Bayside (LIRR station)

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Bayside
Bayside LIRR South jeh.JPG
View of Bayside station house and pedestrian bridge from above the eastbound ramp.
Location 213th Street & 41st Avenue
Bayside, New York
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Owned by Long Island Rail Road
Line(s) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Connections Local Transit NYCT Bus: Q12, Q13, Q31
Local Transit MTA Bus: QM3
Local Transit NICE Bus: n20, n21
Construction
Parking Yes (metered, NYC permit, & private)
Bicycle facilities Yes
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 3
History
Opened October 27, 1866 (NY&F)[1]
Rebuilt 1924–28
Electrified October 21, 1913
750 V (DC) third rail
Previous names Bay Side (1866-1872)
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 8,649[2]
Services
Preceding station   MTA NYC logo.svg LIRR   Following station
toward Penn Station
Port Washington Branch

Bayside (formerly Bay Side)[3] is a station in the Bayside section of Queens in New York City on the Port Washington Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The station is located at 213th Street and 41st Avenue, off Bell Boulevard and just north of Northern Boulevard, and is 12.6 miles (20.3 km) from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan. The station is part of CityTicket.

History

Bayside Station was originally built on October 27, 1866, by the North Shore Railroad of Long Island, a subsidiary of the New York and Flushing Railroad. The station, along with the rest of the line was acquired by the Flushing and North Side Rail Road in 1869. The F&NS was consolidated into the Flushing, North Shore and Central Railroad in 1874 through a merger with the Central Railroad of Long Island, only to be leased in 1876 by the LIRR. The current station building dates to 1924. The tracks were depressed beneath Bell Boulevard in 1928. A freight elevator building was then opened on the eastbound side until the Port Washington Branch stopped carrying freight. The 1928 freight station remains today, being converted into a local community center. The wooden pedestrian bridge that carried commuters across the tracks to both platforms was replaced in 1998 by a decorative steel bridge.

The station, along with the Port Washington line in general, is heavily used. During the 2005 New York City transit strike, the station had the distinction of being one of the few where trains stopped, bypassing lesser stations on the Port Washington branch such as Auburndale and Murray Hill.[4][5]

Platforms and tracks

1  Port Washington Branch toward Penn Station (Auburndale)
2  Port Washington Branch toward Port Washington (Douglaston)

The station has two slightly offset side platforms, each 10 cars long. The north platform next to Track 1, is generally used by westbound or Manhattan-bound trains. The south platform next to Track 2, is generally used by eastbound or Nassau County-bound trains. The branch has two tracks here.

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