Glen Head station
40°49′56″N 73°37′34″W / 40.832284°N 73.626128°W / 40.832284; -73.626128
(four blocks west on Glen Cove Avenue)
Preceding station | Long Island Rail Road | Following station | ||
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Greenvale toward Penn Station or Long Island City | Oyster Bay Branch | Sea Cliff toward Oyster Bay |
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Glen Head is a station on the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located at Glen Head Road (Glenwood Road) and School Street in Glen Head, in Nassau County, New York.
Parking is available at the Glen Head station between Glen Head Road and Locust Avenue on the east side of the tracks – as well as between Glen Head Road and Walnut Avenue on the west side of the tracks.
History
The Glen Head station opened on January 23, 1865, initially serving as the northern terminus of the Glen Cove Branch Rail Road.[3][4] Glen Head served as the terminus of the line until 1867, when it was extended further north. Its initial status as the branch's terminus – the "head of the rails" – gave the hamlet of Glen Head its current name.[3][5] In July 1866, the Post Office changed the old name of the community from Cedar Swamp to Greenvale, but in February 1874 made another change, renaming the hamlet as Glenwood. The Long Island Rail Road has always used the name Glen Head, and the name prevailed.[3][5]
A new station building was opened in May 1888.[4] It was a two-story red brick structure and contained elaborate gingerbread woodwork along the canopies. It was rebuilt again midway through 1961 with the current one-story cedar-shingled depot.[4][6]
Station layout
The station has two high-level side platforms, each four cars long.
Platform A, side platform | |
Track 1 | ← Oyster Bay Branch toward Jamaica, Long Island City, or Penn Station (Greenvale) |
Track 2 | ← Oyster Bay Branch toward Oyster Bay (Sea Cliff) → |
Platform B, side platform |
References
- ^ Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. VI. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
- ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
- ^ a b c Seyfried, Vincent. "The Long Island Rail Road: The age of expansion, 1863-1880". p. 203. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014.
- ^ a b c Morrison, David D. (March 5, 2018). Long Island Rail Road: Oyster Bay Branch. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467128544.
- ^ a b Winsche, Richard (October 1, 1999). The History of Nassau County Community Place-Names. Interlaken, New York: Empire State Books. ISBN 978-1557871541.
- ^ Morrison, David D.; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003). Long Island Rail Road Stations. Images of Rail. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. p. 59. ISBN 0-7385-1180-3. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
External links
- Glen Head – LIRR
- Glen Head LIRR timetable
- Unofficial LIRR History Website:
- Pre-1961 Glen Head Station[usurped]
- 1961 Glen Head Station(from unidentified newspaper article)[usurped]
- June 2006 Station House[usurped] and Platform Photos[usurped]
- Station from Google Maps Street View
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Main Line (west) |
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Atlantic Branch (west) |
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- Jamaica
- Beaver Street
- South Street
- Cedar Manor
- Locust Manor
- Higbie Avenue
- Springfield
- Laurelton
- Rosedale
- Valley Stream
- Valley Stream
- Gibson
- Hewlett
- Woodmere
- Cedarhurst
- Lawrence
- Inwood
- Far Rockaway
- Lynbrook
- Centre Avenue
- East Rockaway
- Atlantic Avenue
- Oceanside
- Jekyl Island
- Island Park
- Wreck Lead
- Queenswater
- Club House
- Long Beach
Lower Montauk |
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Babylon Branch |
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Montauk (east) |
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- Mineola
- East Williston
- Albertson
- Roslyn
- North Roslyn
- Greenvale
- Glen Head
- Sea Cliff
- Glen Street
- Glen Cove
- Locust Valley
- Mill Neck
- Oyster Bay
- Hicksville
- Landia
- Syosset
- Woodbury
- Cold Spring Harbor
- Huntington
- Greenlawn
- Northport
- Kings Park
- Smithtown
- St. James
- Flowerfield
- Stony Brook
- Setauket
- Port Jefferson
- Miller Place
- Rocky Point
- Shoreham
- Wading River
- Woodside
- Winfield Junction
- Elmhurst
- Corona
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- Mets–Willets Point
- Flushing–Main Street
- Murray Hill
- Broadway
- Auburndale
- Bayside
- Douglaston
- Little Neck
- Great Neck
- Manhasset
- Plandome
- Port Washington
Ronkonkoma Branch /
Greenport Branch
Main Line (east) |
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Ronkonkoma Branch |
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Greenport Branch |
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- Penn Station
- Woodside
- Atlantic Terminal
- Nostrand Avenue
- East New York
- Jamaica
- Belmont Park
- Valley Stream
- Westwood
- Malverne
- Lakeview
- Hempstead Gardens
- West Hempstead
- Category
- Commons
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