Brentwood | |||||||||||||
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 The station house at the Brentwood station in March 2019, following its renovations | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | Brentwood Road &Suffolk Avenue Brentwood, New York | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°46′51″N73°14′37″W / 40.78083°N 73.24361°W /40.78083; -73.24361 | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||||
| Line | Main Line | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 41.1 mi (66.1 km) fromLong Island City[1] | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections |  Suffolk County Transit: 4, 5, 7, 11, 58 | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | yes | ||||||||||||
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| Station code | BWD | ||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 10 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 1987 (current station) | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1903, 1987, 2019 | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | January 18, 1988 750V (DC)third rail | ||||||||||||
| Previous names | Modern Times | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | 2,750 per weekday[2] | ||||||||||||
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Brentwood is astation on theMain Line (Ronkonkoma Branch) of theLong Island Rail Road. It is officially located atSuffolk Avenue (CR 100) and Brentwood Road inBrentwood,Suffolk County,New York. However, it has parking facilities and other amenities that are extended far beyond its given location. The actual station is located across the tracks from the dead end of Eighth Street near Leroy Avenue. The parking lot entrance is on Suffolk Avenue 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of Brentwood Road/Washington Avenue.
The first station was originally known asModern Times station and was renamedBrentwood on September 7, 1864. The post office moved here from Thompson's station on January 17, 1870. Inhabitants donated land and money for the depot which was erected in 1870.[3] The depot was burned in April 1903 and was replaced on November 10, 1903. Until 1987, Brentwood station was located on First Avenue between Fourth Street and Brentwood Road. It was moved as part of a major electrification and reconstruction project of the line inRonkonkoma,Central Islip, Brentwood,Deer Park, andWyandanch. Originally, the LIRR had planned to merge Deer Park, Pineaire, and Brentwood stations into a single station, but residential opposition blocked that proposal, and only Deer Park and Pineaire were merged. The current station was built close to the former Brentwood station, which was converted into a restaurant shortly after it was abandoned. All grade crossings in the Brentwood area remained unchanged after the station was moved.[4]
Prior to the construction of Brentwood station, another station existed in Brentwood where theSagtikos State Parkway now crosses over the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road. This was known asThompson's station orThompson's Siding, and served as a private home, a station, an Inn, and a general store. It was opened as a station on June 24, 1842, with the arrival of the railroad, and closed in December 1869, before Brentwood station was built further east.[3] The railroad spur continued to exist through the 20th Century and was used as a freight spur which served industries such as Hills Supermarkets, Thompson Tires and Carnation Paper.[5] The site was replaced with the formerPineaire in 1915, until it was closed in 1986 and combined into the new Deer Park west of Sagtikos State Parkway.[citation needed]
This station has two high-levelside platforms, each 12 cars long.
| M | Mezzanine | Crossover between platforms |
| P Platform level | Platform A,side platform | |
| Track1 | ← Ronkonkoma Branch towardGrand Central Madison orPenn Station(Deer Park) | |
| Track2 | Ronkonkoma Branch towardRonkonkoma(Central Islip) → | |
| Platform B,side platform | ||
| Ground level | Entrance/exit and parking | |
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