Mastic was a station stop 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. Howe ...

of the Long Island Rail Road. It was located on the corner of Mastic Road and Mastic Boulevard at the Mastic Road grade crossing, near the Fire Department and Mastic Seafoods.

History

Mastic station was originally built by the

Brooklyn and Montauk Railroad Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, behi ...

as Forge Station around 1882, and renamed Mastic around 1893 following the renaming of the hamlet of Forge. It contained both a passenger and freight/express depot. When Brookhaven station was eliminated by the Long Island Rail Road on October 6, 1958, Mastic station was one of two stations recommended for use as a substitute by the patrons of the now-closed station. The other was Bellport station. However, this substitute was short-lived because Mastic station finally closed on July 7, 1960, as the new Mastic-Shirley station opened 7,010 feet west at the William Floyd Parkway grade crossing on the same date. The depot was razed in August 1960, despite efforts by local residents of

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, Mastic Acres, Mastic Beach and Mastic Park to keep it intact.Doomed L. I. Station Wins Yule Decorating Prize, New York Times, 22 December 1959
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