Hempstead Gardens station

Hempstead Gardens
Hempstead Gardens
	The station platform, facing north towards West Hempstead.
Location	Hempstead Gardens Drive & Chestnut Street; West Hempstead, New York
Coordinates	40°41′41″N 73°38′46″W / 40.69472°N 73.64611°WCoordinates: 40°41′41″N 73°38′46″W / 40.69472°N 73.64611°W
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Nassau Inter-County Express: n15
Construction
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	1893
Electrified	October 19, 1926; 750 V (DC) third rail
Passengers
2006	369
Services

Hempstead Gardens is a station along the West Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Hempstead Gardens Drive and Chestnut Street and is one of three stations in West Hempstead, New York.

History[]

When Hempstead Gardens station was originally built in 1893 by the New York Bay Extension Railroad, it was little more than a small one-room shack with open canopies extending along the northbound platform.^[2] At some point between the 1950s and 1972, the shack was replaced by an open sheltered shed.^[3] High-level platforms were added to both sides during the 1990s.

Station layout[]

Hempstead Gardens station has a single track and one four-car-long side platform on its east side that is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. However, the second track for the West Hempstead Branch begins just northeast of this station. The right-of-way for the second track exists here as well.

This station is one of the few stations on the LIRR, outside New York City, with no parking facilities. The station has two daily ticket machines located near the waiting room.^[4]

Track 1	← West Hempstead Branch toward Valley Stream, Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal, or Penn Station (Lakeview) ← West Hempstead Branch toward West Hempstead (Terminus) →
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right