Central Islip (LIRR station)

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Central Islip

Station statistics

Address

Suffolk Avenue and Lowell Road
Central Islip, New York

Lines

Main Line
(Ronkonkoma Branch)

Connections

Suffolk County Transit
Lindy's Taxi

Platforms

Tracks

Parking

Yes;

Bicycle facilities

Yes; Bike racks and lockers

Other information

Opened

1987

Accessible

Owned by

MTA

Fare zone

Central Islip is a station along the Main Line (Ronkonkoma Branch) of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on the southwest corner of Suffolk County Road 100 (Suffolk Avenue) and Lowell Road in Central Islip, New York. Short-term parking is also available on Suffolk CR 100 across from the intersections between Pineville and Hawthorne Avenues.

Central Islip Station was originally built on November 14, 1873 on the southeast corner of Suffolk County Roads 17 & 100 as a replacement for the former Suffolk Station. It was remodeled in 1916, and again in 1958. On November 16, 1987, it was moved to the corner of Lowell Road as part of a major reconstruction project of the line in Ronkonkoma, Central Islip, Brentwood, Deer Park, and Wyandanch. The station was built on the site of a former spur to the Central Islip Psychiatric Center, that was abandoned years before the hospital was closed. Across Lowell Road is the site of a Waldbaum's warehouse, that once had a freight spur leading to it.