Bay Shore (LIRR station)

Bay Shore
Looking west at Bay Shore Station's two station houses in May 2008
Location	Railroad Plaza & Park Avenue Bay Shore, New York
Coordinates	40°43′30″N 73°15′11″W / 40.72505°N 73.253057°WCoordinates: 40°43′30″N 73°15′11″W / 40.72505°N 73.253057°W
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Montauk Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Suffolk County Transit: S40, S41, S42, S45, 2A, 2B
Construction
Parking	Yes (free)
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	10
History
Opened	May 20, 1868 (SSRRLI)
Rebuilt	1882, 1912
Previous names	Pentaquit (May–July 1868)[1] Bay Shore (1868-????)
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	1,622[2]
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Babylon toward New York terminals Montauk Branch 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 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 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 new platform waiting shelters. There are two large parking lots on each side of the tracks.

Platforms and tracks

1	■ Montauk Branch	toward New York (Babylon)
2	■ Montauk Branch	toward Montauk (Islip)

The station has two high-level side platforms each 12 cars long. The north platform next to Track 1 is generally used by westbound trains; the south platform next to Track 2 is generally used by eastbound trains. The Montauk Branch has two tracks here.

References

1. Vincent F. Seyfried, The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part One: South Side R.R. of L.I., © 1961
2. Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
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 20 March 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 2011-11-25.
6. LIRR Trackside Business Photos

External links

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

• Official LIRR station information page for Bay Shore
• Station timetable for Bay Shore
• Old Bay Shore Station (Arrt's Arrchives)
• Bay Shore Station History (Trains Are Fun.com)
• Unofficial LIRR website
  • Westbound and Eastbound station houses (February 2000)
  • Second station house with underpass sign (May 2007)
  • Pedestrian underpass and odd clock (May 2007)
• Station from 4th Avenue from Google Maps Street View