Farmingdale is a historic railroad station in Farmingdale, 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.
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 View of the historic Farmingdale station, as seen from the north platform prior to its 2010s restoration. | |||||||||||||
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| Location | Off Secatogue Avenue, on Front Street & Atlantic Avenue Farmingdale, New York | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Main Line | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 30.2 mi (48.6 km) from Long Island City[1] | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  Nassau Inter-County Express: n70, n72 (on Conklin Street) | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes; Village Permit and Metered | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes; Bike Rack | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 7 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | October 15, 1841 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1875, 1890, 2018 | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1987 750 V (DC) third rail | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | 4,625[2] | ||||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||||
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Farmingdale Railroad Station | |||||||||||||
 Farmingdale station's Historical marker. | |||||||||||||
| Location | Farmingdale, New York, USA | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°44′08″N 73°26′30″W / 40.735665°N 73.441713°W | ||||||||||||
| Built | 1890 | ||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Queen Anne | ||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 91001677 | ||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | November 13, 1991 | ||||||||||||
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History
editFarmingdale station was originally opened on October 15, 1841,[3] 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.[4] 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.[4]
On November 13, 1991, the station house was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[5] In 1996, federal funding from the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act was obtained to restore the station building.[6]
During the 2002 US Open[7] 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.[8] In 2009, approximately 29 percent of all attendees arrived via the Long Island Rail Road.[9]
Station layout
editThis 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.
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.[10] 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.
Platform A, side platform 
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| Track 1 | ← Ronkonkoma Branch toward Grand Central Madison or Penn Station (Bethpage) Ronkonkoma Branch toward Ronkonkoma (Wyandanch or Pinelawn) → |
| Track 2 | ← Ronkonkoma Branch toward Grand Central Madison or Penn Station (Bethpage) Ronkonkoma Branch toward Ronkonkoma (Wyandanch or Pinelawn) → |
| Platform B, side platform
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References
edit- ^ Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. III. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
- ^ Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
- ^ "(untitled; Long Island Rail Road timetable)". LIRR History. Archived from the original on February 6, 2004.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "LONG ISLAND STATION HISTORY". trainsarefun.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2008.
- ^ "National Register of Historical Places - NEW YORK (NY), Nassau County". nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com.
- ^ "Federal Funds for a Farmingdale Project". The New York Times. February 18, 1996. Retrieved October 12, 2009.
- ^ "2002 US Open". TrainsAreFun.com.
- ^ "US Open Train Service 2009". TrainsAreFun.com.
- ^ Castillo, Alfonso A. (June 26, 2009). "LIRR: Nearly 1 out of 3 fans took train to U.S. Open". Newsday. Archived from the original on October 7, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2009.
- ^ "Village of Farmingdale, NY". eCode360.
External links
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Media related to Farmingdale (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Farmingdale – LIRR
- Farmingdale LIRR timetable
- Farmingdale Station Historic Images (TrainsAreFun.com)
- Farmingdale Station Historic Images (Arrt's Arrchives)
- Unofficial LIRR History Website
- FARM Interlocking (The LIRR Today) and Pinelawn Wye (The LIRR Today)
- Station from Secatogue Avenue from Google Maps Street View
