South Farmingdale was a station along the
Central Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in
South Farmingdale, New York
South Farmingdale is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 14,486 at the 2010 census.
The hamlet is an ...
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History
This station first appeared on timetables of the
Central Railroad Extension Company of Long Island
Central Railroad of Long Island was built on Long Island, New York, by Alexander Turney Stewart, who was also the founder of Garden City. The railroad was established in 1871, then merged with the Flushing and North Side Railroad in 1874 to fo ...
(a CRRLI subsidiary) in May 1873, though service may have been delayed a month or two. In 1873, it was named "Farmingdale Station" despite the fact that the LIRR had its own
Farmingdale Station
Farmingdale is a historic railroad station in Farmingdale, New York, along the Main Line (Ronkonkoma Branch) of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located just east of Secatogue Avenue, on South Front Street and Atlantic Avenue. The station has tw ...
. The station depot itself was not built until either August or September 1873, and was located on the east side of Main Street just south of W. C. Dupignac's Hotel. A freight house was erected by the railroad in either April or May 1874 but the station was closed on June 1, 1876. The station was reopened by the Long Island Railroad in June 1936 with a sheltered platform for a stop named "South Farmingdale."
In January 1945, local residents petitioned the Public Service Commission to have some Montauk express trains stop at South Farmingdale. The move was opposed by residents of
Bay Shore
Bay Shore is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Islip, New York, United States. It is situated on the South Shore of Long Island, adjoining the Great South Bay. The population of the CDP was 29,244 at the time of the 2020 ...
and
Islip
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who thought that it would make the trains too crowded. The station was closed as a station stop again on June 26, 1972, making it the last station to operate along the Central Branch. The station was closed along with two other stations due to low ridership. The station shelter was removed shortly afterwards.
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In 1979, the Long Island Regional Planning Board undertook a study to determine what types of land use changes should be completed along the
Route 110
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corridor between the Northern State Parkway and Southern State Parkway. The results were published the following year in Industrial Location Analyses–1980. The study recommended reopening the South Farmingdale station but at the intersection of Route 110 and Route 109.
References
Former Long Island Rail Road stations in Nassau County, New York
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1873
Railway stations closed in 1876
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1936
Railway stations closed in 1974
1873 establishments in New York (state)
1972 disestablishments in New York (state)
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