Bay Shore
Looking west at Bay Shore station's two station houses, as seen in May of 2008.
General information
LocationRailroad Plaza & Park Avenue
Bay Shore, New York
Coordinates40°43′30″N 73°15′11″W / 40.72505°N 73.253057°W / 40.72505; -73.253057
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport Suffolk County Transit: 7
Construction
ParkingYes (free)
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone10
History
OpenedMay 20, 1868 (SSRRLI)
Rebuilt1882, 1912
Previous namesPentaquit (May–July 1868)[1]
Passengers
2012—20141,431[2]
Rank63 of 125
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station
Babylon
toward Penn Station or Long Island City
 Montauk Branch Islip
toward Montauk
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road 		Following station
Babylon
toward Long Island City
 Montauk Division Islip
toward Montauk

Bay Shore is a major railroad station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), on Park Avenue and Oak Street north of Suffolk CR 50 (Union Boulevard) and west of Fourth Avenue, in Bay Shore, New York. Ferries to Fire Island board from a port south of the station.[3]

History

Bay Shore station was built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island (SSRRLI) on May 20, 1868 as Penataquit station only to be renamed Bay Shore station in July 1868. It was replaced in 1882 and replaced again on July 17, 1912, in the style typical of stations such as Riverhead, Manhasset, Northport, and Mineola. The station also had a freight yard nearby.[4]

High-level platforms were added in 1984. The entrance to the station once[when?] had decorative pillars on the sides,[5] and a railroad hotel once existed behind the station plaza.[6] It is one of the few stations on the LIRR with two station buildings. The larger building was for the westbound platform and the smaller one was for the eastbound platform. An underground pedestrian tunnel once connected the two station houses until a pedestrian bridge was built in 2009. Both station houses still stand, but the smaller one previously used for the eastbound platform was taken over by the MTA. The new overpass brought a renovation project, replacing platform lighting and adding new platform waiting shelters.

Station layout

The station has two high-level side platforms each 12 cars long. There are two large parking lots on each side of the tracks.

Platform A, side platform Disabled access
Track 1 ←      Montauk Branch toward Long Island City or Penn Station (Babylon)
Track 2 ←      Montauk Branch toward Patchogue, Speonk, or Montauk (Islip) →
Platform B, side platform Disabled access

References

  1. ^ Vincent F. Seyfried, The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part One: South Side R.R. of L.I., 1961
  2. ^ "2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. August 23, 2016. PDF pp. 15, 198. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020. Data collection took place after the pretest determinations, starting in September 2012 and concluding in May 2014. .... 2012-2014 LIRR O[rigin and ]D[estination] COUNTS: WEEKDAY East/West Total By Station in Numerical Order ... Bay Shore
  3. ^ "Life's a Beach on Long Island; The MTA LIRR is the "Greenest Way" to a Summer in Blue Ocean and White Sand Luxury". MTA. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  4. ^ Bay Shore Freight Yard; 1978 (TrainsAreFun)
  5. ^ Morrison, David D.; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003). Long Island Rail Road Stations. Images of Rail. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. p. 92. ISBN 0-7385-1180-3. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
  6. ^ LIRR Trackside Business Photos

External links

Media related to Bay Shore (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons

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