Sunnyside is a proposed commuter rail station to be served by the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad located in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Queens, New York. The station will be opened after the completion of the Grand Central Terminal East Side Access extension project, and will be within the City Terminal Zone. The projected area will be at Queens Boulevard and Skillman Avenue.[1]

Sunnyside
General information
Location	Queens Boulevard and Skillman Avenue Sunnyside, Queens, New York
Coordinates	40.7464°N 73.9353°W / 40.7464; -73.9353
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Northeast Corridor
Platforms	1 island platform 2 side platforms
Tracks	9
Connections	New York City Subway: ​​ trains at Queens Plaza train at 33rd Street – Rawson Street ​​​ trains at Queensboro Plaza
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	1
Proposed Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Penn Station Terminus City Terminal Zone Woodside towards Long Island Preceding station Metro-North Railroad Following station New York Penn Station Terminus New Haven Line Hunts Point towards Stamford

History

In the late 19th century, the LIRR had another Sunnyside Station, which was built by their subsidiary Newtown and Flushing Railroad, better known as the "White Line." This short-lived line was designed to compete with the Flushing and North Side Railroad in 1873. When the F&NS was consolidated into the LIRR, along with the Central Railroad of Long Island and South Side Railroad of Long Island, the White Line was dissolved, along with the original Sunnyside station.

Though no direct connection to other mass transit services are known, the nearest existing subway stations are at 33rd Street–Rawson Street on the IRT Flushing Line (7 train), Queensboro Plaza on the IRT Flushing Line and BMT Astoria Line (7, <7>​​, N and ​W trains), and Queens Plaza on the IND Queens Boulevard Line (E, ​M, and ​R trains).

Construction for the station would not be possible until after East Side Access's expected completion in December 2022, as the yard is currently being redeveloped.[2] The station is classified as a high priority under the Sunnyside Yard Master Plan.[3]

The MTA would later list in their 2025-2044 20-year needs assessment that Sunnyside station is proposed to serve both the LIRR and the Metro-North Railroad, with the latter providing service to Penn Station after Penn Station Access is completed.[4]

Station layout (planned)

This station will have three high-level platforms, with one island platform and two side platforms.

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