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Pages in category "Long Island Rail Road stations in Nassau County, New York" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Long Island Rail Road (reporting mark LI), or LIRR, is a railroad in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County on Long Island. The railroad currently operates a public commuter rail service, with its freight operations contracted to the New York and Atlantic Railway.
The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is a commuter railway system serving all four counties of Long Island, with two stations in the Manhattan borough of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. Its operator is the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York.
The LIRR leased its property in 1897, and formally merged with the New York Bay Extension Railroad on August 29, 1902. [14] [15] [16] The West Hempstead Branch originally extended beyond its current terminus and through Hempstead. It connected with the current day Hempstead Branch at Country Life Press. [3]
The station house. Great Neck is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch in the Village of Great Neck Plaza, Nassau County, New York.The station is located at Middle Neck Road (CR 11) and Station Plaza at Great Neck Road, 0.25 miles (0.40 km) north of Northern Boulevard (NY 25A) and 15.9 miles (25.6 km) from Pennsylvania Station in Midtown Manhattan.
In 2008, more than 90 percent of Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) retirees were receiving occupational disability payments. [12] A former LIRR pension department manager was arrested and charged with official misconduct for allegedly "taking money to help railroad employees find a doctor and fill out paperwork for federal disability payments". [13]
Central Railroad of Long Island was built on Long Island, New York, by Alexander Turney Stewart, who was also the founder of Garden City.The railroad was established in 1871, then merged with the Flushing and North Side Railroad in 1874 to form the Flushing, North Shore and Central Railroad.
[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 ...