Patchogue
Patchogue station from the entrance at Division Street & Cedar Avenue; December 26, 2007
General information
Location	Division Street & South Ocean Avenue Patchogue, New York
Coordinates	40°45′43″N 73°00′57″W / 40.761841°N 73.015735°W / 40.761841; -73.015735
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Suffolk County Transit: 2, 6, 51, 53, 55, 66, 77, 77Y (77Y weekday rush hours only) Patchogue-Village Transit
Construction
Parking	Yes ($2.00 for 12 hours)
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	10
History
Opened	April 1869 (SSRRLI)[1]
Rebuilt	1888, 1963, 1997
Passengers
2012—2014	1,191[2]
Rank	71 of 125
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Sayville toward Penn Station or Long Island City Montauk Branch Bellport limited service toward Montauk
Former services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Blue Point toward Long Island City Montauk Division East Patchogue toward Montauk

Patchogue is a station of the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in Patchogue, New York. It is on Division Street between West Avenue (Suffolk County Road 19) and South Ocean Avenue. The station is the eastern terminus for some trains on the branch.

Ferries to Fire Island board from a port near the station.^[3]

History

Between 1869 and 1879 Patchogue station was the east end of the South Side Railroad of Long Island. It even had spurs and roundhouses between West and Railroad Avenues, as well as another spur between River Avenue and West Avenue for the textile plant that more recently has served as the Patchogue Campus of Briarcliffe College. Prior to acquisition by the Long Island Rail Road there was a proposal by the SSRRLI to extend the main line southeast towards Bellport, then northeast to Brookhaven and Southaven. The station in Brookhaven was to be named "Fireplace" after Fireplace Neck.^[4] The station was rebuilt in 1889 and again on July 30, 1963.^[5][6] As part of the 1963 reconstruction, Railroad Avenue was terminated at Sephton Street, along the north side of the tracks, and the baggage and express house was torn down for additional parking. When Blue Point station was closed by the Long Island Rail Road in 1980, former Blue Point commuters opted to use Patchogue station. A high-level platform was constructed in the late 1990s.

PD Tower

In 1912, the Long Island Rail Road added a control tower to Patchogue Station on South Ocean Avenue, for both the Montauk Branch and the former trolley line owned by the Suffolk Traction Company. The tower was designated by the LIRR as the "PD Tower" and was also used for hooping. In 1970, all switches and crossing were automated, but hooping continued. At this point, the tower's structure began to decline. Residents began referring to it as the "Leaning Tower of Patchogue." On August 23, 2006 the tower was finally torn down.^[7] Today, a flower garden can be found where the tower used to stand.

Station layout

The station has one six-car-long high-level platform on the south side of the two tracks; the north track, not next to the platform, is a siding.

Track 1	←      Montauk Branch toward Long Island City or Penn Station (Sayville) ←      Montauk Branch limited service toward Speonk or Montauk (Bellport) → ←      Montauk Branch termination track →
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right

Connections

• Suffolk County Transit buses 2, 6, 51, 53, 55, 66, 77, 77Y (77Y runs on weekday rush hours only).
• Patchogue-Village Transit bus routes
• Passenger ferries to Davis Park and Watch Hill on Fire Island.