Syosset (LIRR station)

Syosset
Westbound platform at the Syosset Station, showing curve
Location	Jackson Avenue & Underhill Boulevard Syosset, New York
Coordinates	40°49′30″N 73°30′02″W / 40.824892°N 73.500492°W / 40.824892; -73.500492Coordinates: 40°49′30″N 73°30′02″W / 40.824892°N 73.500492°W / 40.824892; -73.500492
Owned by	MTA
Line(s)	Port Jefferson Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Yes (permit required)
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	7
History
Opened	1854
Rebuilt	1872, 1877, 1944, 1948
Electrified	October 19, 1970 750 V (DC) third rail
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	5,497
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Hicksville toward New York terminals Port Jefferson Branch Cold Spring Harbor toward Port Jefferson Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Landia station Port Jefferson Branch (current and former locations) Woodbury station

Syosset is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Jefferson Branch in Syosset, New York, at Jackson Avenue and Underhill Boulevard, south of New York State Route 25A, but north of Jericho Turnpike and the Long Island Expressway. Syosset's downtown was built around the station. There are no public transportation connections at the station, but taxi service is available.

Syosset station is in the hamlet of the same name in the Town of Oyster Bay. About 30.9 mi (50 km) east of New York Penn Station by rail, the station is at the southeast edge of the town center, on the east side of Jackson Avenue near its intersection with Underhill Boulevard.

Syosset station was originally built by the Hicksville and Syosset Railroad in 1854. The station's former building was built in 1872. The building's first location was at Lockwood’s Grove station, on the formerly Cedarhurst Cut-off. The LIRR moved the building to Syosset station in 1877, as the Far Rockaway – Lockwood's Grove station had since been abandoned. The building was renovated in 1944, then torn down and replaced in 1948. In 1970 the station was electrified, along with the rest of the Port Jefferson Branch between Mineola and Huntington stations.

The Town of Oyster Bay has designated Syosset station as one of its targets for transit-oriented development. Known as the "Syosset Downtown Redevelopment and Revitalization Plan," the project aims to re-create the hamlet's downtown through mixed-use development and improved, human-scale zoning regulations. The master-plan includes suggestions such as removing the grade crossing at Jackson Avenue, creating a pedestrian plaza by eliminating road traffic on a portion of Cold Spring Road, parking reconfiguration, and the building of a community center as ways of focusing growth in the downtown area and reducing unnecessary trips by car.