Nassau Boulevard station

Nassau Boulevard
Nassau Boulevard
	Nassau Boulevard station, looking east from the westbound platform
Location	Nassau Boulevard & South Avenue; Garden City, New York
Coordinates	40°43′23″N 73°39′46″W / 40.722933°N 73.662751°WCoordinates: 40°43′23″N 73°39′46″W / 40.722933°N 73.662751°W
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	1907
Electrified	May 26, 1908; 750 V (DC) third rail
Passengers
2006	1,741
Services

Nassau Boulevard is a station on the west side of Nassau Boulevard in Garden City, New York. It is one of five Long Island Rail Road stations in the village. Originally, it was a station for "Stewart's Central Rail Road," a railroad envisioned to serve the village of Garden City by its founder Alexander Turney Stewart. The station, however, was built in 1907, which was over four decades after Stewart's death, and not built by Stewart himself. It was instead built by the former village of Garden City Estates, which was merged with Garden City in 1915.^[3]^{[need quotation to verify]} Nassau Boulevard station is down the road from Adelphi University and provides fast commute into Manhattan. There is parking at the station by local permit only. In the early 2000s, the station underwent renovations, including installation of ramps. A pedestrian tunnel exists at the station. The entrances resemble the former tunnel for nearby Stewart Manor station.^[4]^[5]

Station layout[]

The station has two slightly offset high-level side platforms, each 10 cars long.

Platform A, side platform
Track 1	← Hempstead Branch toward Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal, or Penn Station (Stewart Manor)
Track 2	← Hempstead Branch toward Hempstead (Garden City) →
Platform B, side platform

Image gallery[]

Nassau Boulevard station
Inside the station house.
Exterior of the station house.
View of the passageway.
Tilework on the floor of the station house.

References[]

^ "Hurrah at Hempstead Over the Third Rail". The Brooklyn Times Union. May 20, 1908. p. 5. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
^ Zeil, Ron; Wettereau, Richard (1988). Victorian Railroad Stations of Long Island. Bridgehampton: Sunrise Special. p. 132. OCLC 19319353.
^ Entrance to Nassau Boulevard Station underpass (TheSubwayNut)
^ 1936 Stewart Manor Station Pedestrian Underpass Photo (Arrt's Arrchives)