Lindenhurst station is a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located at Wellwood Avenue (CR 3) and East Hoffman Avenue (CR 12) in Lindenhurst, Suffolk County, New York.
History
Lindenhurst station is typical of the elevated Babylon Branch stations that were rebuilt during the mid-to-late 20th century. It was originally built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island on October 28, 1867 as Wellwood. It was renamed Breslau in 1870, after developers Thomas Welwood and Charles S. Schleier renamed the community after their native Breslau in the German Empire, then was renamed Lindenhurst in 1891.Vincent F. Seyfried, The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part One: South Side R.R. of L.I., 1961 The station burned down on January 22, 1901. The second station was built in 1902.
This station was replaced with a temporary station with high-level platforms on October 25, 1968, when construction of the current elevated station was started. The current elevated station was opened on August 7, 1973, and was renovated in the early 2000s, along with much of the rest of the Babylon line. The 1902 station was moved to a private location and restored as a museum in 1971.Old Lindenhurst Station Today (Existing Railroad Stations in New York State)
In 2023, the MTA agreed to make the Amityville, Copiague, and Lindenhurst stations wheelchair-accessible to settle a lawsuit. The elevator at Lindenhurst opened on June 28, 2024, making the station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Station layout The station has one 10-car-long high-level island platform between the two tracks. P Platform levelTrack 1← Babylon Branch toward Atlantic Terminal, Grand Central Madison, or Penn Station (Copiague) ← Montauk Branch does not stop hereIsland platform, doors will open on the left or right Track 2 Babylon Branch toward Babylon (Terminus) → Montauk Branch does not stop here →GGround levelExit/entrance, parking, and buses
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