Baldwin station

40°39′24″N 73°36′27″W / 40.656746°N 73.607444°W / 40.656746; -73.607444Owned byLong Island Rail RoadLine(s)Montauk BranchDistance21.2 mi (34.1 km) from Long Island City^[1]Platforms1 island platformTracks2Connections Nassau Inter-County Express: n35ConstructionParkingYesBicycle facilitiesYesAccessibleYesOther informationFare zone7HistoryOpened1867; 157 years ago (1867) (SSRRLI)Rebuilt1881, 1917, 1957ElectrifiedMay 20, 1925
750 V (DC) third railPrevious namesBaldwinsville (1867–1892)
Millburn (1892–1897)^[2]Passengers2012—20146,928^[3]Rank17 of 125 Services

Preceding station	Long Island Rail Road			Following station
Rockville Centre toward Penn Station, Grand Central or Atlantic Terminal		Babylon Branch		Freeport toward Babylon
Montauk Branch does not stop here

Former services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Rockville Centre toward Long Island City Montauk Division Freeport toward Montauk

Location

Baldwin is a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially located on Sunrise Highway and Grand Avenue in Baldwin, New York, although it also includes Milburn and Brooklyn Avenues.

History

Baldwin station was originally built in February 1868 by the South Side Railroad of Long Island, though trains had already been stopping there, then called Baldwinsville, since October 28, 1867. The station was remodeled in May 1881, and was razed in 1917, and a second station was opened on December 28, later that year. As part of the grade elimination project taking place along the Babylon Branch throughout the Babylon-Montauk Branch between the 1940s and 1960s this station was razed in November 1957, and officially replaced with the current elevated structure on October 2, 1957 after the last ground level train passed through at 12:18 pm.^[4]

The Baldwin Civic Association commissioned a mural of Nunley's carousel by artist Michael White, which was installed at the Baldwin station on April 22, 2019.^[5][6]

Station layout

The station has one 12-car-long high-level island platform between the two tracks. The platform includes an extension over the Grand Avenue bridge between the two tracks that is covered with a gabled roof.

References

External links

Media related to Baldwin (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Baldwin – LIRR
• Baldwin LIRR timetable
• Baldwin Station Photo; April 2007 (Unofficial LIRR History Website)^[usurped]
• Grand Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Station House from Google Maps Street View