Albertson
Albertson station as seen from the grade crossing at I.U. Willets Road.
General information
LocationI.U. Willets Road and Albertson Avenue
Albertson, New York
Coordinates40°46′19″N 73°38′30″W / 40.771872°N 73.641679°W / 40.771872; -73.641679
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)Oyster Bay Branch
Distance20.8 mi (33.5 km) from Long Island City[1]
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone7
History
OpenedMarch 1874 (as a milk station)
June 1875 (flag stop)
Rebuilt1913, 1997-1998
Previous namesAlbertson's
Passengers
2006594[2]
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station
East Williston
toward Penn Station or Long Island City
 Oyster Bay Branch Roslyn
toward Oyster Bay

Albertson is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Oyster Bay Branch. The station is on the north side of I.U. Willets Road at Albertson Avenue on the Albertson–Roslyn Heights border, in Nassau County, New York. The parking lot is located on the south side of I.U. Willets Road. The Albertson station is located adjacent to the Clark Botanic Garden.

History

The station was originally opened with name Albertson's and originally opened as a milk station in March 1874 and opened as a flag stop in June 1875 by the Glen Cove Branch Rail Road.[3][4] The station was renamed as Albertson in 1903.[5][6] The station had a depot building built in 1911, and it lasted until 1954, when it was razed.[5][6][7]

On November 30, 1943, a 53-year-old woman driving a Ford sedan was killed when a train collided with her vehicle as she was driving across the I.U. Willets Road grade crossing, adjacent to the Albertson station.[8] At the time of the incident, the grade crossing was not equipped with gates.[8]

In 1960, the LIRR planned to close the station as well as East Williston station and replace them both with a single station between the two sites.[9][10] The project also called for the elimination of the grade crossing with NY 25B, located south of I.U. Willets Road.[9][10] However, public opposition to the proposal led to those plans ultimately being cancelled, and the existing Albertson and East Williston stations would remain open.[9][10]

Between fall 1997 and fall 1998, the station's current concrete, high-level platforms were built. As part of this station reconstruction project, ramps from the street to the platforms were installed to make the station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.[3]

Station layout

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

Platform A, side platform Disabled access
Track 1 ←      Oyster Bay Branch toward Long Island City or Penn Station (East Williston)
Track 2 ←      Oyster Bay Branch toward Oyster Bay (Roslyn) →
Platform B, side platform Disabled access

References

  1. ^ Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. VI. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  2. ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  3. ^ a b Morrison, David D. (March 5, 2018). Long Island Rail Road: Oyster Bay Branch. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467128544.
  4. ^ Seyfried, Vincent. "The Long Island Rail Road: The Age of Expansion, 1863-1880". digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org. p. 203. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Staff, Roslyn News (August 14, 2023). "Riding The Rails of Roslyn | Roslyn News". Retrieved December 16, 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Underutilized Tracks: A Chronicle of Electric Train Service to East Williston and a History of the Neighboring Communities". Derek Stadler. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  7. ^ "LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com)". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved January 21, 2008.
  8. ^ a b "Albertson Woman Killed as LIRR Train Plows Into Car on Gateless Crossing". Newsday. December 1, 1943. p. 3 – via ProQuest.
  9. ^ a b c "2 L.I. Stations Kept: Railroad Blows to Opponents of Single One in Between". The New York Times. May 19, 1960. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  10. ^ a b c "LIRR Abandons Plan For Combined Station". Newsday. May 19, 1960. p. 45 – via ProQuest.

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