Albertson station

Albertson is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Oyster Bay Branch. The station is on the north side of I.U. Willets Road at Albertson Avenue on the Albertson–Roslyn Heights border, in Nassau County, New York. The parking lot is located on the south side of I.U. Willets Road. The station is located adjacent to the Clark Botanic Garden.

Albertson
The Albertson station, as seen from the I.U. Willets Road grade crossing
General information
Location	I.U. Willets Road and Albertson Avenue Albertson, New York
Coordinates	40.771872°N 73.641679°W / 40.771872; -73.641679
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Oyster Bay Branch
Distance	20.8 mi (33.5 km) from Long Island City[1]
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
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]
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station East Williston toward Penn Station or Long Island City Oyster Bay Branch Roslyn toward Oyster Bay
Location

History

The station was originally opened with name Albertson's and originally opened as a milk station in March 1874 and opened as a flag stop in June 1875 by the Glen 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 a Ford sedan 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 as East 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 with NY 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 the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.^[3]

Station layout

The station has two slightly offset high-level side platforms, each four cars long.

Platform A, side platform
Track 1	←      Oyster Bay Branch toward Long Island City or Penn Station (East Williston)
Track 2	←      Oyster Bay Branch toward Oyster Bay (Roslyn) →
Platform B, side platform