Oyster Bay | |||||||||||||
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 The Oyster Bay station, as seen in 2016 | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | Shore & Maxwell Avenues Oyster Bay, NY | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road Town of Oyster Bay | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Oyster Bay Branch | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 32.9 mi (52.9 km) from Long Island City[1] | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections | Oyster Bay Taxi | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes; Free | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 7 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | June 24, 1889[2] | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1902 | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | 225[3] | ||||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||||
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Oyster Bay Long Island Rail Road Station | |||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival | ||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 05000666 | ||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | July 6, 2005[4] | ||||||||||||
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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 opened on June 24, 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.[5] Efforts are under way to transform the former station into a railroad museum.[6]
No bus services are available for the station, however local taxicabs do stop.
- ^ Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. VI. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
- ^ "The Railroad Extension". The Brooklyn Times Union. June 22, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ National Register of Historic Places Listings; July 15, 2005
- ^ Karppi, Dagmar Fors (July 17, 2007). "Oyster Bay Railroad Museum Brings Tourists to Oyster Bay". Oyster Bay Enterprise Pilot. Retrieved September 18, 2009.
