Hempstead Gardens station

Hempstead Gardens is a station along the West Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Hempstead Gardens Drive and Chestnut Street and is one of two stations in West Hempstead, New York.

Hempstead Gardens
The station platform, facing north towards West Hempstead.
Location	Hempstead Gardens Drive & Chestnut Street West Hempstead, New York
Coordinates	40°41′41″N 73°38′46″W
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Nassau Inter-County Express: n15
Construction
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	1893
Electrified	October 19, 1926 750 V (DC) third rail
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	369[1]
Services
Preceding station LIRR Following station Lakeview towards Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal or Penn Station West Hempstead Branch weekdays West Hempstead Terminus Lakeview towards Valley Stream West Hempstead Branch weekends

History

When Hempstead Gardens station was originally built in 1893 by the New York Bay Extension Railroad, it was little more than a small one-room shack with open canopies extending along the northbound platform.[2] At some point between the 1950s and 1972, the shack was replaced by an open sheltered shed.[3] High-level platforms were added to both sides during the 1990s.

Station layout

Hempstead Gardens station has a single track and one four-car-long side platform on its east side that is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. 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.

This station is one of the few stations on the LIRR, outside New York City, with no parking facilities. The station has two daily ticket machines located near the waiting room.[4]

Track 1	←      West Hempstead Branch toward Valley Stream, Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal, or Penn Station (Lakeview) ←      West Hempstead Branch toward West Hempstead (Terminus) →
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right

References

1. Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
2. 1928 image of Hempstead Gardens Station facing north (TrainsAreFun)
3. January 1, 1972 image of Hempstead Gardens station Sheltered Shed, facing north (TrainsAreFun)
4. Parking, Bus, and Taxi information at Hempstead Gardens Station (Long Island Rail Road Official Map)

External links

• Hempstead Gardens – LIRR

• Hempstead Gardens LIRR timetable

• Unofficial LIRR History Website
  • End of second track(February 1999)
  • Platformed shelter from tracks and from parking lot (June 2006)
• Station from Chestnut Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platform from Google Maps Street View