Locust Manor (LIRR station)

Locust Manor
Locust Manor Station in March 2015.
Location	Farmer's Boulevard & Bedell Street Locust Manor, NY
Coordinates	40°40′30″N 73°45′54″W / 40.675022°N 73.764897°WCoordinates: 40°40′30″N 73°45′54″W / 40.675022°N 73.764897°W
Owned by	MTA
Line(s)	Far Rockaway Branch   Long Beach Branch   Babylon Branch
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NYCT Buses: Q3, Q85
Construction
Parking	No
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	June 1869 (SSRRLI)
Closed	June 1876[1] reopened soon after
Rebuilt	1876, 1959[2]
Electrified	October 16, 1905 750 V (DC) third rail
Previous names	Locust Avenue (1867-1929)[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	1,360[3]
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Jamaica toward New York terminals Atlantic Branch (Far Rockaway Branch) Laurelton toward Far Rockaway or Long Beach Current and former locations Cedar Manor station Atlantic Branch Higbie Avenue station

Locust Manor is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Branch serving the residents of the Locust Manor neighborhood of Queens, New York.

The station is located at Farmers Boulevard and Bedell Street and is 14.0 miles (22.5 km) from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan. This station has two exits; one exit, adjacent to the Rochdale Village power house, is on the northeast portion of the sprawling Rochdale housing co-operative. At that end of the station, the staircase leads to a Bedell Street (southbound) walkway in between two private Rochdale parking lots, and to a northbound walkway leading to residential 134th Avenue. The southern exit leads to Farmers Boulevard, between Garrett and Bedell streets. There are short canopies near the exits. Ticket machines are at a pedestrian tunnel on the north (Rochdale Village) end of the station, at the base of the eastbound (Long Island-bound) LIRR station staircase.

The Far Rockaway Branch provides regular service while Long Beach Branch trains skip this station on weekdays. On weekends, the services are reversed. During peak hours, trains from both branches skip or stop here. One weekend overnight westbound Babylon Branch train also stops here. The station is located in LIRR's zone 3, and is included in the CityTicket program.

The stop serves the Rochdale, Queens section and its Rochdale Village apartment complex, and was also the stop for the racecourse on which Rochdale Village was erected, Jamaica Racetrack. Today it contains fiberglass populuxe designed shelters on high-level platforms.

Platforms and tracks

1	■ Long Beach Branch	toward New York (Jamaica)
	■ Far Rockaway Branch	toward New York (Jamaica)
2	■ Long Beach Branch	toward Long Beach (Laurelton)
	■ Far Rockaway Branch	toward Far Rockaway (Laurelton)

This station has two high-level side platforms, each eight cars long. The north platform, adjacent to Track 1, is generally used by westbound or New York City-bound trains. The east platform, adjacent to Track 2, is generally used by eastbound or Long Island-bound trains. The rail line has two tracks at this location.

References

1. Vincent F. Seyfried, The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part One: South Side R.R. of L.I., © 1961
2. Long Island Railroad Station History (TrainsAreFun.com)
3. Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study

External links

Media related to Locust Manor (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons

• Official LIRR station information page for Locust Manor
• Station timetable for Locust Manor
• Locust Manor Station (The SubwayNut)
• Farmers Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View

The populuxe-designed shelters as seen on a rainy late afternoon.