Hempstead Gardens station

Hempstead Gardens is a station along the West Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Hempstead Gardens Drive and Chestnut Street and is one of two stations in West Hempstead, New York.

Hempstead Gardens
The station platform, facing north towards West Hempstead.
LocationHempstead Gardens Drive & Chestnut Street
West Hempstead, New York
Coordinates40°41′41″N 73°38′46″W
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Connections Nassau Inter-County Express: n15
Construction
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone4
History
Opened1893
ElectrifiedOctober 19, 1926
750 V (DC) third rail
Passengers
2006369[1]
Services
Preceding station LIRR Following station
Lakeview
towards Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal or Penn Station
 West Hempstead Branch
weekdays
 West Hempstead
Terminus
Lakeview
towards Valley Stream
 West Hempstead Branch
weekends

History

When Hempstead Gardens station was originally built in 1893 by the New York Bay Extension Railroad, it was little more than a small one-room shack with open canopies extending along the northbound platform.[2] At some point between the 1950s and 1972, the shack was replaced by an open sheltered shed.[3] High-level platforms were added to both sides during the 1990s.

Station layout

Hempstead Gardens station has a single track and one four-car-long side platform on its east side that is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. However, the second track for the West Hempstead Branch begins just northeast of this station. The right-of-way for the second track exists here as well.

This station is one of the few stations on the LIRR, outside New York City, with no parking facilities. The station has two daily ticket machines located near the waiting room.[4]

Track 1 ←      West Hempstead Branch toward Valley Stream, Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal, or Penn Station (Lakeview)
←      West Hempstead Branch toward West Hempstead (Terminus) →
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right

References
  1. Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  2. 1928 image of Hempstead Gardens Station facing north (TrainsAreFun)
  3. January 1, 1972 image of Hempstead Gardens station Sheltered Shed, facing north (TrainsAreFun)
  4. Parking, Bus, and Taxi information at Hempstead Gardens Station (Long Island Rail Road Official Map)


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