Greenlawn (LIRR station)

Greenlawn

Greenlawn Station
Location Suffolk CR 86 (Broadway) & Boulevard Avenue
Greenlawn, New York
Coordinates 40°52′7.17″N 73°21′46.70″W / 40.8686583°N 73.3629722°W / 40.8686583; -73.3629722Coordinates: 40°52′7.17″N 73°21′46.70″W / 40.8686583°N 73.3629722°W / 40.8686583; -73.3629722
Owned by MTA
Line(s)
  Port Jefferson Branch
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections Huntington Area Rapid Transit: H-30
Construction
Parking Yes; Free and Residential permits
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 9
History
Opened 1868
Previous names Centerport
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 1,100[1]
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Port Jefferson Branch
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Huntington station Northport Branch
(current and former locations)		 Northport Village station

Greenlawn is a station on the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road near the intersection of Boulevard Avenue and Broadway (Suffolk CR 86) in Greenlawn, New York, a few blocks north of Pulaski Road. It is the first station east of Huntington on the non-electrified section of the branch. This train station is located in the Harborfields Central School District.

History

Greenlawn was originally known as Old Fields, but the first railroad station was named Centreport as it was meant to serve the village of Centerport, located about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the north. In the span of a decade, it was changed to Greenlawn-Centreport and then finally Greenlawn to reflect the new community that had developed around the railroad station.[2][3]

The first depot was built in 1868 by the Hicksville and Cold Spring Branch Railroad, renamed "Greenlawn" in 1870, burned down on September 29, 1910, and was replaced by the current building in September 1911.[4] The station building was painted with green trim (reflecting the station locale) in the 1990s.

The station is about 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the former junction of the Northport Branch, a freight-only railroad spur into Northport built in 1868: it was abandoned in 1978. A team track for off-line customers of the New York & Atlantic Railway exists just west of the station. It is sporadically used. The platform on the south side of the station is not used. The switches for the siding alongside it stands are hand-operated, not remotely controlled by Divide Tower in Hicksville, thus making it impractical for everyday LIRR use. The siding is mostly used by work trains and, on rare occasions, by NYA freight trains.

High-level platforms and a pedestrian bridge were added at Greenlawn Station in 1985.[5] These renovations were made in anticipation of planned electrification of the branch from Huntington to Port Jefferson: this has yet to occur.[6]

Platforms and tracks

The station has two high-level side platforms. The north platform, Platform A, next to the main track, is 12 cars long. The south platform, Platform B, next to the siding, is eight cars long. The south platform is not in use.

References

Main ■ Port Jefferson Branch toward New York (Huntington)
■ Port Jefferson Branch toward Port Jefferson (Northport)
Siding ■   Siding platform, no service
  1. ↑ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  2. ↑ Douger, Louise; Bloomgarden, Carol (November 18, 2000). Greenlawn: A Long Island Hamlet. Images of America. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing. p. 7. ISBN 0-7385-0456-4.
  3. ↑ Ziel, Ron; Wettereau, Richard (1988). Victorian Railroad Stations of Long Island. Bridgehampton: Sunrise Special. p. 135. LCCN 89135160.
  4. ↑ Douger, Louise; Bloomgarden, Carol (November 18, 2000). Greenlawn: A Long Island Hamlet. Images of America. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing. p. 111. ISBN 0-7385-0456-4.
  5. ↑ Senft, Bret R. (February 9, 1992). "If You're Thinking of Living in Greenlawn". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  6. ↑ Clurman, Carol (April 5, 1987). "L.I.R.R. Funds, Unused, Increased". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
Pedestrian bridge at the station.
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