Brentwood (LIRR station)

Brentwood (LIRR station)
This article is about a Long Island Rail Road station in Brentwood, New York. For the Vancouver SkyTrain station in Burnaby, British Columbia, see Brentwood Town Centre Station.
Brentwood
Brentwood LIRR Station.jpg
Brentwood's current LIRR station.
Station statistics
Address Brentwood Road and Suffolk Avenue
Brentwood, New York
Coordinates 40°46′51″N 73°14′37″W / 40.780826°N 73.243607°W / 40.780826; -73.243607Coordinates: 40°46′51″N 73°14′37″W / 40.780826°N 73.243607°W / 40.780826; -73.243607
Lines
  Main Line
(Ronkonkoma Branch)
Connections Suffolk County Transit: S27, S41, S45, 3A, 3C, 3D
Lindy's Taxi
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Parking Yes
Other information
Opened 1987
Electrified January 18, 1988
750V (DC) third rail
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by MTA
Fare zone 10
Formerly Modern Times
Traffic
Passengers (2006) 2,750[1]
Services
Ticket vending machines
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Main Line
(Ronkonkoma Branch)
toward Greenport

Brentwood is a station along the Main Line (Ronkonkoma Branch) of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially located at Suffolk County Road 100 (Suffolk Avenue) and Brentwood Road in Brentwood, New York. However, it has parking facilities and other amenities that are extended far beyond its given location. The actual station is located across the tracks from the dead end of Eighth Street near Leroy Avenue. The parking lot entrance is on Suffolk Avenue 1/2 mile east of Brentwood Road/Washington Avenue.

Contents

History

The first station, originally known as "Modern Times Station", was built in 1870, then burned in April 1903 and was replaced on November 10, 1903. Until 1987, Brentwood Station was located on First Avenue between 4th Street and Brentwood Road. It was moved as part of a major electrification and reconstruction project of the line in Ronkonkoma, Central Islip, Brentwood, Deer Park, and Wyandanch. Originally, the LIRR had planned to merge Deer Park, Pineaire, and Brentwood stations into a single station, but residential opposition blocked that proposal, and only Deer Park and Pineaire were merged.[2] The current station was built close to the former Brentwood Station, which was converted into a restaurant shortly after it was abandoned. All grade crossings in the Brentwood area remain unchanged after the station was moved.[3]

Thompson's Station

Prior to the construction of Brentwood Station, another station existed in Brentwood where the Sagtikos State Parkway now crosses over the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road. This was known as Thompson's Station or Thompson's Siding, and served as a private home, a station, an Inn, and a general store. It was opened as a station on June 24, 1842, with the arrival of the railroad, and closed in December 1869, before Brentwood Station was built further east. The site was replaced with the former Pineaire (LIRR station) in 1915, until it was closed in 1986 and combined into the new Deer Park (LIRR station) west of Sagtikos State Parkway.

Platforms and tracks

This station has two high-level side platforms, each 12 cars long. The north platform, next to Track 1, is generally used by westbound or New York City-bound trains. The south platform, next to Track 2, is generally used by eastbound trains.

The Main Line has two tracks here.

Gallery

  • Former station house, now a restaurant.

  • Old station is now the Solar Cafe.

  • Pedestrian bridge near the current station house.

Reference

  1. ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  2. ^ Station on the Ronkonkoma Line during electrification (Railroad.net Forums; Long Island Rail Road)
  3. ^ LIRR station History (TrainsAreFun.com)

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