- Mastic (LIRR station)
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LIRR Diesel at Former Mastic Station
Mastic was a station stop along the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It was located on the corner of Mastic Road and Mastic Boulevard.
Mastic station was originally built by the Brooklyn and Montauk Railroad as Forge Station around 1882, and renamed Mastic around 1893. When Brookhaven Station was eliminated by the LIRR on October 6, 1958, Mastic station was one of two stations recommended for use as a substitute by the patrons of the now closed station. The other was Bellport Station. However, this substitute was short-lived because Mastic station finally closed on July 7, 1960 as the new Mastic-Shirley Station opened 7,010 feet west on the same date.[1] The depot was razed in August 1960, despite efforts to keep it intact.
The Mastic-Shirley station is located at the William Floyd Parkway grade-crossing. The Mastic station was located at the Mastic Road grade-crossing, near the Fire Department and Mastic Seafoods.
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Preceding station LIRR Following station Mastic-Shirley station Montauk Branch
(current and former locations)Center Moriches station Categories:- Former Long Island Rail Road stations
- Railway stations opened in 1882
- Railway stations closed in 1960
- New York railway station stubs
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