Bay Shore station

For stations named Bayshore, see Bayshore station.

Bay Shore
Looking west at Bay Shore station's two station houses, as seen in May of 2008.
General information
Location	Railroad Plaza & Park Avenue Bay Shore, New York
Coordinates	40.72505°N 73.253057°W / 40.72505; -73.253057
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Suffolk County Transit: 2, 7, 11, 12
Construction
Parking	Yes (free)
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	10
History
Opened	May 20, 1868 (SSRRLI)
Rebuilt	1882, 1912
Previous names	Pentaquit (May–July 1868)[1]
Passengers
2012—2014	1,431[2]
Rank	63 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
Location

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

Platform A, side platform
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

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

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