Nassau Boulevard station
Nassau Boulevard | |||||||||||
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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[1] 750 V (DC) third rail | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2006 | 1,741[2] | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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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)
External links[]
Media related to Nassau Boulevard (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Unofficial LIRR History website
- Nassau Boulevard LIRR station (The Subway Nut)
- Station House from Google Maps Street View (Exterior)
- Station House from Google Maps Street View(Interior)
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View
- Garden City, New York
- Long Island Rail Road stations in Nassau County, New York
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1907
- 1907 establishments in New York (state)
- Railway stations in New York (state) at university and college campuses
- New York (state) railway station stubs