Valley Stream (LIRR station)

Valley Stream

Location

Franklin Avenue & Sunrise Highway
Village of Valley Stream, NY

Coordinates

40°39′41″N 73°42′17″W / 40.661483°N 73.704679°WCoordinates: 40°39′41″N 73°42′17″W / 40.661483°N 73.704679°W

Owned by

MTA

Line(s)

Atlantic Branch;

Atlantic Branch
(Far Rockaway Branch)

Long Beach Branch

West Hempstead Branch

Babylon Branch

Platforms

1 island platform

Tracks

Connections

Nassau Inter-County Express: n1, Elmont Flexi

Construction

Parking

Yes

Bicycle facilities

Yes

Disabled access

Yes

Other information

Fare zone

History

Opened

June 1869 (SSRRLI)

Rebuilt

1933

Electrified

December 11, 1905
750 V (DC) third rail

Traffic

Passengers (2006)

4,852

Services

Preceding station	LIRR	Following station
Rosedale toward New York terminals	Far Rockaway Branch	Gibson toward Far Rockaway
Rosedale toward New York terminals	Long Beach Branch	Lynbrook toward Long Beach
Terminus	West Hempstead Branch	Westwood toward West Hempstead
Jamaica toward New York terminals	Babylon Branch	Lynbrook toward Babylon

Valley Stream is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Branch serving the residents of Valley Stream, and is the first station (traveling eastbound) in Nassau County. The station is located at Franklin Avenue and Sunrise Highway, west of Rockaway Avenue, and is 17.7 miles (28.5 km) from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan via the Atlantic Branch east of Jamaica. The station is wheelchair accessible with an elevator from street level; parking facilities and taxis are available.

The first Valley Stream station was built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island on October 28, 1867. The station house itself opened in July 1869 with the opening of the Far Rockaway Branch, and was built as a Swiss chalet style station house inside the legs of an old wye. It also served customers of the Southern Hempstead Branch which was built by the short-lived New York and Hempstead Plains Railroad between 1871 and 1900. Along with the rest of the SSRRLI, the station was acquired by the Long Island Rail Road in 1889. In 1893 the station began to serve trains along the West Hempstead Branch. When Nassau County separated from Queens in 1899, Valley Stream station became the first station in Nassau County along the Montauk Branch. The station was electrified with the rest of the Far Rockaway Branch on December 11, 1905, and the Long Beach Branch was extended from Lynbrook station in 1910 and became an extension of the Atlantic Branch.

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