Oyster Bay (LIRR station)

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Oyster Bay
Oyster Bay's old LIRR station, currently being restored.
Station statistics
Address Shore & Maxwell Avenues
Oyster Bay, NY
Lines
Oyster Bay Branch
Connections Oyster Bay Taxi
Platforms 1
Tracks 2
Parking Yes; Free
Other information
Opened June 25, 1889
Rebuilt 1902
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by MTA
Fare zone 7
Oyster Bay Long Island Railroad Station and Turntable
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Oyster Bay Station Turntable somewhere behind this chain-link fence.
Oyster Bay Station Turntable somewhere behind this chain-link fence.
Location: Oyster Bay, New York, USA
Added to NRHP: July 6, 2005[1]
NRHP Reference#: #05000666(Station)
#05000667(Turntable)

Oyster Bay is the terminus of the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road The station is located off Shore Avenue between Maxwell and Larabee Avenues. It is a mere sheltered concrete elevated platform that stands in the shadows of the original station, which was accessible from the ends of Maxwell, Audrey, and Hamilton Avenues. Both stations exist along the south side of Roosevelt Park.

The original Oyster Bay Station was built on June 25, 1889 and remodeled in 1902. At one point there were plans to extend the line east towards the Port Jefferson Branch. The former Oyster Bay Station and Turntable were both listed separatley on the National Register of Historic Places on July 6, 2005[2]. Efforts are under way to transform the former station into a Railroad Museum.[3]

No bus access is available for the station, however local taxicabs do stop there.

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Oyster Bay Branch Terminus