Central Islip (LIRR station)

Infobox Station
name=Central Islip
style=LIRR


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image_caption=Central Islip Station. Taken on May 22, 2008.
address=Suffolk Avenue and Lowell Road
Central Islip, New York
line=rail color box|system=LIRR|line=Main Ronkonkoma
other=Suffolk County Transit
Lindy's Taxi
platform=2
tracks=2
parking=Yes;
bicycle=Yes; Bike racks and lockers
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opened=1987
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ADA=yes
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owned=MTA
zone=10
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Central Islip is a station along the Main Line (Ronkonkoma Branch) of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on the southwest corner of Suffolk County Road 100 (Suffolk Avenue) and Lowell Road in Central Islip, New York. Short-term parking is also available on Suffolk CR 100 across from the intersections between Pineville and Hawthorne Avenues.

Central Islip Station was originally built on November 14, 1873 on the southeast corner of Suffolk County Roads 17 & 100 as a replacement for the former Suffolk Station. It was remodeled in 1916, and again in 1958. On November 16, 1987, it was moved to the corner of Lowell Road as part of a major reconstruction project of the line in Ronkonkoma, Central Islip, Brentwood, Deer Park, and Wyandanch. The station was built on the site of a former spur to the Central Islip Psychiatric Center, that was abandoned years before the hospital was closed. Across Lowell Road is the site of a Waldbaum's warehouse, that once had a freight spur leading to it.

=Suffolk County Transit Bus Connections=

*S42: Babylon-Central Islip.
*S45: Bay Shore-Smithtown.
*3C: Central Islip-South Shore Mall.
*3D: Brentwood-Stony Brook.

External links

* [http://lirr42.mta.info/stationinfo.asp?station=074 Official MTA-LIRR Central Islip Station web site]
* [http://www.lirrhistory.com/jul992/ci1.jpgPhoto of Central Islip Station from the parking lot (Unofficial LIRR History Website)]
* [http://arrts-arrchives.com/sthosp3.html Central Islip State Hospital Railroad Spur] (Arrt's Arrchives)
* [http://trainsarefun.com/lirr/before_after/Sta-CI-1stTrain-PennSta-1910.jpgCentral Islip Station; 1910] and [http://trainsarefun.com/lirr/before_after/FM-CPA20-5-2008-At%20Station-Central_Islip-1957.jpg1957] (TrainsAreFun.com)

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