Long Beach (LIRR station)
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Long Beach
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The restored 1909-built Long Beach Station
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| Location | Park Avenue & Park Place Long Beach, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°35′22″N 73°39′53″W / 40.589368°N 73.664854°WCoordinates: 40°35′22″N 73°39′53″W / 40.589368°N 73.664854°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | MTA | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 island platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 Long Beach Bus: Pt. Lookout, East Loop, West Loop, Shopper's Special Nassau Inter-County Express: n15, n33
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| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Bicycle Racks in Parking Garage/Bus Terminal | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | June 1909 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | September 1910 750 V (DC) third rail |
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| Passengers (2006) | 8,721 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Long Beach is the terminus of the Long Beach Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located at Park Place and Park Avenue in the City of Long Beach, New York.
The MTA offers a package which includes train fare and admission to the beach.
Long Beach station was originally built in 1880 by the New York and Long Beach Railroad, however it was much closer to the Atlantic Ocean than the present station. The site was surrounded by Broadway, Penn Street, Edwards Boulevard and Riverside Boulevard, and served the grand Long Beach Hotel, which Austin Corbin claimed was the world's largest hotel. It also included a clock tower on the station house, a water tower, and a gazebo. Additionally, it had a connection to the Long Beach Marine Railway, which served Lido Beach and Point Lookout. The hotel burned down on July 27, 1907 in what was officially ruled as an electrical fire.
Due to repeated storm damage to rails and other equipment, the LIRR petitioned the New York State Public Service Commission to move the station 1000 feet north in January 1909, which was fully endorsed by the Estates of Long Beach who even offered to exchange land with the railroad. That permission was granted in February of the same year. The present depot at Park Avenue was built in June 1909, and is larger than the previous station off the Atlantic Coast. It was designed by Kenneth M. Murchison, who also designed the 1913-built Jamaica station and Hoboken Terminal. Over a year later, the station and the line were electrified. The station was renovated in 1988. Another renovation in the early 2000s added a parking garage, bus depot, and platform bridge. The bus depot is on Centre Street adjacent to the station building, and the parking garage contains a section for bicycles.
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