| Riverhead | |||||||||||||||||||||
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View of old Riverhead Railroad Station from Railroad & Cedar Streets (July 1, 2007) |
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| Address | Osborne Avenue & Railroad Street Riverhead, NY |
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| Connections | Suffolk County Transit: 8A, S58, S62, S90, S92 McRide's Taxi |
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| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes; Free | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes; Bike Racks | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1845 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1870, 1910 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | MTA / Town of Riverhead | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2006) | 52[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Riverhead is a station along the Main Line (Greenport Branch) of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Osborne Avenue and Railroad Street in Riverhead, New York, north of NY 25 (West Main Street) and the Suffolk County Court House.
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Riverhead station was originally built on June 14, 1845. The original station house was moved for use as a railroad bunkhouse in March 1870 and the second depot was opened the same month. The third depot was opened on June 2, 1910, but the agency was closed on November 13, 1972. The station house was used for signal maintainers until the end of the 20th Century.
Riverhead station was restored in recent years with a high-level side platform and a fourth station house similar to 1910-built one, and it was sold to the Town of Riverhead in 2001. But the station house has been closed to the public in response to a rash of vandalism, theft, and even misuse as a bathroom. The station house is owned by the Town of Riverhead and the MTA uses a high level platform and other amenities instead. The station is also near the west end of the Riverhead Restoration Site of the Railroad Museum of Long Island. A collection of historic Long Island Rail Road cars and maintenance equipment can be found near the station.[2]
This station has one high-level side platform south of the tracks that is long enough for one and a half cars to receive and discharge passengers. The Main Line has two tracks at this location and a small yard with three tracks.
