Sea Cliff station

The Sea Cliff is a historic station along the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Sea Cliff Avenue and Glen Keith Road between Glen Cove Avenue and Cedar Swamp Road in the City of Glen Cove, New York, east of the Town of Oyster Bay hamlet of Sea Cliff, New York. The station was actually named after Sea Cliff Avenue, rather than the hamlet.

Sea Cliff
Close-up view of the historic Sea Cliff station in Glen Cove, New York, from the northbound platform. An open shelter on the southbound platform can be seen in the distance.
LocationSea Cliff Avenue & Glen Keith Road
Glen Cove, NY
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Connections Nassau Inter-County Express: n27
Glen Cove Bus: Glen Cove Commuter Bus
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes; Bike Rack
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Fare zone7
History
Opened1867
Rebuilt1888, 1997
Passengers
2006602[1]
Services
Preceding station LIRR Following station
Glen Head
towards Jamaica, Long Island City or Penn Station
 Oyster Bay Branch Glen Street
towards Oyster Bay
Sea Cliff Railroad Station
NRHP landmark, rebuilt in 1888.
LocationSea Cliff, New York, USA
Nearest cityGlen Cove, New York
Coordinates40°51′9.23″N 73°37′31.47″W
Built1888
Architectural styleLate-Victorian
NRHP reference No.88000021
Added to NRHPFebruary 18, 1988[2]

History

Sea Cliff station was built in 1867 by the Glen Cove Branch Rail Road, and renovated in May 1888 at the cost of $4,000. The station is typical of many LIRR stations of the late-Victorian era. It contains a two-story red brick structure with an gabled-roof that extended into canopies on the sides, which contains elaborate gingerbread woodwork along the canopies. From July 2, 1902 to December 31, 1924, it had connections to two trolley lines. One was the Sea Cliff Village Trolley, owned by the Nassau County Railway and the other was the Glen Cove Railroad (not to be confused with the old LIRR subsidiary) which ran along the Oyster Bay Branch right-of-way into Downtown Glen Cove in 1905. From 1909 to 1956, it also contained a wooden pedestrian bridge.[3] Nearly a century after the second station was built, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The station was renovated in 1997.[4]

Platform and track configuration

This station has two high-level side platforms, each four cars long. There is a spur east of the station for track maintenance equipment, but was used as a freight siding until the 1970s. The siding at one point crossed Sea Cliff Avenue to service Sea Cliff Coal and Lumber, whose covered coal dump still stands.

Platform A, side platform
Track 1 ←      Oyster Bay Branch toward Jamaica, Long Island City, or Penn Station (Glen Head)
Track 2 ←      Oyster Bay Branch toward Oyster Bay (Glen Street) →
Platform B, side platform

References
  1. Average weekday, 2006 LIRR Origin and Destination Study
  2. Nassau County Listings at the National Register of Historic Places
  3. Bob Emery Sea Cliff Station map (TrainsAreFun.com)
  4. Morrison, David D.; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003). Long Island Rail Road Stations. Images of Rail. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. p. 59. ISBN 0-7385-1180-3. Retrieved 2011-11-25.

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