Bayside station (LIRR)

Bayside (formerly Bay Side)^[4] is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch in the Bayside neighborhood of Queens, New York City. The station is located at 213th Street and 41st Avenue, off Bell Boulevard and just north of Northern Boulevard, and is 12.6 miles (20.3 km) from New York Penn Station. The station is part of CityTicket.

Bayside
View of Bayside station house and pedestrian bridge from above the eastbound ramp.
General information
Location	213th Street and 41st Avenue Bayside, Queens, New York
Coordinates	40.763105°N 73.771804°W / 40.763105; -73.771804
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Port Washington Branch
Distance	10.8 mi (17.4 km) from Long Island City[1]
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	NYCT Bus: Q12, Q13, Q31 Nassau Inter-County Express: n20G, n20X
Construction
Parking	Yes (metered, NYC permit, & private)
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	BSD
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	October 27, 1866 (NY&F)[2]
Rebuilt	1923 (station house) 1928–1930 (grade elimination)
Electrified	October 21, 1913 750 V (DC) third rail
Previous names	Bay Side (1866–1872)
Passengers
2012—2014	7,905[3]
Rank	10 of 125
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Auburndale toward Penn Station or Grand Central Port Washington Branch Douglaston toward Port Washington
Location

History

Bayside station was originally built on October 27, 1866, by the North Shore Railroad of Long Island, a subsidiary of the New York and Flushing Railroad. The station, along with the rest of the line was acquired by the Flushing and North Side Rail Road in 1869. The F&NS was consolidated into the Flushing, North Shore and Central Railroad in 1874 through a merger with the Central Railroad of Long Island, only to be leased in 1876 by the LIRR. The current station building dates to October 11, 1923. The tracks were depressed beneath Bell Boulevard from 1928 through 1930. A railway express elevator building was then opened on the eastbound side until the Port Washington Branch stopped carrying freight. The 1928 express/baggage station remains today, being converted into a local community center. The wooden pedestrian bridge that carried commuters across the tracks to both platforms was replaced in 1998 by a decorative steel bridge.

The station, along with the Port Washington Branch in general, is heavily used. During the 2005 New York City transit strike, Bayside was one of the few stations that Port Washington trains stopped at, and lesser-used stations such as Auburndale and Murray Hill were bypassed.^[5][6]

Station layout

The station has two slightly offset side platforms, each 10 cars long.

G	Ground level	Exit/entrance, crossover, buses
P Platform level	Platform A, side platform
	Track 1	←      Port Washington Branch toward Penn Station or Grand Central (Auburndale)
	Track 2	←      Port Washington Branch toward Great Neck or Port Washington (Douglaston) →
	Platform B, side platform

Gallery

• 
  Station house on July 3, 2007
• 
  Station house from 41st Avenue
• 
  The former freight house, and Bell Boulevard Bridge.