Lynbrook station
Railway Station in New York
Lynbrook is a commuter train station on the Montauk Branch and Long Beach Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, located at the intersection of Sunrise Highway (NY 27) and Peninsula Boulevard (CR 2) in Lynbrook, Nassau County, New York. It is served by Long Beach Branch trains and select Babylon Branch trains.
The station is elevated and is wheelchair accessible through elevator access.
History
Lynbrook was opened as Pearsall's Corner on October 28, 1867, by the South Side Railroad of Long Island. The name became Pearsall's in April 1875 and later became Lynbrook in 1893. In 1880, the station became the northern terminus of the New York and Long Beach Railroad (NY&LB), a railroad line that was acquired by the LIRR and became the Long Beach Branch in 1904. The "PT Tower" opened alongside the NY&LB, controlled the junction with the Montauk Branch until 1910, when Long Beach Branch tracks were extended to Valley Stream station.
The station was rebuilt in 1881, electrified on September 8, 1910, and then remodeled sometime in 1920. This second station was razed in 1938, as part of a decades-long grade crossing elimination project along the Montauk and Atlantic Branches.
The third and current, elevated station opened on October 18, 1938.
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