Hempstead Gardens (LIRR station)

Hempstead Gardens
The station as seen from Chestnut Street and Mulberry Lane.
Location	Hempstead Gardens Drive & Chestnut Street West Hempstead, New York
Coordinates	40°41′41″N 73°38′46″W / 40.69472°N 73.64611°WCoordinates: 40°41′41″N 73°38′46″W / 40.69472°N 73.64611°W
Owned by	MTA
Line(s)	West Hempstead Branch
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Nassau Inter-County Express: n15
Construction
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	1893
Electrified	October 19, 1926 750 V (DC) third rail
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	369[1]
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Lakeview toward New York terminals West Hempstead Branch West Hempstead Terminus

Hempstead Gardens is a station along the West Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Hempstead Gardens Drive and Chestnut Street and is one of two stations in West Hempstead, New York. It is also one of the few stations on the LIRR, outside of New York City, with no parking facilities. The station has two daily ticket machines located near the waiting room.^[2]

When Hempstead Gardens station was originally built in 1893 by the New York Bay Extension Railroad, it was little more than a small one room shack with open canopies extending along the northbound platform.^[3] At some point between the 1950s and 1972, the shack was replaced by an open sheltered shed.^[4] High-level platforms were added to both sides during the 1990s.

Hempstead Gardens Station has a single track and a side platform with access for the disabled, however the second track for the West Hempstead Branch begins just northeast of this station. The right-of-way for the second track exists here as well.

Platform and tracks

	■	storage track (no service)
1	■ West Hempstead Branch	toward New York (Lakeview)
	■ West Hempstead Branch	toward West Hempstead (Terminus)

This station has one four-car-long side platform on the east side of the track. The West Hempstead Branch has one running track; the other track west of the running track is used for train storage.

References

1. Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
2. Parking, Bus, and Taxi information at Hempstead Gardens Station (Long Island Rail Road Official Map)
3. 1928 image of Hempstead Gardens Station facing north (TrainsAreFun)
4. January 1, 1972 image of Hempstead Gardens station Sheltered Shed, facing north (TrainsAreFun)

External links

• Official LIRR station information page for Hempstead Gardens
• Station timetable for Hempstead Gardens
• Unofficial LIRR History Website
  • End of second track(February 1999)
  • Platformed shelter from tracks and from parking lot (June 2006)
• Station from Chestnut Street entrance from Google Maps Street View