Great Neck (LIRR station)

Infobox Station
name=Great Neck
style=LIRR

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image_size=
image_caption=Overlooking Great Neck Station from across the tracks. Taken December 20, 2007.
address= Middle Neck Road & Station Plaza @ Great Neck Road
Village of Great Neck, New York
line=rail color box|system=LIRR|line=Port Washington
other=MTA Long Island Bus
Great Neck Taxi
platform=2
tracks=2
parking=Yes(Local Permit & Scratch-off Voucher required)
bicycle=Yes
baggage_check=
passengers=860,340
pass_year=2006
pass_percent=0
pass_system=
opened=October 27, 1866Vincent F. Seyfried, , © 1963]
closed=1883, 1924
rebuilt=1883, 1893, 1925-1934, 1990's
electrified=October 21, 1913
ADA=yes
code=
owned=
zone=4
former=Brookdale(1869-1872)
services=
mpassengers=

Great Neck is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch in Great Neck, the first station in the branch (heading from Manhattan) in Nassau County. The station is located at Middle Neck Road and Station Plaza at Great Neck Road, 1/4 mile (0.4 km) North of Northern Boulevard, and is 15.9 miles (25.3 km) from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan. From this point on, the line becomes single tracked onto Port Washington.

Great Neck was originally the terminus of the Flushing and North Side Railroad when it was built in 1866. The F&NS was consolidated into the North Shore Railroad in 1874, only to be leased in 1876 by the LIRR who, in 1898, built Long Island's highest railroad bridge to extend the line to Manhasset and Port Washington. In 1924 the station was closed and moved to its current location on February 26, 1925, as a grade crossing elimination project brought the tracks below ground by June 8, 1934. Elevators exist on both sides of the tracks. The wall along the southeastern platform contains an aluminum sculpture by artist David Saunders that was installed in 2001.

This station was referenced in"The Great Gatsby" as "West Egg".

ervice

Port Washington Branch trains generally run every 30 minutes in both directions during the daytime. During rush hours, when express service is provided, Great Neck is an express station. Local trains terminate here during rush hours. Trains run every two hours overnight.

MTA Long Island Bus Connections

*N20: Flushing-Hicksville.
*N21: Flushing-Glen Cove.
*N25: Lynbrook-Great Neck.
*N57: Great Neck Loop.
*N58: Great Neck-Kings Point.

References

External links

* [http://lirr42.mta.info/stationinfo.asp?station=025 LIRR station information for Great Neck]
*Manhasset Viaduct Photos (Forgotten-NY.com)
** [http://www.forgotten-ny.com/SUBWAYS/pwbranch2/LIRRmanhassetbridge1.jpgManhasset Viaduct from Shore Road] and [http://www.forgotten-ny.com/SUBWAYS/pwbranch2/LIRRmanhassetbridge3.jpgClose-Up]