Centre Avenue station

Centre Avenue is one of two Long Island Rail Road stations located within the Incorporated Village of East Rockaway, in Nassau County, New York. The station is officially located at Forest Avenue, between Rocklyn & Centre Avenues – one block east of Atlantic Avenue.

Centre Avenue
The Centre Avenue station, looking south
General information
Location	Centre Avenue & Forest Avenue East Rockaway, New York
Coordinates	40.648272°N 73.663915°W / 40.648272; -73.663915
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Long Beach Branch
Distance	2.5 mi (4.0 km) from Valley Stream[1]
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Yes[2]
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	7[3]
History
Opened	1898 (NY&LB)
Electrified	September 1910 750 V (DC) third rail
Previous names	South Lynbrook (1898–1924)
Passengers
2012-14	1,460[4]
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Lynbrook toward Penn Station or Grand Central Long Beach Branch East Rockaway toward Long Beach
Location

History

The station was opened in 1898 by the New York and Long Beach Railroad and originally was known as South Lynbrook station until 1924.^[5]

Centre Avenue station was originally located a block to the west and had a station house, but was moved east when high-level platforms were installed in the late 1960s in order to facilitate the new M1 railcars. Parts of the original platform are still visible along the trackside towards Lynbrook.^[5]

Like all other Long Beach Branch stations east & south of Lynbrook, the Centre Avenue station saw temporary service reductions following Hurricane Sandy in 2012, due to the third rail infrastructure being damaged by saltwater from storm surge; diesel trains operated service on the branch until the restoration of electric service, following the completion of repairs to the electrical infrastructure along the branch.^[6]

Station layout

The Centre Avenue station has two high-level side platforms, each 10 cars long, with shelters and ticket vending machines; the station is wheelchair-accessible.^[7]

Platform A, side platform
Track 1	←      Long Beach Branch toward Penn Station or Grand Central Madison (Lynbrook)
Track 2	←      Long Beach Branch toward Long Beach (East Rockaway) →
Platform B, side platform

Parking

Parking is available for vehicles with East Rockaway village residential permits and is located one block west, near the site of the former, original station. Limited non-resident parking is also available.^[7][2][8]

See also

• List of Long Island Rail Road stations
• East Rockaway station