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Island Park Station house |
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| Address | Long Beach Road & Austin Boulevard Island Park, New York |
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| Connections | Nassau Inter-County Express: n15 McRides Taxi |
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1898 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1923 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | September 1910 750V (DC) third rail |
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| Accessible | |||||||||||
| Owned by | MTA | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 7 | ||||||||||
| Formerly | The Dykes (1898 – 1924) | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2006) | 2,220[1] | ||||||||||
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Island Park is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Long Beach Branch serving the residents of Island Park, Barnum Island, and Harbor Isle. It is the penultimate station on the branch. The station can platform a 12-car train and is fully wheelchair accessible with ramps from street level. Parking facilities are also available. Southwest of the station the train crosses over Reynolds Channel.
The station is located at the southern intersection of Long Beach Road and Austin Boulevard (Nassau County Routes 1A and 1, respectively), and is 23.7 miles (38.1 km) from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan. The average commute time between Island Park and Penn Station is 45–50 minutes. The average commute time between Island Park and Jamaica is 25–30 minutes.
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Island Park Station was built as a signal stop by the New York and Long Beach Railroad in April 1898 as The Dykes and served as a flag stop during much of the early 20th Century. In 1922, developer Edgewater Smith changed the name of the island from Jekyl Island to Island Park, however the name of the station wasn't changed until 1924, the previous name that replaced the former Jekyl Island Station (originally Barnum Island Station) to the north.[2] The existing station building was built in May 1923.
This station has two slightly offset high-level side platforms, each 10 cars long. The east platform, adjacent to Track 1, is generally used by westbound or New York City-bound trains. The west platform, adjacent to Track 2, is generally used by eastbound or Long Beach-bound trains. The Long Beach Branch has two tracks at this location.
