Bellerose | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Bellerose LIRR station along Atlantic Avenue across from the intersection with Walnut Avenue. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Commonwealth Boulevard & Superior Road Bellerose andFloral Park, New York | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°43′20″N73°43′00″W / 40.7221°N 73.7166°W /40.7221; -73.7166 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Distance | 14.3 mi (23.0 km) fromLong Island City[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 (2 on theHempstead Branch, and 3 on theMain Line, 1 track shared by both the Hempstead Branch and Main Line) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  New York City Bus:Q36MTA Bus:Q110(at Jericho Turnpike)Nassau Inter-County Express:n24(at Jericho Turnpike) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | No; accessibility planned | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1898 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1909, 1960–1961 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 750V (DC)third rail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006 | 951[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bellerose station is acommuter rail station along theMain Line andHempstead Branch of theLong Island Rail Road, located in theIncorporated Villages ofBellerose andFloral Park, inNassau County,New York. The station is at Commonwealth Boulevard and Superior Road, 0.25 miles (0.40 km) south ofJericho Turnpike (NY 25).
The station has a full-service ticket vending machine, which is located at the north entrance to the station – in addition to a daily ticket vending machine, which is located at the south entrance.
Bellerose station was originally built in 1898 and rebuilt in the summer of 1909.[3]: 19 It was out of service between December 12–15, 1960, and replaced with a third station between 1960 and 1961.[4] Until 1960, the station had a platform on each side of the four-track Main Line, though almost all trains that stopped ran to and from Hempstead.[3][4][5]
As part of the grade crossing elimination, the junction between the Main Line and Hempstead Branch was moved west of Bellerose.[5][6] The two lines remain closely parallel to each other, along the same right-of-way, between Jamaica and Floral Park. The platform was placed between the two Hempstead Branch tracks.[5][6]
The station is set to undergo a modernization project at some point in the 2020s, as part of the MTA’s 2025–2029 Capital Plan.[7] The project will include making the stationwheelchair accessible and updating the station's infrastructure & components.[7]
The station has one eight-car-long high-levelisland platform serving the two southern tracks (Tracks 2 & 4). Main Line trains (thePort Jefferson,Oyster Bay,Ronkonkoma, andMontauk Branches) bypass the station using the three northern tracks (Tracks 1–3), while Hempstead Branch trains use the two southern tracks.[8][9]
The station is served by theQ36 and then24 bus routes along Jericho Turnpike a few blocks to the north, and local taxis stop directly in front of the station.[8][9]
| P Platform level | Track3 | ← Main Line services do not stop here → |
| Track1 | ← Main Line services do not stop here → | |
| Track2 | ← Hempstead Branch towardGrand Central Madison,Atlantic Terminal, orPenn Station(Elmont–UBS Arena) Main Line services do not stop here → | |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Track4 | Hempstead Branch towardHempstead(Floral Park) → | |
| G | Ground level | Entrance/exit, parking, and taxis |
