Bay Shore station

Bay Shore
Looking west at Bay Shore station's two station houses, as seen in May of 2008.
General information
LocationRailroad Plaza & Park Avenue
Bay Shore, New York
Coordinates40°43′30″N 73°15′11″W / 40.72505°N 73.253057°W / 40.72505; -73.253057
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport Suffolk County Transit: 7
Construction
ParkingYes (free)
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone10
History
OpenedMay 20, 1868 (SSRRLI)
Rebuilt1882, 1912
Previous namesPentaquit (May–July 1868)[1]
Passengers
2012—20141,431[2]
Rank63 of 125
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station
Babylon Montauk Branch Islip
toward Montauk
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road
Following station
Babylon Montauk Division Islip
toward Montauk
Location
Map

Bay Shore is a major railroad station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), on Park Avenue and Oak Street north of Suffolk CR 50 (Union Boulevard) and west of Fourth Avenue, in Bay Shore, New York. Ferries to Fire Island board from a port south of the station.[3]

  1. ^ Vincent F. Seyfried, The Long Island Rail Road: A Comprehensive History, Part One: South Side R.R. of L.I., 1961
  2. ^ "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, 198. 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 ... Bay Shore
  3. ^ "Life's a Beach on Long Island; The MTA LIRR is the "Greenest Way" to a Summer in Blue Ocean and White Sand Luxury". MTA. Retrieved March 20, 2013.