Floral Park is a Long Island Rail Road train station in Floral Park, New York, at Tulip and Atlantic Avenues, on the Main Line and Hempstead Branch just west of their split. Most trains serving this station run to or from Hempstead, but limited Main Line trains stop here on weekday mornings. The station is ADA accessible as of July 16, 2021.[4]

Floral Park
Looking east at Floral Park, from Platform C.
General information
Location	Tulip Avenue & Atlantic Avenue Floral Park, NY
Coordinates	40.724622°N 73.706398°W / 40.724622; -73.706398
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Main Line Hempstead Branch
Distance	14.9 mi (24.0 km) from Long Island City[1]
Platforms	2 side platforms 1 island platform
Tracks	4 (2 on the Hempstead Branch, and 3 on the Main Line, 1 track shared by both the Hempstead Branch and Main Line)
Connections	New York City Bus: Q36 (at Jericho Turnpike, Little Neck Parkway, 256th and 257th Streets) Nassau Inter-County Express: n24 (at Jericho Turnpike)
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes; 3 Elevators, 1 for each platform
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	1878
Rebuilt	1909, 1960
Electrified	May 26, 1908[2] 750 V (DC) third rail
Previous names	Stewart Junction (1878–1879) Hinsdale (1879–1887) East Hinsdale (1887–1890)
Passengers
2006	2,991[3]
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Bellerose toward Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal or Penn Station Hempstead Branch Stewart Manor toward Hempstead Jamaica toward Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal, Long Island City or Penn Station Port Jefferson Branch limited service New Hyde Park toward Port Jefferson      Ronkonkoma Branch does not stop here      Oyster Bay Branch does not stop here      Montauk Branch does not stop here
Former services Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Bellerose toward Long Island City or Penn Station Main Line New Hyde Park toward Greenport Terminus Hempstead Branch Stewart Manor toward Hempstead

History

The first Floral Park station was built between October and November 1878 as "Stewart Junction," for the junction between the LIRR Main Line and the Central Railroad of Long Island built by Alexander Turney Stewart. Five years earlier the CRRLI had bridged the LIRR, and the station served as a connection between both lines. Connecting tracks were available at the southwest corner of the bridge at the station, and on the northwest corner of the bridge west of the station. It was renamed "Hinsdale" in 1879 with the closing of the CRRLI depot of the same name along the Creedmoor Branch, then renamed "East Hinsdale" in 1887. That same year, the station gained a control tower known as "Tower #47." Apparently due to the presence of the florist John Lewis Childs, the station was renamed "Floral Park" by 1890.[5] Tower #47 was replaced with the "FK Tower" in 1904, the station itself was razed in 1909, and a second station was rebuilt and relocated the same year in July.[6] In 1924, the LIRR replaced the FK Tower with the Park Tower, and rebuilt it again in 1946.[7] The third and current elevated structure was built in 1960, as the second one was razed on October 20 of that same year.

The ticket office at this station was staffed until August 19, 2009, when it was closed during cost-cutting measures across the MTA.[8]

As part of the LIRR third track project, the Floral Park station was renovated starting in spring 2019 and three vehicular crossings east of the station were rebuilt starting that year.[9] This station was rebuilt and received elevators, making it ADA-accessible.[10][11] On August 15, 2022 the track designations at Floral Park were changed.[12]

Station layout

This station has three high-level platforms serving four tracks. Platform A is eight cars long, while Platforms B and C are 10 cars long. Main Line trains (the Port Jefferson, Oyster Bay, Ronkonkoma, and Branches) use the three northern tracks while Hempstead Branch trains use the two southern tracks. Besides a few morning rush hour trains, all Main Line trains bypass this station.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Floral Park (LIRR station).

• Floral Park – LIRR
• Floral Park LIRR timetable
• Floral Park Station History (TrainsAreFun)
• Carnation Avenue entrance (west) from Google Maps Street View
• Station House and entrance (middle) from Google Maps Street View
• Tulip Avenue entrance (east) from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View
• Platform waiting room from Google Maps Street