Parking is available at the Glen Head station between Glen Head Road and Locust Avenue on the east side of the tracks – as well as between Glen Head Road and Walnut Avenue on the west side of the tracks.
The Glen Head station opened on January 23, 1865, initially serving as the northern terminus of the Glen Cove Branch Rail Road.[3][4] Glen Head served as the terminus of the line until 1867, when it was extended further north. Its initial status as the branch's terminus – the "head of the rails" – gave the hamlet of Glen Head its current name.[3][5] In July 1866, the Post Office changed the old name of the community from Cedar Swamp to Greenvale, but in February 1874 made another change, renaming the hamlet as Glenwood. The Long Island Rail Road has always used the name Glen Head, and the name prevailed.[3][5]
The station around 1930, with soon-to-be developed land to the east behind it
A new station building was opened in May 1888.[4] It was a two-story red brick structure and contained elaborate gingerbread woodwork along the canopies. It was rebuilt again midway through 1961 with the current one-story cedar-shingled depot.[4][6]
Station layoutedit
The station has two high-level side platforms, each four cars long.
^Morrison, David D.; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003). Long Island Rail Road Stations. Images of Rail. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. p. 59. ISBN0-7385-1180-3. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
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