West Hempstead (LIRR station)

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West Hempstead
Station statistics
Address Hempstead Avenue and Hempstead Gardens Drive
West Hempstead, New York
Lines
West Hempstead Branch
Connections MTA Long Island Bus: N15, N31, and N32
Pub Taxi
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened 1928
Rebuilt 1959
Accessible Handicapped/disabled access
Owned by MTA
Fare zone 4
Services
Preceding station   Long Island Rail Road   Following station
toward New York terminals or Valley Stream
West Hempstead Branch Terminus

West Hempstead is a station at the east end of the Long Island Rail Road's West Hempstead Branch serving West Hempstead, New York, United States. It is located at Hempstead Avenue and Hempstead Gardens Drive.

West Hempstead Station was originally built in 1928 on the north side of Hempstead Avenue and relocated onto the south side of the road on September 15, 1935. It is the terminus of a line that originally led to Mineola station.

[edit] MTA Long Island Bus Connections

  • N6: Jamaica-Hempstead
  • N15: Long Beach-Roosevelt Field
  • N31: Far Rockaway-Hempstead
  • N32: Far Rockaway-Hempstead

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