Great River
The current Great River station in May 2015.
General information
LocationConnetquot Avenue & Hawthorne Avenue
East Islip, New York
Coordinates40°44′26″N 73°10′12″W / 40.740476°N 73.17°W / 40.740476; -73.17
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingYes (free)
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone10
History
Opened1897
Rebuilt1943, 2001
Passengers
2012—2014310[1]
Rank104 of 125
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station
Islip
toward Penn Station or Long Island City
 Montauk Branch Oakdale
toward Montauk
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road		 Following station
Islip
toward Long Island City
 Montauk Division Oakdale
toward Montauk

Great River is a railroad station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, at Connetquot Avenue and Hawthorne Avenue in East Islip, New York. The station opened in 1897.

History

The old LIRR shed at Great River station.

Prior to the establishment of passenger service, the site of Great River station was occupied by a freight-only station built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island (SSRRLI) known as Youngsport station.[2] The station opened in 1897, and the original station building burned down in 1943. Between that time, a sheltered-platform was added to the other side of the tracks. In 1945, a modernist station designed by architect Antonin Raymond replaced it,[3] but it was burned down in 2000. The third station with high-level platforms was built in the late 1990s. The original shelter, however was restored by the East Islip Historical Society, and remains within one of the parking lots along the eastbound platform.

Club House station

East of Great River Station, the South Side Railroad built a private station called Club House station in 1869 to serve the South Side Sportsmen's Club. This station was located between Mileposts 45 and 46 inside today's Bayard Cutting Arboretum, and was among a number of privately-owned stations along the SSRRLI, which were not so uncommon during the 19th Century. It was closed in 1897.[4]

Station layout

The station has two tracks and two four-car long high-level side platforms.

Platform A, side platform Disabled access
Track 1 ←      Montauk Branch toward Long Island City or Penn Station (Islip)
Track 2      Montauk Branch toward Patchogue, Speonk, or Montauk (Oakdale) →
Platform B, side platform Disabled access

Notable places nearby

References

  1. ↑ "2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. August 23, 2016. PDF pp. 15, 199. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020. Data collection took place after the pretest determinations, starting in September 2012 and concluding in May 2014. .... 2012-2014 LIRR O[rigin and ]D[estination] COUNTS: WEEKDAY East/West Total By Station in Numerical Order ... Great River
  2. ↑ Youngsport-Great River Station (Arrt's Arrchives)
  3. ↑ Helfrich & Whittaker, Kurt & William (2006). Crafting a Modern World, The Architecture and Design of Antonin and Noemi Raymond. Princeton Architectural Press. p. 56.
  4. ↑ Image of the old Club House Station; 1870-1897 (Arrt's Arrchives)
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