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Parking lot view of Lawrence Station. Note the stenciled glass above one of the doorways. |
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| Address | Lawrence Avenue & Bayview Avenue (2 blocks west of Central Avenue) Lawrence, New York |
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| Connections | MTA Bus: Q113 Nassau Inter-County Express: n31, n32 |
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| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | July 29, 1869 (SSRRLI)[1] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1905 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | December 11, 1905 750V (DC) third rail |
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| Owned by | MTA | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2006) | 975[2] | ||||||||||
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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 officially located at Lawrence Avenue and Bayview Avenue, two blocks west of Central Avenue, however the actual location is two blocks north of Central Avenue, and Bayview Avenue is on the opposite side of the tracks. Lawrence Station 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 June 29, 1872. The station was rebuilt in 1905, the same year that the line was electrified, and the original station house was moved to a private location on July 31, 1906.
This station has two high-level side platforms, each 10 cars long. The south platform, adjacent to Track 1, is generally used by northbound or inbound trains. The north platform, adjacent to Track 2, is generally used by southbound or Far Rockaway-bound trains. The Far Rockaway Branch has two tracks at this location.