Massapequa Park station explained

Massapequa Park
Style:Long Island Rail Road
Style2:left aligned version
Address:Sunrise Highway & Park Boulevard
Massapequa Park, New York
Coordinates:40.6779°N -73.4547°W
Line:Montauk Branch
Distance:29.5miles from [1]
Other: Nassau Inter-County Express:
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Electrified:750 V (DC) third rail
Parking:Yes; with local permits
Bicycle:Yes; Bike racks
Passengers:3,827[2]
Pass Year:2012 - 2014
Pass Rank:30 of 125
Opened:December 2, 1933[3]
Rebuilt:1966 - 1968 and 1977 - 1980
Accessible:No; accessibility planned
Owned:Long Island Rail Road
Zone:7
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:14

The Massapequa Park station is a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially located on New York State Route 27 and Park Boulevard in Massapequa Park, New York, although there are parking lots along Front Street and north of the station. All parking lots require Village of Massapequa Park residential permits.

History

The station is typical of the elevated Babylon Branch stations that were rebuilt during the mid-to-late 20th century. The station originally opened as a platformed shelter on December 2, 1933,[3] east of Massapequa station where Robert Moses wanted to extend the Bethpage State Parkway. It was replaced in 1966 by a temporary station, then in 1968 it received high platforms for the M1. A new temporary station was built to the south of the old one in December 1977 for the grade crossing elimination project. The current elevated station opened on December 13, 1980, making it the last station to be elevated along the Babylon Branch.[4]

In January 2022, the MTA announced that it would add a project to make Massapequa Park station ADA-accessible in the 2020–2024 Capital Program.[5]

Station layout

The station has one 12-car-long high-level island platform between the two tracks.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TIMETABLE No. 4 . Long Island Rail Road . May 14, 2012 . August 8, 2022 . IV.
  2. Web site: 2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers. 23 August 2016. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190717085537/http://web.mta.info/mta/planning/data/2012_LIRR_OD_Report_Volume_I_FINAL%2008232016.pdf#page=197. 17 July 2019. 29 March 2020. PDF pp. 15, 197. 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.
  3. News: Massapequa's New Station Will Be Open Tomorrow . October 1, 2021 . . December 1, 1933 . Brooklyn 13. Newspapers.com.
  4. Book: Morrison, D. G. . Long Island Rail Road: Babylon Branch . 8 . 2021 . Arcadia Publishing . 9781439671894.
  5. Web site: Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Notice of Public Hearing and Description of Projects Capital Projects Public Hearing Tuesday, February 8, 2022 6:00 P.M. In Person and Virtually via Zoom Online Platform Request For Federal Financial Assistance Under The Federal Transportation Authorization For Federal Fiscal Year 2022 Capital Projects. 53. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. mta.info. January 2022. January 20, 2022.