Brentwood station (LIRR)

Brentwood is a station on the Main Line (Ronkonkoma Branch) of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially located at Suffolk County Road 100 (Suffolk Avenue) and Brentwood Road in Brentwood, New York. However, it has parking facilities and other amenities that are extended far beyond its given location. The actual station is located across the tracks from the dead end of Eighth Street near Leroy Avenue. The parking lot entrance is on Suffolk Avenue 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) east of Brentwood Road/Washington Avenue.

For other uses, see Brentwood station (disambiguation).
Brentwood
Brentwood LIRR Station, as seen following its renovations in March of 2019.
LocationBrentwood Road & Suffolk Avenue
Brentwood, New York
Coordinates40.780826°N 73.243607°W / 40.780826; -73.243607
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)Main Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections Suffolk County Transit: S27, S41, S45, 3A, 3B, 3D
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone10
History
Opened1987 (current station)
Rebuilt1903, 1987, 2019
ElectrifiedJanuary 18, 1988
750 V (DC) third rail
Previous namesModern Times
Passengers
20062,750[1]
Services
Preceding station LIRR Following station
Deer Park
towards Atlantic Terminal or Penn Station
 Ronkonkoma Branch Central Islip
towards Greenport via Ronkonkoma
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road		 Following station
Deer Park
toward Long Island City or Penn Station
 Main Line Central Islip
toward Greenport

History

The first station was originally known as Modern Times station and was renamed Brentwood on September 7, 1864. The post office moved here from Thompson's station on January 17, 1870. Inhabitants donated land and money for the depot which was erected in 1870.[2] The depot was burned in April 1903 and was replaced on November 10, 1903. Until 1987, Brentwood station was located on First Avenue between Fourth Street and Brentwood Road. It was moved as part of a major electrification and reconstruction project of the line in Ronkonkoma, Central Islip, Brentwood, Deer Park, and Wyandanch. Originally, the LIRR had planned to merge Deer Park, Pineaire, and Brentwood stations into a single station, but residential opposition blocked that proposal, and only Deer Park and Pineaire were merged. The current station was built close to the former Brentwood station, which was converted into a restaurant shortly after it was abandoned. All grade crossings in the Brentwood area remained unchanged after the station was moved.[3]

Thompson's station

Prior to the construction of Brentwood station, another station existed in Brentwood where the Sagtikos State Parkway now crosses over the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road. This was known as Thompson's station or Thompson's Siding, and served as a private home, a station, an Inn, and a general store. It was opened as a station on June 24, 1842, with the arrival of the railroad, and closed in December 1869, before Brentwood station was built further east.[2] The railroad spur continued to exist through the 20th Century and was used as a freight spur which served industries such as Hills Supermarkets, Thompson Tires and Carnation Paper.[4] The site was replaced with the former Pineaire in 1915, until it was closed in 1986 and combined into the new Deer Park west of Sagtikos State Parkway.

Station layout

This station has two high-level side platforms, each 12 cars long.

M Mezzanine Crossover between platforms
P
Platform level		 Platform A, side platform
Track 1 ←      Ronkonkoma Branch toward Atlantic Terminal or Penn Station (Deer Park)
Track 2 ←      Ronkonkoma Branch toward Ronkonkoma (Central Islip) →
Platform B, side platform
Ground level Entrance/exit and parking

References
  1. Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  2. Seyfried, Vincent F. "The Long Island Rail Road, a comprehensive history. ... v.3. - Full View - HathiTrust Digital Library - HathiTrust Digital Library". HathiTrust. Archived from the original on 2015-02-17.
  3. LIRR station History (TrainsAreFun.com) Archived January 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Brentwood LIRR map 1966 by Bob Emery (TrainsAreFun)
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