Hempstead Gardens (LIRR station)

Hempstead Gardens
The station platform, facing north (West Hempstead Bound).
Location	Hempstead Gardens Drive & Chestnut Street West Hempstead, New York
Coordinates	40°41′41″N 73°38′46″W / 40.69472°N 73.64611°W / 40.69472; -73.64611Coordinates: 40°41′41″N 73°38′46″W / 40.69472°N 73.64611°W / 40.69472; -73.64611
Owned by	MTA
Line(s)	West Hempstead Branch
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Nassau Inter-County Express: n15
Construction
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	1893
Electrified	October 19, 1926 750 V (DC) third rail
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	369
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Lakeview toward New York terminals West Hempstead Branch West Hempstead Terminus

Hempstead Gardens is a station along the West Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Hempstead Gardens Drive and Chestnut Street and is one of two stations in West Hempstead, New York. It is also one of the few stations on the LIRR, outside of New York City, with no parking facilities. The station has two daily ticket machines located near the waiting room.

When Hempstead Gardens station was originally built in 1893 by the New York Bay Extension Railroad, it was little more than a small one-room shack with open canopies extending along the northbound platform. At some point between the 1950s and 1972, the shack was replaced by an open sheltered shed. High-level platforms were added to both sides during the 1990s.

Hempstead Gardens Station has a single track and a side platform with access for the disabled, however the second track for the West Hempstead Branch begins just northeast of this station. The right-of-way for the second track exists here as well.

This station has one four-car-long side platform on the east side of the track. An additional track west of the running track is used for train storage.