Farmingdale station
{{short description|Long Island Rail Road station in Nassau County, New York}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Farmingdale
| style = LIRR
| image = File:MTA 9394.jpg
| image_size =
| image_caption = The Farmingdale station in 2018
| address = Off Secatogue Avenue, on Front Street & Atlantic Avenue
Farmingdale, New York
| line = Main Line
| distance = {{convert|30.2|mi|abbr=on}} from {{lirrs|Long Island City}}{{cite web | title=TIMETABLE No. 4 | author=Long Island Rail Road | date= May 14, 2012 | accessdate=August 4, 2022 | url=http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirrhistoricaldata/LIRRTimeTable4_5-14-2012.pdf | page=III}}
| owned = Long Island Rail Road
| other = {{bus icon|12px|Local Transit}} Nassau Inter-County Express: {{LI bus link|n70|n72}} (on Conklin Street)
| platform = 2 side platforms
| tracks = 2
| parking = Yes; Village Permit and Metered
| bicycle = Yes; Bike Rack
| baggage_check =
| opened = October 15, 1841
| closed =
| rebuilt = 1875, 1890, 2018
| electrified = 1987
750 V (DC) third rail
| accessible = Yes
| code = FMD
| zone = 7
| passengers = 4,625 per weekdayAverage weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
| pass_year = 2006
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=LIRR
|line2=Ronkonkoma|note-right2=limited service|left2=Bethpage|right2=Pinelawn|to-right2=Ronkonkoma
|line=Ronkonkoma|left=Bethpage|right=Wyandanch|to-right=Ronkonkoma}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=LIRR former|line=Main|left=Bethpage|right=Republic}}
| nrhp = {{Infobox NRHP
| embed = yes
| name = Farmingdale Railroad Station
| image = Farmingdale LIRR Station Memorial-2.JPG
| image_size = 300px
| caption = Farmingdale station's Historical marker.
| location = Farmingdale, New York, USA
| nearest_city =
| coordinates = {{coord|40.735665|-73.441713|display=inline,title}}
| area =
| built = 1890
| architect =
| architecture = Queen Anne
| added = November 13, 1991
| refnum = 91001677
| visitation_num =
| visitation_year =
| governing_body =
}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color={{rcr|LIRR|Ronkonkoma}} |zoom=14 }}
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Farmingdale is a railroad station in the Village of Farmingdale, Nassau County, New York, along the Main Line (Ronkonkoma Branch) of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located just east of Secatogue Avenue, on South Front Street and Atlantic Avenue. The station has two platforms, with an underground pedestrian walkway connecting them. The station house is on the south platform. Parking is available on both sides of the tracks.
History
Farmingdale station was originally opened on October 15, 1841,{{cite news| url=http://www.lirrhistory.com/dec2003/1841tt.JPG| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040206223803/http://www.lirrhistory.com/dec2003/1841tt.JPG| url-status=usurped| archive-date=February 6, 2004| title=(untitled; Long Island Rail Road timetable)| website=LIRR History}} when the Long Island Rail Road first went through the village. It was rebuilt in July 1875 and again in 1890. An electric sub-station was added between 1908 and 1909 for the Huntington Railroad.{{cite web|url=http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/lirrstationshistory.htm|title=LONG ISLAND STATION HISTORY|work=trainsarefun.com|access-date=2008-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170526225709/http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirrphotos/lirrstationshistory.htm|archive-date=2017-05-26|url-status=dead}} The Main Line was electrified from Hicksville to Ronkonkoma in 1987, and the Farmingdale station began serving electric trains in June 1987; the electrified line east of the station, meanwhile, was not officially in service until December 1987.
On November 13, 1991, the station house was added to the National Register of Historic Places.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/NY/Nassau/state2.html|title=National Register of Historical Places - NEW YORK (NY), Nassau County|work=nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com}} In 1996, federal funding from the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act was obtained to restore the station building.{{cite news |title=Federal Funds for a Farmingdale Project |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/18/realestate/postings-federal-funds-for-farmingdale-project-1896-lirr-station-restoration.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 18, 1996 |access-date=2009-10-12}}
During the 2002 US Open{{cite web| url=http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/odds_ends/lirrTimetablesUSOpen2002AlCastelli.jpg| title=2002 US Open| website=TrainsAreFun.com}} and 2009 US Open golf tournaments at Bethpage State Park, the station was used by spectators as a transfer point to shuttle buses to Bethpage Black Course.{{cite web| url=http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirrpaper/LIRR-PTT-US%20Open-2009.jpg| title=US Open Train Service 2009| website=TrainsAreFun.com}} In 2009, approximately 29 percent of all attendees arrived via the Long Island Rail Road.{{cite news |title=LIRR: Nearly 1 out of 3 fans took train to U.S. Open |first=Alfonso A. |last=Castillo |url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/lirr-nearly-1-out-of-3-fans-took-train-to-u-s-open-1.1260889 |newspaper=Newsday |date=June 26, 2009 |access-date=2009-10-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007205015/http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/lirr-nearly-1-out-of-3-fans-took-train-to-u-s-open-1.1260889 |archive-date=2012-10-07}}
Station layout
This station has two high-level side platforms, each 12 cars long. Westbound trains generally serve Platform A and eastbound trains Platform B, though some weekday trains stop at the opposite platform. Farmingdale is the eastbound terminal for select weekday trains.
| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Platform A, side platform {{access icon}} |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Track 1
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|← {{rcb|LIRR|Ronkonkoma|inline=yes}} toward {{lirrs|Grand Central Madison}} or {{lirrs|Penn Station}} ({{lirrs|Bethpage}}) |
| Track 2
|← {{rcb|LIRR|Ronkonkoma|inline=yes}} toward {{lirrs|Grand Central Madison}} or {{lirrs|Penn Station}} ({{lirrs|Bethpage}}) |
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Platform B, side platform {{access icon}} |
= Parking =
Parking is available on both sides of the tracks, and requires either a permit from the Village of Farmingdale (available to residents and non-residents) or payment at parking meters. Meter regulations are not enforced on weekends.{{cite web |title=Village of Farmingdale, NY |url=http://ecode360.com/FA0311 |website=eCode360}} Another parking lot exists west of the station along Front Street and behind private property along the west side of Elizabeth Street. Village permits are also required for this parking lot.
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category-inline|Farmingdale (LIRR station)}}
{{LIRR links}}
- [http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/farmingdale/farmingdale.htm Farmingdale Station Historic Images (TrainsAreFun.com)]
- [http://arrts-arrchives.com/FARMINGDALE.html Farmingdale Station Historic Images (Arrt's Arrchives)]
- Unofficial LIRR History Website
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20010714170034/http://www.lirrhistory.com/jul992/farm1.JPG View from parking lot]}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121001103112/http://www.lirrhistory.com/apr2007a/farmingdale02.jpg Victorian Clock Tower]}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121001103119/http://www.lirrhistory.com/apr2007a/farmingdale07.jpg Bike Racks]}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121001103127/http://www.lirrhistory.com/apr2007a/farmingdale12.jpg Southeast view from north platform]}}
- [http://thelirrtoday.blogspot.com/2013/05/interlocking-walkthrough-farm.html FARM Interlocking (The LIRR Today)] and [http://thelirrtoday.blogspot.com/2013/05/pinelawn-wye.html Pinelawn Wye (The LIRR Today)]
- [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.735438,-73.443303&spn=0.003894,0.013658&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.735496,-73.443387&panoid=Kp0XtSOV1qaRgGsBjxKo6A&cbp=12,78.36,,0,0.97 Station from Secatogue Avenue from Google Maps Street View]
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