Massapequa Park | ||||||||||||||||
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 The southern side of the station platform, looking west. | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Sunrise Highway & Park Boulevard Massapequa Park,New York | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°40′40″N73°27′17″W / 40.677851°N 73.45474°W /40.677851; -73.45474 | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | |||||||||||||||
| Line | Montauk Branch | |||||||||||||||
| Distance | 29.5 mi (47.5 km) fromLong Island City[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1island platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Connections |  Nassau Inter-County Express: n54, n55, n80 | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes; with local permits | |||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes; Bike racks | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | December 2, 1933[3] | |||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1966–1968 and 1977–1980 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 750V (DC)third rail | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012—2014 | 3,827[2] | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | 30 of125 | |||||||||||||||
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TheMassapequa Park station is astation on theBabylon Branch of theLong Island Rail Road. It is officially located onNew York State Route 27 and Park Boulevard inMassapequa Park, New York, although there are parking lots along Front Street and north of the station. All parking lots require Village of Massapequa Park residential permits.
The station is typical of the elevatedBabylon Branch stations that were rebuilt during the mid-to-late 20th century. The station originally opened as a platformed shelter on December 2, 1933,[3] east ofMassapequa station whereRobert Moses wanted to extend theBethpage State Parkway. It was replaced in 1966 by a temporary station, then in 1968 it received high platforms for the M1. A new temporary station was built to the south of the old one in December 1977 for the grade crossing elimination project. The current elevated station opened on December 13, 1980, making it the last station to be elevated along the Babylon Branch.[4]
In January 2022, the MTA announced that it would add a project to make Massapequa Park station ADA-accessible in the 2020–2024 Capital Program.[5] On October 18th, 2024, the elevator in Massapequa Park was installed, making it ADA compliant.[6][better source needed]
The station has one 12-car-long high-levelisland platform between the two tracks.[citation needed]
Data collection took place after the pretest determinations, starting in September 2012 and concluding in May 2014. .... 2012-2014 LIRR O[rigin and ]D[estination] COUNTS: WEEKDAY East/West Total By Station in Numerical Order
