagers get look at third track-related work". Newsday. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  10. ^ "Floral Park Station Enhancement". A Modern LI. March 13, 2018. Retrieved July 4, 2018.

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