Amityville (LIRR station)

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Amityville

Station statistics

Lines

Babylon Branch

Connections

MTA Long Island Bus
Suffolk County Transit
Yellow Taxi

Platforms

1 Island Platform

Tracks

Parking

Yes

Bicycle facilities

Yes

Other information

Opened

1868

Rebuilt

1889, 1964

Accessible

Owned by

MTA

Fare zone

Traffic

Passengers (2006)

198,900 ▬ 0%

Services

Preceding station		Long Island Rail Road		Following station
Massapequa Park toward New York terminals		Babylon Branch		Copiague toward Babylon

Amityville is the westernmost station of the Babylon-Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in Suffolk County, New York. It is located on John Street in Amityville, New York, but the official description of its location isn't as precise. The MTA describes the station as being located on John Street between Sunrise Highway (NY 27) and NY 27A west of NY 110. John Street is located between Sterling Place and West Oak Street (Old Sunrise Highway, NY Ref 900D).

Amityville Station is typical of the elevated Babylon Branch trains that were rebuilt during the mid-to-late 20th century. It was originally built in 1868 by the South Side Railroad of Long Island, then replaced by a brick station in 1889, only to be completely demolished during the elevation of the tracks in 1964. The 1868 station has been a private residence since it was replaced.