Floral Park (LIRR station)

Floral Park
Looking east at Floral Park
Location	Tulip Avenue & Atlantic Avenue Floral Park, NY
Coordinates	40°43′29″N 73°42′23″W / 40.724622°N 73.706398°W / 40.724622; -73.706398Coordinates: 40°43′29″N 73°42′23″W / 40.724622°N 73.706398°W / 40.724622; -73.706398
Owned by	MTA
Line(s)	Hempstead Branch Main Line (limited service):   Port Jefferson Branch   Oyster Bay Branch   Ronkonkoma Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms 1 island platform
Tracks	4
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	1878
Rebuilt	1909, 1960
Electrified	May 26, 1908 750 V (DC) third rail
Previous names	Stewart Junction (1878-1879) Hinsdale (1879-1887) East Hinsdale (1887-1890)
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	2,991
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Queens Village toward New York terminals Main Line (Port Jefferson Branch) (also Oyster Bay Branch and Ronkonkoma Branch) New Hyde Park toward Greenport, Oyster Bay, or Port Jefferson Bellerose toward New York terminals Hempstead Branch Stewart Manor toward Hempstead

Floral Park is a Long Island Rail Road train station in Floral Park, New York at Tulip and Atlantic Avenues, on the Main Line and Hempstead Branch just west of their split. Most trains serving this station run to or from Hempstead, but one westbound train from East Williston on the Oyster Bay Branch and three eastbound Port Jefferson Branch trains to Huntington stop here on weekday mornings. The station is not wheelchair accessible.

The first Floral Park station was built between October and November 1878 as "Stewart Junction," for the junction between the LIRR Main Line and the Central Railroad of Long Island built by Alexander Turney Stewart. Five years earlier the CRRLI had bridged the LIRR, and the station served as a connection between both lines. Connecting tracks were available at the southwest corner of the bridge at the station, and on the northwest corner of the bridge west of the station. It was renamed "Hinsdale" in 1879 with the closing of the CRRLI depot of the same name along the Creedmoor Branch, then renamed "East Hinsdale" in 1887. That same year, the station gained a control tower known as "Tower #47." Apparently due to the presence of the florist John Lewis Childs, the station was renamed "Floral Park" by 1890. Tower #47 was replaced with the "FK Tower" in 1904, the station itself was razed in 1909, and a second station was rebuilt and relocated the same year in July. In 1924, the LIRR replaced the FK Tower with the Park Tower, and rebuilt it again in 1946. The third and current elevated structure was built in 1960, as the second one was razed on October 20 of that same year.

This station has three high-level platforms serving four tracks. Main Line trains use the two northernmost tracks, while Hempstead Branch trains use the two southernmost tracks. Platform A is eight cars long, generally used by passing westbound Main Line trains (and the one train from East Williston that stops here). Platform B is a 10 cars long and is generally used for eastbound Main Line trains (on Track 2B) and westbound Hempstead trains (on Track 1B). Platform C is also 10 cars long and serves eastbound Hempstead trains.