Hempstead Gardens is a station along the

West Hempstead Branch The West Hempstead Branch is an electrified rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in the U.S. state of New York. It runs between Valley Stream, New York, and West Hempstead, New York. Route description The branch se ...

of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Hempstead Gardens Drive and Chestnut Street and is one of three stations in

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History

When Hempstead Gardens station was originally built in 1893 by the

New York Bay Extension Railroad The West Hempstead Branch is an electrified rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in the U.S. state of New York. It runs between Valley Stream, New York, and West Hempstead, New York. Route description The branch sepa ...

, it was little more than a small one-room shack with open canopies extending along the northbound platform. At some point between the 1950s and 1972, the shack was replaced by an open sheltered shed. High-level platforms were added to both sides during the 1990s.

Station layout

Hempstead Gardens station has a single track and one four-car-long

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on its east side that is compliant with the

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. However, the second track for the West Hempstead Branch begins just northeast of this station. The

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for the second track exists here as well. This station is one of the few stations on the LIRR, outside New York City, with no parking facilities. The station has two daily ticket machines located near the waiting room.Parking, Bus, and Taxi information at Hempstead Gardens Station (Long Island Rail Road Official Map)
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References

External links

*Unofficial LIRR History Website
End of second track(February 1999)

Platformed shelter from tracks
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from parking lot (June 2006)

Station from Chestnut Street entrance from Google Maps Street ViewPlatform from Google Maps Street View
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