Bayside (LIRR station)

Bayside
View of Bayside station house and pedestrian bridge from above the eastbound ramp.
Location	213th Street & 41st Avenue Bayside, New York
Coordinates	40°45′47″N 73°46′18″W / 40.763105°N 73.771804°W / 40.763105; -73.771804Coordinates: 40°45′47″N 73°46′18″W / 40.763105°N 73.771804°W / 40.763105; -73.771804
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Port Washington Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NYCT Bus: Q12, Q13, Q31 MTA Bus: QM3 Nassau Inter-County Express: n20G
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)
Rebuilt	1923 (station house) 1928–1930 (grade elimination)
Electrified	October 21, 1913 750 V (DC) third rail
Previous names	Bay Side (1866–1872)
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	8,649
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Auburndale toward Penn Station Port Washington Branch Douglaston toward Port Washington

Bayside (formerly Bay Side) 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.

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 October 11, 1923. The tracks were depressed beneath Bell Boulevard from 1928 through 1930. A railway express elevator building was then opened on the eastbound side until the Port Washington Branch stopped carrying freight. The 1928 express/baggage 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.