Islip (LIRR station)

Infobox Station
name=Islip
style=LIRR


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other=Suffolk County Transit
Reliable Taxi
platform=2
tracks=2
parking=Yes; Free
bicycle=Yes; Bike Rack
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opened=1868
closed=
rebuilt=1881, 1963, 1997
ADA=yes
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owned=MTA
zone=10
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Islip Station is a railroad station along the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located off of NY 111(Islip Avenue) and Nassau Avenue, north of Suffolk CR 50(Union Boulevard), and south of Moffitt Boulevard in Islip, New York. Full Service and Daily Ticket Machines are located against the north side of the station building.

Islip Station was originally built as a South Side Railroad of Long Island Depot in 1868. A second depot was built in 1881, then razed in 1963. A third depot was built the same year, and remodeled in 1997. High-level sheltered platforms exist on both sides of the tracks, including one across from the station for eastbound-going commuters. At the west end of these platforms is an at-grade pedestrian crossing with signals but no gates. This crossing is in line with where Williams Avenue used to cross the tracks and intersect with Nassau Avenue. Thought the station is neither listed under the National Register of Historic Places, nor a New York State Historic Landmark, it is considered a landmark by the Historical Society of Islip Hamlet.

Islip Centre Station

NOTE: West of Islip Station, the South Side Railroad of Long Island, once had an additional station called Islip Centre Station. It is believed to have catered to members of the Olympic Boat Club. Privately owned stations weren't so uncommon for the SSRRLI in the 19th Century. While more research is needed for the origins of this adjacent station, it was abandoned from the vicinity in May 1870.

Connections

*Suffolk County Transit: S42
*Local Taxi Service

Gallery

External links

* [http://lirr42.mta.info/stationinfo.asp?station=120 Official MTA-LIRR Islip Station Website]
*Steve Lynch's LIRR Maps, Photos, Charts, etc., (TrainsAreFun.com):
** [http://trainsarefun.com/lirr/islip/islip.htm Islip Depot (Various Historic and Contemporary Images)]
** [http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/islip/islipfreight.htm Islip Freight Sightings]
* [http://arrts-arrchives.com/ssrrislip.html Old Islip Depot Photo (Arrt's Arrchives)]
*Unofficial LIRR History Website (May 2007 Photos)
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/may2007/islip02.jpgView of Station House]
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/may2007/islip08.jpgClock Tower with Locomotive & Tender Weather Vane]
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/may2007/islip12.jpgShelter to Montauk]
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/may2007/islip13.jpgShelter to New York City]
*Geolinks-US-buildingscale|40.735994|-73.208972
*Unofficial LIRR Photgraphy Site (lirrpics.com)
** [http://lirrpics.com/Islip.htm Islip Station]

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