Hempstead Gardens (LIRR station)

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name=Hempstead Gardens
style=LIRR


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address= Hempstead Gardens Drive and Chestnut Street
West Hempstead, New York.
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Pub Taxi
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tracks=1
parking=No
bicycle=No
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Hempstead Gardens is a station along the West Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Railroad (LIRR). It is located on Hempstead Gardens Drive and Chestnut Street and is one of two stations in West Hempstead, New York. It is also one of the few stations on the LIRR with no parking facilities, outside of New York City.

Hempstead Gardens Station has a single track and high-level platform with access for the disabled, however the second track for the West Hempstead Branch begins just northeast of this station. The right-of-way for the second track exists here as well.

MTA Long Island Bus Connections

*N15: Long Beach-Roosevelt Field

External links

* [http://lirr42.mta.info/stationinfo.asp?station=091 Official MTA-LIRR Hempstead Gardens Station Website]
*Unofficial LIRR History Website
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/jun2006/hempgdns001.jpgEnd of second track(February 1999)]
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/jun2006/hempgdns005.jpgPlatformed shelter from tracks] and [http://www.lirrhistory.com/jun2006/hempgdns006.jpgfrom parking lot (June 2006)]