| Country Life Press | |||||||||||
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| Address | St. James Street South, between Chestnut Street & Damson Street Garden City, New York, |
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| Connections | Garden City Taxi | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1911 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | May 26, 1908 750V (DC) third rail |
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| Owned by | MTA | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2006) | 1,236[1] | ||||||||||
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Country Life Press is one of five stations of the Long Island Rail Road in the village of Garden City, New York. It serves the Hempstead Branch and is located on Damson Street and St. James Street South in Garden City.
The station was originally opened in 1911 for the sole purpose of serving the Doubleday & McClure Publishing Company.[2] Country Life Press station has some former rights-of-way that led to the West Hempstead and the Oyster Bay Branches.[3] It also included the remnants of the Central Branch of the Long Island Rail Road that terminates near Nassau Coliseum.
The station has one 10-car-long side platform on the east side of the single track.