Owned by Long Island Rail Road Tracks 2 Owner Long Island Rail Road | Line(s) Montauk Branch Parking Yes (free) Platforms in use 2 | |
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Location Railroad Plaza & Park Avenue
Bay Shore, New York Connections Suffolk County Transit: S40, S41, S42, S45, 2A, 2B Address Bay Shore, NY 11706, United States Similar Bellport, Great River, Centre Avenue, East Williston, Cold Spring Harbor | ||
Bay Shore is a major railroad station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), on Park Avenue and Oak Street north of Suffolk CR 50 (Union Boulevard) and west of Fourth Avenue, in Bay Shore, New York. Ferries to Fire Island board from a port south of the station.
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History
Bay Shore Station was built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island on May 20, 1868 as Penataquit Station only to be renamed Bay Shore Station in July 1868. It was replaced in 1882 and replaced again on July 17, 1912, in the style typical of stations such as Riverhead, Manhasset, Northport, and Mineola. The station also had a freight yard nearby. High-level platforms were added in 1984. The entrance to the station once had decorative pillars on the sides, and a railroad hotel once existed behind the station plaza. It is one of the few stations on the LIRR with two station buildings. The larger building was for the westbound platform and the smaller one was for the eastbound platform. An underground pedestrian tunnel once connected the two station houses until a pedestrian bridge was built in 2009. Both station houses still stand, but the smaller one previously used for the eastbound platform was taken over by the MTA. The new overpass brought a renovation project, replacing platform lighting and new platform waiting shelters. There are two large parking lots on each side of the tracks.
Station layout
The station has two high-level side platforms each 12 cars long.