Centre Avenue station

Centre Avenue is one of two railroad stations of the Long Island Rail Road in East Rockaway, New York. The station is officially located at Forest Avenue between Rocklyn and Centre Avenues, one block east of Atlantic Avenue.

Centre Avenue
Centre Avenue Station platforms looking towards Long Beach
General information
LocationCentre Avenue & Forest Avenue
East Rockaway, New York
Coordinates40.648272°N 73.663915°W / 40.648272; -73.663915
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)Long Beach Branch
Distance2.5 mi (4.0 km) from Valley Stream[1]
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingYes[2]
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone7[3]
History
Opened1898 (NY&LB)
ElectrifiedSeptember 1910
750 V (DC) third rail
Previous namesSouth Lynbrook (1898–1924)
Passengers
2012-141,460[4]
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station
Lynbrook
toward Penn Station or Grand Central
 Long Beach Branch East Rockaway
toward Long Beach

History

The station was opened in 1898 by the New York and Long Beach Railroad and originally was known as South Lynbrook station until 1924.

Centre Avenue station was originally located a block to the west and had a station house, but was moved east when high-level platforms were installed in the late 1960s in order to facilitate the new M1 railcars. Parts of the original platform are still visible along the trackside towards Lynbrook.[5] The station's parking lot is adjacent to the site of the former station.

Station layout

This station has two high-level wheelchair-accessible side platforms, each 10 cars long, with shelters and ticket vending machines.

Parking is available for vehicles with East Rockaway village residential permits and is located one block west, near the site of the former station. Limited non-resident parking is also available.[2]

References
  1. Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. VII. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  2. "Parking, Bus and Taxi Information - Centre Avenue Station" (PDF). Long Island Rail Road. July 2018.
  3. "New Fares — Effective April 21, 2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
  4. "2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report, Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers" (PDF). Abt SRBI. August 23, 2016. p. 204-207.
  5. "Lirr M1".
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