Lawrence (LIRR station)
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| Address | Lawrence Avenue & Bayview Avenue, 2 blocks West of Central Avenue Lawrence, New York. |
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| Connections | MTA Long Island Bus MTA Bus Towne Taxi |
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| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | |||||||||||
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| Opened | July 29, 1869[1] | |||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1905 | |||||||||||
| Electrified | December 11, 1905 | |||||||||||
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| Owned by | MTA | |||||||||||
| Fare zone | 4 | |||||||||||
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Lawrence is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch in Lawrence, in Nassau County, New York, United States. The station is located at Lawrence Avenue and Bayview Avenue, two blocks west of Central Avenue, and is 21.8 miles (35.1 km) from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan.
Lawrence Station was originally built by the South Side Railroad of Long Island on July 29, 1869, but never had a station building until either June or July 1872. The station was rebuilt in 1905, and the original station house was moved to a private location on July 31, 1906.
[edit] Bus Connections
- Q113: Far Rockaway-Jamaica
[edit] References
- ^ Vincent F. Seyfried, The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part One: South Side R.R. of L.I., © 1961
[edit] External links
- LIRR station information for Lawrence
- Lawrence (LIRR station) is at coordinates Coordinates:
