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Huntington is a station on the
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of the
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. It is located near New York Avenue (
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), connecting it to Melville, the
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and Huntington and Broadway in
Huntington Station, New York Huntington Station is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York. The population was 33,029 at the 2010 census. History The hamlet was named for its railroad station, ...
, but is also accessible from Lenox Road and Fairground Avenue near East Second Street. This train station is located in the Huntington Union Free School District. It is approximately 37.2 miles (59.3 km) from
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in
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.


History

Huntington station opened on January 13, 1868, amidst a great deal of controversy between the people of Huntington and Oliver Charlick over the right-of-way and station location which the people wanted directly within Huntington Village, specifically at Main Street and New York Avenue. Instead, the station is located approximately south of the village in a hamlet originally known as "Fairground," because of a disagreement with Charlick and the Joneses, an affluent family that resided in the area. Throughout much of the 20th century, the station served as a hub. One reason for this was that it also served as the southern terminus of the Huntington Trolley Spur between 1890 and 1909. The trolley was electrified on June 17, 1898, and extended towards Melville, Farmingdale, and
Amityville Amityville () is a village near the Town of Babylon in Suffolk County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York. The population was 9,523 at the 2010 census. History Huntington settlers first visited the Amityville area in 1653 due ...
in 1909. The trolley ran between
Halesite Halesite is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 2,498 at the 2010 census. History Halesite is named after Nath ...
and Amityville until 1919, and was replaced in 1920 by another trolley which only ran as far south as Jericho Turnpike until 1927. The grade crossing at New York Avenue was eliminated between 1908 and 1909, which also required the relocation of the original station building, which was located south of the present structure. The current station building was built in 1909 and was renovated by the Long Island Rail Road for its centennial. On October 19, 1970, the Port Jefferson Branch was electrified up to Huntington and high-level platforms were added. The station also became a transfer point for diesel trains serving the non-electrified portion of the branch, requiring most passengers traveling to and from points east to change at Huntington. The first parking garage was constructed on the south side of the station in the 1980s. The following decade, Huntington Station saw major reconstruction that included the addition of handicap-accessible ramps, a second parking garage on the north side of the station, a second pedestrian bridge across both tracks, and a pedestrian bridge across New York Avenue. The station boasts a series of 19 stained glass panels that can be viewed from the platform. They were created as part of the Metropolitan Transit Authority's Arts for Transit program by artist
Joe Zucker Joe Zucker (born 1941) is an American artist who was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He received a B.F.A. from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1964 and an M.F.A., from the same institution in 1966. His art is quirky and idiosyncratic, ...
. The panels are called ''For My Grandfather Noye Pride, a Locomotive Engineer,'' and make up a 115-foot depiction of a flatbed train carrying items familiar to Long Island including lobsters, whales, ducks and boats. Mr. Zucker is from East Hampton. He said, ''It was a chance to pay tribute to my grandfather, who was a locomotive engineer working on western railroads in Wisconsin and Illinois.'' The panels were created by master craftsman Helmut Schardt of East Northport, and were made with 8,000 pieces of glass. The station currently has a total of 5,040 parking spaces, including 3,500 spaces in two garages on opposite sides of the tracks. The north garage will be renovated in 2010 using $1 million of Federal Stimulus funding. The Town of Huntington offers a commuter parking permit for $75.00 annually. The permit is valid at all four of Huntington's LIRR stations: Cold Spring Harbor, Huntington, Greenlawn, and Northport.


Transit-oriented development

As one of the busiest stations on the LIRR, Huntington is a prime target for
transit-oriented development In urban planning, transit-oriented development (TOD) is a type of urban development that maximizes the amount of residential, business and leisure space within walking distance of public transport. It promotes a symbiotic relationship between ...
. Avalon Huntington Station, which occupies a nearby lot southeast of the station and contains several hundred residential units in a walkable,
mixed-use development Mixed-use is a kind of urban development, urban design, urban planning and/or a zoning type that blends multiple uses, such as residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment, into one space, where those functions are to some ...
,Avalon Huntington Station
''Avalon'' Retrieved June 18, 2010
was opened in 2014.


Station layout

The station has two high-level
side platform A side platform (also known as a marginal platform or a single-face platform) is a platform positioned to the side of one or more railway tracks or guideways at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway. A station having dual side platforms ...
s, each 12 cars long, along the two tracks. Both through trains and terminating trains use either platform, with designations noted in the branch timetable. Transfers between diesel and electric trains are generally made on the same platform, with a 5-to-10 minute buffer in between the arrival of an electric train and departure of a diesel train (or vice versa). East of the station is a 24-car-long storage siding. Electrification ends about west of Lake Road, so all electric trains that terminate here are stored on the siding. The LIRR had plans to build an enormous electric equipment maintenance facility, but the project was canceled due to community opposition.


References


External links


Huntington Traction Company; 1920-1927(Arrt's Arrchive)Former Coal Warehouse near Huntington Station (TrainsAreFun)



New York Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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