Country Life Press station
The Country Life Press station is a Long Island Rail Road within the village of Garden City, New York. It serves trains on the Hempstead Branch and is located on Damson Street and St. James Street South.
Country Life Press | |||||||||||||
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The Country Life Press station in 2017 | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | St. James Street South, between Chestnut Street & Damson Street Garden City, New York | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°43′16″N 73°37′46″W / 40.721234°N 73.629405°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Hempstead Branch | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 19.0 mi (30.6 km) from Long Island City[1] | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 1911 | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | May 26, 1908[2] 750 V (DC) third rail | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | 1,236[3] | ||||||||||||
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History edit
The station was originally opened in 1911 for the sole purpose of serving the book publisher Doubleday, Page & Company, which had moved in 1910 from Manhattan to Garden City, where co-founder and vice-president Walter Hines Page lived. It is named for the publisher's "Country Life Press" that was located across the tracks.[4]
Country Life Press station has some former rights-of-way that led to the West Hempstead and the Oyster Bay Branches.[5] It also included the remnants of the Central Branch of the Long Island Rail Road that terminated near Nassau Coliseum.
In 2022, the Long Island Rail Road announced plans to demolish the station house, which had fallen into a state of disrepair, and replacing it with a landscaped plaza.[6][7][8] That December, the Village of Garden City's officials, through a 7-1 vote, opted through resolution not to attempt saving the structure, given safety concerns – many of which were raised by members of the community – and the poor state of the structure.[8]
Station layout edit
The station has one 10-car-long side platform located on the east side of the single track. A pedestrian underpass provides access between the west and east sides of the track, and connects the west side with the station platform.
| Side platform, doors will open on the left or right | |
| Track 1 | ← Hempstead Branch toward Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal, or Penn Station (Garden City) Hempstead Branch toward Hempstead (Terminus) → |
References edit
- ^ Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. VI. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
- ^ "Hurrah at Hempstead Over the Third Rail". The Brooklyn Times Union. May 20, 1908. p. 5. Retrieved September 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
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- ^ Costello, Alex (December 13, 2022). "Garden City To Decide Fate Of Country Life Press LIRR Building". Garden City, NY Patch. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
- ^ "Fate of Country Life Press Station To Be Decided - Village Notifications and Alerts - Incorporated Village of Garden City". www.gardencityny.net. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
- ^ a b Massand, Rikki (December 23, 2022). "Village opts not to save Country Life Press station". Garden City News. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
External links edit
Media related to Country Life Press (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Country Life Press – LIRR
- Country Life Press LIRR timetable
- Country Life Press Station History (Arrt's Arrchives)
- St. James Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Digitzed copies of books on the Country Life Press and books published by the facility at Internet Archive
- GARDEN Interlocking (The LIRR Today)
- Platform from Google Maps Street View