Bayside (formerly Bay Side) is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's

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in the Bayside neighborhood of

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. The station is located at 213th Street and 41st Avenue, off Bell Boulevard and just north of

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, and is 12.6 miles (20.3 km) from

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in Midtown Manhattan. The station is part of

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History

Bayside station was originally built on October 27, 1866, by the North Shore Railroad of Long Island, a subsidiary of the

New York and Flushing Railroad The Flushing and North Side Railroad was a former railroad on Long Island built by Conrad Poppenhusen as a replacement for the former New York and Flushing Railroad. The railroad was established in 1868, was merged with the Central Railroad of Lo ...

. The station, along with the rest of the line was acquired by the Flushing and North Side Rail Road in 1869. The F&NS was consolidated into the Flushing, North Shore and Central Railroad in 1874 through a merger with the Central Railroad of Long Island, only to be leased in 1876 by the LIRR. The current station building dates to October 11, 1923. The tracks were depressed beneath Bell Boulevard from 1928 through 1930. A railway express elevator building was then opened on the eastbound side until the Port Washington Branch stopped carrying freight. The 1928 express/baggage station remains today, being converted into a local community center. The wooden pedestrian bridge that carried commuters across the tracks to both platforms was replaced in 1998 by a decorative steel bridge. The station, along with the Port Washington Branch in general, is heavily used. During the

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, Bayside was one of the few stations that Port Washington trains stopped at, and lesser stations such as Auburndale and Murray Hill were bypassed.

Station layout

The station has two slightly offset

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s, each 10 cars long.

Gallery

File:Bayside LIRR Station.jpg, Station house on July 3, 2007 Image:Bayside LIRR jeh.JPG, Station house from 41st Avenue File:Bell Boulevard from Bayside LIRR Station Bridge.JPG, The former freight house, and Bell Boulevard Bridge.

References

External links

Platforms from Google Maps Street View
*Forgotten NY.com
Pedestrian Bridge (Replacement for wooden bridge)

Views of Bayside Freight Elevator
an
Bell Boulevard overpass

Bell Boulevard entrance from Google Maps Street View
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