Water Mill (LIRR station)

Water Mill
The old Water Mill LIRR station, still being used today
Location	Station Road, off Montauk Highway (NY 27) Water Mill, New York
Coordinates	40°54′45.1″N 72°21′11″W / 40.912528°N 72.35306°W / 40.912528; -72.35306Coordinates: 40°54′45.1″N 72°21′11″W / 40.912528°N 72.35306°W / 40.912528; -72.35306
Owned by	Strough Associates
Line(s)	Montauk Branch
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Station code	None
Fare zone	14
History
Opened	1875
Closed	1968
Rebuilt	1903
Services
None Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Southampton station Montauk and Sag Harbor Branches (current and former locations) Bridgehampton station

Water Mill (also called Watermill) is a former Long Island Rail Road station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It was located at the end of a dead-end street off Montauk Highway in Water Mill, New York.^[1]

History

Water Mill station originally opened 1875 on the west side of Halsey Lane (now Old Mill Road), and served the Sag Harbor Branch. On June 1, 1895, the Long Island Rail Road built the Montauk Extension east of Bridgehampton, New York, transforming the line into the Montauk Branch.^[2] The station was moved to its current site in August 1903,^[3] and had a connecting road along the line to Deerfield Road which was eliminated sometime after the station was closed, but has since been rebuilt as the former station and surrounding land was converted (in the early 2010s) into an office complex. The station was closed in the 1940s, but continued to be used as a stop until 1968.^[4] Unlike the nearby Bridgehampton station, which was razed in 1964 and replaced with a shelter in 1968, Water Mill station continues to stand well after it was closed by the Long Island Rail Road, and operated as a restaurant for much of the late-20th Century. Today it serves as the office of a series of office condiminums.^[5][6]

References

External links

• Babylon/Montauk Branch Stations (LIRR Unofficial History Website)