Garden City (LIRR station)

Infobox Station
name=Garden City
style=LIRR


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address=Seventh Street
Garden City, New York
line=rail color box|system=LIRR|line=Hempstead
other=MTA Long Island Bus
Garden City Taxi
platform=2
tracks=2
parking=Yes
bicycle=Bike Rack
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opened=1872
closed=
rebuilt=1898
ADA=yes
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owned=MTA
zone=4
services=s-rail|title=LIRR
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Garden City is one of five Long Island Rail Road stations that serves the Village of Garden City. It is on the Hempstead Branch and is located at 7th Street between Hilton and Cathedral Avenues, directly across the street from the Garden City Hotel. It is one of the few Long Island Railroad stations with two station houses. Garden City Station was originally built in 1872, then rebuilt in 1898. A pedestrian tunnel was built in 1915 [ [http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/mineola/EmeryMapsMineolaHempstead/Emery-Map-Mineola-Hempstead-4.jpgBob Emery Hempstead Branch to Garden City Map; 1959 (TrainsAreFun.com)] ] , and a major restoration project took place in the early-21st Century.

Garden City Station stands in the shadow of the illustrious Garden City Hotel. It is also located next to the Garden City Public Library. The station has residential parking on both sides of the tracks on 6th and 7th Streets, as well as unrestricted free parking at nearby Stewart Avenue between Hilton & Franklin Avenues, and free parking during off-peak hours along 6th Street near Cathedral Avenue.

MTA Long Island Bus Connections

*N40: Freeport-Mineola.
*N41: Freeport-Mineola.

References

External links

* [http://lirr42.mta.info/stationinfo.asp?station=037 Official MTA-LIRR Garden City Station web site]
* [http://arrts-arrchives.com/gcity.html Garden City Station History (Arrt's Arrchives)]
*Unofficial Long Island Railroad History Website
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/jan99/gc1879.jpg1879 Garden City Station]
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/jan99/gcw.jpg1999 Photos of Westbound] and [http://www.lirrhistory.com/jan99/gce.jpgEastbound] station houses
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/may2006/gc001.jpg2006 Post-restoration of both station houses]