Baldwin station

Baldwin is a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially located on Sunrise Highway and Grand Avenue in Baldwin, New York, although it also includes Milburn and Brooklyn Avenues.

Baldwin
Baldwin station as seen from Sunrise Highway
Location	Sunrise Highway and Grand Avenue Baldwin, New York
Coordinates	40.656746°N 73.607444°W / 40.656746; -73.607444
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Montauk Branch
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Nassau Inter-County Express: n35
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	7
History
Opened	1867 (SSRRLI)
Rebuilt	1881, 1917, 1957
Electrified	May 20, 1925 750 V (DC) third rail
Previous names	Baldwinsville (1867–1892) Millburn (1892–1897)[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2012—2014)	6,928[2]
Rank	17 of 125
Services
Preceding station LIRR Following station Rockville Centre towards Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal or Penn Station Babylon Branch Freeport towards Wantagh or Babylon      Montauk Branch does not stop here

History

Baldwin station was originally built in February 1868 by the South Side Railroad of Long Island, though trains had already been stopping there, then called Baldwinsville, since October 28, 1867. The station was remodeled in May 1881, and was razed in 1917, and a second station was opened on December 28, later that year. As part of the grade elimination project taking place along the Babylon Branch throughout the Babylon-Montauk Branch between the 1940s and 1960s this station was razed in November 1957, and officially replaced with the current elevated structure on October 2, 1957 after the last ground level train passed through at 12:18 pm.[3]

The Baldwin Civic Association commissioned a mural of Nunley's carousel by artist Michael White, which was installed at the Baldwin station on April 22, 2019.[4][5]

Station layout

The station has one 12-car-long high-level island platform between the two tracks. The platform includes an extension over the Grand Avenue bridge between the two tracks that is covered with a gabled roof.[6]

P Platform level	Track 1	←      Montauk Branch does not stop here ←      Babylon Branch toward Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal, or Penn Station (Rockville Centre)
	Island platform
	Track 2	←      Babylon Branch toward Wantagh or Babylon (Freeport) → ←      Montauk Branch does not stop here →
G	Street level	Entrance/exit, station house, parking, buses

References

1. Baldwinsville Station (Arrt's Arrchives)
2. "2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 23 August 2016. PDF pp. 15, 197. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2020. Data collection took place after the pretest determinations, starting in September 2012 and concluding in May 2014. .... 2012-2014 LIRR O[rigin and ]D[estination] COUNTS: WEEKDAY East/West Total By Station in Numerical Order
3. "Aged Commuter Helps 'Run' First Baldwin Overhead Train". The LEADER. Freeport, NY: L & M Publications. October 10, 1957. p. 3. Retrieved 17 April 2012. Dr. William F. Morgan [...] on the first train over the new viaduct on Wednesday, Oct 2.
4. "Nunley's Carousel mural will go up at LIRR station". Newsday. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
5. "Rockville Centre residents remember Nunley's amusement park after unveiling of carousel mural". Herald Community Newspapers. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
6. DanTD (September 24, 2012). Baldwin LIRR station; Ped Bridge for SB Grand Ave Buses (photograph). Retrieved December 23, 2012.

External links

Media related to Baldwin (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Baldwin – LIRR

• Baldwin LIRR timetable

• Baldwin Station Photo; April 2007 (Unofficial LIRR History Website)
• Grand Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Station House from Google Maps Street View