Locust Manor | |||||||||||||||
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 Locust Manor Station in March 2015. | |||||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Farmer's Boulevard and Bedell Street Locust Manor, Queens,New York | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°40′30″N73°45′54″W / 40.675022°N 73.764897°W /40.675022; -73.764897 | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||||||
| Line | Atlantic Branch | ||||||||||||||
| Distance | 12.2 mi (19.6 km) fromAtlantic Terminal[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Connections |  NYCT Buses:Q3,Q85,Q89MTA Bus:QM21,QM65 | ||||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||||||
| Accessible | No; accessibility planned | ||||||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | June 1869 (SSRRLI) c. 1876 | ||||||||||||||
| Closed | June 1876[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1876, 1959,[4]2018-19 | ||||||||||||||
| Electrified | October 16, 1905 750V (DC)third rail | ||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Locust Avenue (1867–1929)[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||||
| 2012—2014 | 1,389[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Rank | 64 of125 | ||||||||||||||
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Locust Manor is astation on theLong Island Rail Road'sAtlantic Branch in theLocust Manor neighborhood ofQueens,New York City. The station is located at Farmers Boulevard and Bedell Street and is 14.0 miles (22.5 km) fromPenn Station inMidtown Manhattan.
The stop serves theRochdale and Locust Manor sections of Queens – along with itsRochdale Villagecooperative apartment complex.
The Locust Manor station first opened in 1869, and it was rebuilt in 1876.[5][6][7][8] For many years, it served as the stop for the racecourse on which Rochdale Village was erected, known as theJamaica Race Course.[5][6][7][8][9]
In February 1956, the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) petitioned theNew York State Public Service Commission (PSC) for permission to close and remove the station if racing was transferred from Jamaica Race Course to Belmont Park due to low ridership.[5] The station was used by 80 riders on weekdays, and by 30 riders on non-racing Saturdays. The LIRR suggested that riders use the Higbie Avenue station instead.[6]
On August 23, 1956, the PSC rejected plans to build a permanent railroad station alongside Jamaica Race Course, and approved a revised plan to close the Locust Manor station and a bridge at 120th Avenue, which would save $1,087,000. The PSC ruled that it was not justified for the LIRR to spend $847,000 on a new station in light of public knowledge about the closure of the racetrack in 1958.[7] The PSC permitted the LIRR to construct temporary facilities instead.[10] The LIRR's application was opposed by the counsel for the Mayor's Committee on Slum Removal, who stated that as soon as racing ended in 1958 at the track following the rebuilding of Belmont Racetrack, and the modernization of Aqueduct Racetrack, a builder would start work on the site.[9][11][12]
On May 19, 1957, the PSC granted the LIRR permission to discontinue the Higbie Avenue and Locust Manor stations following the completion of a station between them at Farmers Boulevard.[11][12] The new station would initially be accessed by a stairway at its southern end and by a pedestrian walkway at the northern end, which would be extended to Bedell Street after Jamaica Race Course was replaced by a housing project. The PSC also directed the LIRR to combine the project with its planned Old Southern–Rosedale grade crossing elimination project, and approved its $8,170,000 estimated cost.[13] The new station included high-level platforms andPopuluxe shelters for passengers.[8] The reconstruction project was completed in 1959.[11]
The station underwent extensive renovations between 2018 and 2019, during which time it received upgraded features such as LED lighting and improved staircases.[11][12] The project also saw a complete reconstruction of the pathway connecting the station with Bedell Street and 134th Avenue – including the addition of a pedestrian ramp, making the walkwayADA-accessible.[11][12]
In March 2022, theMetropolitan Transportation Authority announced that it would be making the Locust Manor station and several other non-wheelchair-accessible stations in Queens compliant with theAmericans with Disabilities Act of 1990, thusmaking the stations wheelchair-accessible.[14][15][16] Elevators would be installed at the Locust Manor station to make it accessible.[17] The MTA approved contracts for the elevators' construction in November 2022.[18]
This station has two high-levelside platforms, each eight cars long.
This station has two exits; one exit, is on the northeast portion of the sprawling Rochdale Village housing co-operative. At that end of the station, the staircase leads to a walkway linking Bedell Street and residential 134th Avenue, in between two private Rochdale parking lots; both ends of the walkway are connected via a pedestrian underpass below the tracks. The southern exit leads to Farmers Boulevard, between Garrett Street and Bedell Street. There are platform shelters near the exits. Ticket machines are located within the pedestrian tunnel on the north end of the station, at the base of the eastbound LIRR station staircase.
| P Platform level | Platform A,side platform | |
| Track1 | ← Far Rockaway Branch weekdays towardGrand Central Madison orPenn Station(Jamaica) ← Long Beach Branch weekends towardGrand Central Madison orPenn Station(Jamaica) | |
| Track2 | Long Beach Branch weekends towardLong Beach(Laurelton) → Far Rockaway Branch weekdays towardFar Rockaway(Laurelton) → | |
| Platform B,side platform, | ||
| G | Ground level | Entrance/exit, buses |
