Great Neck station

Great Neck
View from the overpass, looking east.
General information
LocationMiddle Neck Road & Station Plaza
Great Neck, New York
Coordinates40°47′14″N 73°43′34″W / 40.787235°N 73.725986°W / 40.787235; -73.725986
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)Port Washington Branch
Distance13.8 mi (22.2 km) from Long Island City[1]
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsLocal Transit Nassau Inter-County Express: n20G, n20H, n21, n25, n26, n57, n58
Construction
ParkingYes (local permit required)
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeGNK
Fare zone4
History
OpenedOctober 27, 1866 (NY&F)[2]
Closed1883, 1924
Rebuilt1883, 1893, 1925–1934, 1990s
ElectrifiedOctober 21, 1913
750 V (DC) third rail
Previous namesBrookdale (1869–1872)
Passengers
2012—20149,772[3]
Rank9 of 125
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station
Little Neck Port Washington Branch Manhasset
Location
Map
The station house

Great Neck is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch in Great Neck Plaza, New York. It is the westernmost station on the branch in Nassau County. The station is located at Middle Neck Road and Station Plaza at Great Neck Road, 0.25 miles (0.40 km) north of Northern Boulevard and 15.9 miles (25.6 km) from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan. From just east of the station, the line becomes single track to Port Washington.

  1. ^ Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. VI. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  2. ^ Vincent F. Seyfried, The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part Two: The Flushing, North Shore & Central Railroad, 1963
  3. ^ "2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. August 23, 2016. PDF pp. 15, 197. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020. Data collection took place after the pretest determinations, starting in September 2012 and concluding in May 2014. .... 2012-2014 LIRR O[rigin and ]D[estination] COUNTS: WEEKDAY East/West Total By Station in Numerical Order ... Great Neck