Manhasset is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's

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Manhasset Manhasset is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York. It is considered the anchor community of the Greater Manhasset area. The population was 8,176 at the 2020 United States ce ...

, New York. It is 17.2 miles (27.7 km) from

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in Midtown Manhattan. Despite the line consisting of only a single track east of

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, more parking spaces are available than at other nearby stations on the line, hence many commuters who do not live in Manhasset use it.

History

Though a smaller wooden structure was originally built in 1899, the current station was built in the 1920s in a trench, at Plandome Road and Maple Place, off Park Avenue, five blocks North of

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. A high-level platform was installed in the 1970s. Manhasset station was built by the

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in 1899, the year after the

Manhasset Viaduct The Manhasset Viaduct (also known as the Manhasset Valley Bridge) is a railroad bridge located between the Village of Thomaston and the Hamlet of Manhasset, on Long Island, in the State of New York. It carries the Port Washington Branch of th ...

was completed.Manhasset Station; circa 1900 (TrainsAreFun.com)
/ref> It was the penultimate station along the branch until Plandome station was built to the northeast in 1909. The station was rebuilt in 1924 in the Dutch-colonial style typical of stations such as Riverhead, Bay Shore, Northport, and Mineola, and restored between 1999 and 2001 with the addition of more canopies and staircases.

Station layout

The station has one 10-car long

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on the south side of the track.

References

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* {{LIRR stations navbox Manhasset, New York Railway stations in the United States opened in 1899 Long Island Rail Road stations in Nassau County, New York 1899 establishments in New York (state)