Shinnecock Hills was a rail station located along the

Montauk Branch The Montauk Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The branch runs the length of Long Island, 115 miles (185 km) from Long Island City on the west to Montauk on the east. How ...

of the

Long Island Rail Road The Long Island Rail Road , often abbreviated as the LIRR, is a commuter rail system in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk Co ...

and first opened around 1887 on the south side of the tracks, and closed in 1938. The name was revived for the former Southampton Campus station for the 2004 and 2018 U.S. Open at the nearby

Shinnecock Hills Golf Club Shinnecock Hills Golf Club is a Links (golf), links-style golf club located in an Shinnecock Hills, New York, unincorporated area of the Southampton (town), New York, Town of Southampton on Long Island, New York (state), New York, situated betwee ...

. The building was used as a U.S. Post Office and was a private residence as of 2013. In October 2013, it was dedicated as a Southampton Town Historic Landmark.

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Shinnecock Hills Station Image (Existing Railroad Stations in New York State)Shinnecock Hills Station in the 1960s
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Former Long Island Rail Road stations in Suffolk County, New York Railway stations in the United States opened in 1887 Railway stations closed in 1932 Historic sites in New York (state) Shinnecock Hills, New York 1887 establishments in New York (state) Railway stations in the United States closed in the 1930s {{NewYork-railstation-stub