Massapequa Park station

Massapequa Park is a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially located on New York State Route 27 and Park Boulevard in Massapequa Park, New York, although there are parking lots along Front Street and north of the station. All parking lots require Village of Massapequa Park residential permits.

Massapequa Park
Looking west on the platform
LocationSunrise Highway & Park Boulevard
Massapequa Park, New York
Coordinates40.677851°N 73.45474°W / 40.677851; -73.45474
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)Montauk Branch
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections Nassau Inter-County Express: n19, n54, n55, n80
Construction
ParkingYes; with local permits
Bicycle facilitiesYes; Bike racks
Other information
Fare zone7
History
Opened1933
Rebuilt1966–1968 and 1977–1980
Electrified750 V (DC) third rail
Traffic
Passengers (2012—2014)3,827[1]
Rank30 of 125
Services
Preceding station LIRR Following station
Massapequa
towards Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal or Penn Station
 Babylon Branch Amityville
towards Babylon
     Montauk Branch does not stop here

History

Massapequa Park station is typical of the elevated Babylon Branch stations that were rebuilt during the mid-to-late 20th century. The station originally opened as a platformed shelter on December 3, 1933, east of Massapequa station where Robert Moses wanted to extend the Bethpage State Parkway. It was replaced in 1966 by a temporary station, then in 1968 it received high platforms for the M1. A new temporary station was built to the south of the old one in December 1977 for the grade crossing elimination project. The current elevated station opened on December 13, 1980, making it the last station to be elevated along the Babylon Branch. Some morning rush-hour westbound trains originate at Massapequa Park station. This station is also a terminus for some eastbound rush-hour trains in the afternoon.

Station layout

The station has one 12-car-long high-level island platform between the two tracks.

P
Platform level		 Track 1 ←      Montauk Branch does not stop here
←      Babylon Branch toward Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal, or Penn Station (Massapequa)
Island platform
Track 2 ←      Babylon Branch toward Babylon (Amityville) →
←      Montauk Branch does not stop here →
G Street level Entrance/exit, station house, parking, buses

References
  1. "2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 23 August 2016. PDF pp. 15, 197. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2020. Data collection took place after the pretest determinations, starting in September 2012 and concluding in May 2014. .... 2012-2014 LIRR O[rigin and ]D[estination] COUNTS: WEEKDAY East/West Total By Station in Numerical Order
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