Roslyn station (LIRR)

Roslyn is a station along the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located at Lincoln Avenue and Railroad Avenue, west of Roslyn Road in Roslyn Heights, New York.

Not to be confused with North Roslyn (LIRR station).
Roslyn
Roslyn LIRR station as seen from the Oyster Bay-bound platform on June 10, 2010.
LocationLincoln Avenue & Railroad Avenue
Roslyn Heights, NY
Coordinates40.79072°N 73.643267°W / 40.79072; -73.643267
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections Nassau Inter-County Express: n23, n27
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone7
History
OpenedJanuary 23, 1865
RebuiltJune – July 1887, 1988 (moved)
Passengers
2006823[1]
Services
Preceding station LIRR Following station
Albertson
towards Jamaica, Long Island City or Penn Station
 Oyster Bay Branch Greenvale
towards Oyster Bay
Former services
Albertson   Oyster Bay Branch   North Roslyn

History
The canopy extending from Roslyn Station that was previously used to shelter horse-drawn carriages.

Roslyn station opened on January 23, 1865[2] by the Glen Cove Branch Rail Road, a Long Island Rail Road subsidiary.

In 1882, the LIRR attempted to extend the former Flushing and North Side Railroad main line between the Great Neck and Roslyn stations. This proposal dates back to an F&NS subsidiary, called the "Roslyn and Huntington Railroad", ultimately failed, and that line was instead extended to Port Washington in 1898.[3] In the meantime, Roslyn station was moved in 1885, in order to accommodate a new freight station,[4] and the station was rebuilt between June and July of 1887.

In 1988, Roslyn Station was moved to the south side of Lincoln Avenue,[5] and the station house was restored to its 19th-century origins in recent years.[6]

Free parking is available on the west side of the station.[7]

View from the passenger overpass at Roslyn Station looking South towards Jamaica

Station layout

The Roslyn LIRR station has two high-level side platforms, each being long enough to accommodate four train cars.

References
  1. Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  2. The Long Island Rail Road: The age of expansion, 1863-1880 Vincent Seyfried Page 203
  3. Pride in Port: The Jekyll & Hyde Branch of the Long Island Railroad; Part Two (Forgotten NY.com)
  4. 1937 Image of Roslyn station with freight house on the opposite side of the tracks
  5. LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com) Archived 2017-05-26 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Morrison, David; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003). Long Island Rail Road Stations. Images of Rail. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738511801.
  7. "Parking, Bus, and Taxi Information" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
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