Cedarhurst (LIRR station)

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Cedarhurst

Cedarhurst LIRR Station

Station statistics

Address

Cedarhurst Avenue & Chestnut Street(2 blocks West of Broadway)
Cedarhurst, New York.

Lines

Far Rockaway Branch

Connections

MTA Long Island Bus
Cedarhurst Taxi

Platforms

Tracks

Parking

Yes

Bicycle facilities

Yes

Other information

Opened

1869

Rebuilt

1872, 1913

Accessible

Owned by

MTA

Fare zone

Services

Preceding station		Long Island Rail Road		Following station

Woodmere toward New York terminals		Far Rockaway Branch		Lawrence toward Far Rockaway

Cedarhurst is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch in Cedarhurst, in Nassau County, New York, United States. The station is located at Cedarhurst Avenue and Chestnut Street, one block west of Central Avenue, and is 20.9 miles (33.6 km) from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan.

Cedarhurst Station was originally built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island] in July 1869. Three years later, the rival Long Island Rail Road also built it's own "Ocean Point Depot" in July 1872 for the former Cedarhurst Cut-Off just northeast of Cedarhurst Station. After the LIRR acquired the South Side Railroad, both the Ocean Point Depot and the LIRR's depot were abandoned in June 1876. The LIRR's old station was moved to Far Rockaway in August 1881, while the SSRRLI's Ocean Point Depot re-opened in June 1887, then was greatley re-modeled in May 1888. A third Cedarhurst Station was built in 1913.