Hewlett 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 = Hewlett
| style = Long Island Rail Road
| style2 = left aligned version
| image = New Hewlett Station.jpg
| image_size =
| image_caption = The 2003 Hewlett station building in 2009, across the tracks and the grade crossing from the long-standing former station.
| address = Franklin Avenue
Hewlett, New York
| coordinates = {{coord|40.636737|-73.705151|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}
| line = Far Rockaway Branch
| distance =
| other = {{bus icon|12px|Local Transit}} Nassau Inter-County Express: {{LI bus link|n1|n31|n31x|n32}}
| platform = 2 side platforms
| tracks = 2
| parking = Yes; Free
| bicycle = Yes; Bike Rack (at old and new station houses)
| baggage_check =
| passengers = 1,533Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
| pass_year = 2006
| opened = July 29, 1869 (SSRRLI)Vincent F. Seyfried, The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part One: South Side R.R. of L.I., 1961
| closed =
| rebuilt = 1870
| electrified = December 11, 1905
750 V (DC) third rail
| accessible = yes
| code =
| owned = Long Island Rail Road
| zone = 4
| former = Cedar Grove (July–October 1869)
Hewletts (1869 – ?)
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=LIRR|line=Far Rockaway|left=Gibson|right=Woodmere}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| other_services_collapsible = yes
| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=LIRR former|line=Far Rockaway Branch|left=Gibson|right=Woodmere
|line2=Rockaway Beach Division|left2=Gibson|to-left2=Gibson|right2=Woodmere|to-right2=Woodside}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color={{rcr|LIRR|Far Rockaway}} |zoom=14 }}
}}
Hewlett is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch in Hewlett, in Nassau County, New York, United States. The station is located at Franklin Avenue between Broadway and West Broadway.
History
Hewlett station was originally built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island as Cedar Grove station in July 1869. This name would only last until October, when it was changed to Hewletts station. In 1870, the station was replaced with a new building, that has remained intact ever since, making it the oldest railroad station on Long Island, and the only existing building constructed by an LIRR predecessor. High-level sheltered platforms were added across Franklin Avenue during the late-1990s, and a new station house was built diagonally across the grade crossing from the original one between November 25, 2002, and July 28, 2003.{{cite video |people=DanTD |date=April 29, 2009 |title=File:Old Hewlett Station - Interior.jpg |url= http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Hewlett_Station_-_Interior.jpg |medium= photograph |access-date= February 8, 2013 }} After the LIRR built the new Hewlett Station, the oldest active station became the 1873-built Saint James on the Port Jefferson Branch in Suffolk County. Today the former SSRLI Depot is owned by the Long Island Rail Road, but leased to a local taxi company.
Station layout
This station has two high-level side platforms. The east platform (adjacent to Track 1) is 10 cars long and the west platform (adjacent to Track 2) is eight cars long.
References
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External links
{{Commons category-inline|Hewlett (LIRR station)}}
{{LIRR links}}
- [http://arrts-arrchives.com/images3/frhwlt.jpg Old Hewlett Station] (Arrt's Arrchives)
- Unofficial LIRR History Website
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121001214101/http://www.lirrhistory.com/dec2006/hewlett06.jpg View of old station from parking lot]}} and {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121001214118/http://www.lirrhistory.com/dec2006/hewlett07.jpg from tracks]}}
- [http://www.trainweb.org/rshs/LI%20Hewlett.htm Hewlett Station (Great Railroad Stations -- TrainWeb)]
- [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.637489,-73.704037&spn=0.003916,0.013658&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.637489,-73.704037&panoid=vISmPRd38e5gvubByf3Y4w&cbp=12,234.36,,0,7.83 Station from Franklin Avenue from Google Maps Street View]
- [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6374283,-73.7041626,3a,75y,203.69h,90.69t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s-7JswupdnyuU%2FWHltKXU2VeI%2FAAAAAAAAbNA%2FRr9jfoNtA6w_OSkzsRfsx5VXKBji--XOQCLIB!2e4!6s%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2F-7JswupdnyuU%2FWHltKXU2VeI%2FAAAAAAAAbNA%2FRr9jfoNtA6w_OSkzsRfsx5VXKBji--XOQCLIB%2Fw203-h100-p-k-no%2F!7i8000!8i4000!4m3!8m2!3m1!1e1!6m1!1e1 Platforms from Google Maps Street View]
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Category:Long Island Rail Road stations in Nassau County, New York
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1869