Hempstead (LIRR station)

Infobox Station
name=Hempstead
style=LIRR


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image_caption=Hempstead Station, May 7, 2008
address= West Columbia Street
Hempstead, New York
line=rail color box|system=LIRR|line=Hempstead
other=Long Island Bus
Trailways of New York
Greyhound
Short Line Bus"'
tracks=4 (excluding "Yard" tracks)
parking=Yes
bicycle=
baggage_check=
passengers=
pass_year=
pass_percent=
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opened=1872
closed=
rebuilt=1881, 1913, 1943(moved), 1963, 2002
electrified=May 26, 1908
ADA=yes
code=
owned=MTA
zone=4
services= Hempstead Transit Center, Ticket Vending Machines
mpassengers=

Hempstead Station is a Long Island Rail Road train station in the village of Hempstead, New York. Located at West Columbia Street between Main Street and Morrell Street, it is the eastern terminus of the Hempstead Branch.

History

Hempstead Station was originally built as a Central Railroad of Long Island depot sometime between October and December 1872, on the corner of Main Street and Fulton Avenue. When the Long Island Rail Road acquired the CRRLI in 1878, this Hempstead Station and terminus came with it, replacing the former 1839-built Hempstead Station, which ran along the original Hempstead Branch.

The station was remodeled in July 1881, and razed in 1913. A second brick station was built in February 1913. Between December 30, 1941 and 1943, service was supended when the tracks were cut back and the station was moved to Columbia Street. A temporary station was installed 1,265 feet west of its former location until work on this project was finished. Upon the completion of this move and track work, the second station was opened again. However it was gutted in a fire on December 31, 1962 and remodeled in April 1963. This station was razed in 1998 and replaced with a much more elaborate third depot which was built between 1999 and 2002.

Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center

The Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center (formerly the Hempstead Transit Center) [ [http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/CountyExecutive/newsrelease/2006/02-14-2006.html Nassau County Executive - News Release] ] , across West Columbia Street, provides connections to many MTA Long Island Bus lines. The following bus routes terminate or stop at the transit center:

MTA Long Island Bus Connections

*N6: to 165th Street Terminal in Jamaica, Queens.
*N15: Long Beach-Roosevelt Field.
*N16: Silver Lake in Baldwin-Roosevelt Field.
*N17: to Rockville Centre.
*N27: to Glen Cove.
*N31: to Far Rockaway, Queens.
*N32: to Far Rockaway, Queens.
*N35: to Westbury.
*N37: to Baldwin Harbor.
*N40: Freeport-Mineola.
*N41: Freeport-Mineola.
*N46: to Bellmore.
*N47: Bellmore-North Bellmore.
*N48: to Jericho.
*N49: to Jericho.
*N54: to Amityville.
*N55: to Sunrise Mall.
*N70: to Melville.
*N71: to Massapequa Park.
*N72: to Babylon.

Behind the Hempstead Transit Center is Jackson Street, where Hempstead's nearby Greyhound Bus Terminal is located. This terminal serves not only Greyhound buses, but Trailways Adirondack and Pine Hill branches, ShortLine buses, and Greyhound affiliated Vermont Transit.

Gallery

References

External links

* [http://lirr42.mta.info/stationinfo.asp?station=039 LIRR station information for Hempstead]
* [http://mta.info/lirr/html/ttn/hempstea.htm LIRR timetable for Hempstead]
* [http://www.mta.info/libus/htc/hempstd.htm Long Island Bus: Hempstead Transit Center]
* [http://subwaynut.com/lirr/hempstead/index.html Hempstead Station (The SubwayNut)]
* [http://arrts-arrchives.com/hmsta.html Hempstead Station History (Arrt's Arrchives)]

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