Albertson | |||||||||||
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 The Albertson station, as seen from theI.U. Willets Road grade crossing | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | I.U. Willets Road and Albertson Avenue Albertson, New York | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°46′19″N73°38′30″W / 40.771872°N 73.641679°W /40.771872; -73.641679 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||
| Line | Oyster Bay Branch | ||||||||||
| Distance | 20.8 mi (33.5 km) fromLong Island City[1] | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | ABT | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 7 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | March 1874 (as a milk station) June 1875 (flag stop) | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1913, 1997–1998 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Albertson's | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2006 | 594 per weekday[2] | ||||||||||
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Albertson is astation on theLong Island Rail Road'sOyster Bay Branch. The station is on the north side ofI.U. Willets Road at Albertson Avenue on theAlbertson–Roslyn Heights border, inNassau County,New York. The parking lot is located on the south side of I.U. Willets Road. The station is located adjacent to theClark Botanic Garden.
The station was originally opened with nameAlbertson's and originally opened as a milk station in March 1874 and opened as a flag stop in June 1875 by theGlen Cove Branch Rail Road.[3][4] The station was renamed as Albertson in 1903.[5][6] The station had a depot building built in 1911, and it lasted until 1954, when it was razed.[5][6][7]
On November 30, 1943, a 53-year-old woman driving aFordsedan was killed when a train collided with her vehicle as she was driving across the I.U. Willets Road grade crossing, adjacent to the Albertson station.[8] At the time of the incident, the grade crossing was not equipped with gates.[8]
In 1960, the LIRR planned to close the station as well asEast Williston station and replace them both with a single station between the two sites.[9][10] The project also called for the elimination of the grade crossing withNY 25B, located south of I.U. Willets Road.[9][10] However, public opposition to the proposal led to those plans ultimately being cancelled, and the existing Albertson and East Williston stations would remain open.[9][10]
Between fall 1997 and fall 1998, the station's current concrete, high-level platforms were built. As part of this station reconstruction project, ramps from the street to the platforms were installed to make the station compliant with theAmericans with Disabilities Act of 1990.[3]
The station has two slightly offset high-levelside platforms, each four cars long.
Platform A,side platform | |
| Track1 | ← Oyster Bay Branch towardLong Island City orPenn Station(East Williston) |
| Track2 | Oyster Bay Branch towardOyster Bay(Roslyn) → |
| Platform B,side platform | |
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