Oyster Bay Long Island Rail Road Turntable

Oyster Bay
Oyster Bay's old LIRR station, currently being restored.
Location	Shore & Maxwell Avenues Oyster Bay, NY
Owned by	MTA / Town of Oyster Bay
Line(s)	Oyster Bay Branch
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Oyster Bay Taxi
Construction
Parking	Yes; Free
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	7
History
Opened	June 25, 1889
Rebuilt	1902
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	225
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Locust Valley toward New York terminals Oyster Bay Branch Terminus Current and former locations Mill Neck station Oyster Bay Branch
Oyster Bay Long Island Rail Road Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Railroad Avenue, Oyster Bay, New York, USA
Coordinates	40°52′29.97″N 73°31′53.77″W / 40.8749917°N 73.5316028°W / 40.8749917; -73.5316028Coordinates: 40°52′29.97″N 73°31′53.77″W / 40.8749917°N 73.5316028°W / 40.8749917; -73.5316028
Architectural style	Tudor Revival
NRHP Reference #	05000666
Added to NRHP	July 6, 2005

Oyster Bay Long Island Rail Road Turntable
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Oyster Bay Station Turntable (behind chainlink fence).
Location	40°52′29.8″N 73°31′42.9″W / 40.874944°N 73.528583°W / 40.874944; -73.528583 Railroad Avenue, Oyster Bay, New York, USA
Built	1902
NRHP Reference #	05000667
Added to NRHP	July 06, 2005

Oyster Bay is the terminus on the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The station is located off Shore Avenue between Maxwell and Larabee Avenues. It is a sheltered concrete elevated platform that stands in the shadows of the original station, which was accessible from the ends of Maxwell, Audrey, and Hamilton Avenues. Both stations exist along the south side of Roosevelt Park.

The original Oyster Bay station was built on June 25, 1889 and remodeled in 1902. At one point there were plans to extend the line east towards the Port Jefferson Branch. There was also a large pier built to facilitate the loading of passenger cars onto a short-lived ferry to Wilson's Point in South Norwalk, Connecticut that is now owned by the Flowers Oyster Company. The former Oyster Bay Station and the Oyster Bay Long Island Rail Road Turntable were both listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places on July 6, 2005. Efforts are under way to transform the former station into a railroad museum.

No bus access is available for the station, however local taxicabs do stop.

This station has one high-level side platform, that is six cars long, located adjacent to the south track. The north track, not adjacent to the platform, is a passing siding leading to a seven-track yard just beyond the station. The old station building lies just east of the new station. The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park is just to the north of the siding track.

On June 25, 1889, the Oyster Bay Extension Railroad, a subsidiary of the Long Island Railroad, extended the terminus of its rail line from Locust Valley to Oyster Bay and constructed this beautiful Victorian train station on land donated by Col. Robert Townsend. Service began with eight round trips operating from Long Island City. The original station had a large wooden platform and an elegant porte cochere, a covered porch large enough for horse-drawn carriages to pass through.