Oyster Bay (LIRR station)

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Oyster Bay

Oyster Bay's old LIRR station, currently being restored.

Station statistics

Address

Shore & Maxwell Avenues
Oyster Bay, NY

Lines

Oyster Bay Branch

Connections

Oyster Bay Taxi

Platforms

Tracks

Parking

Yes; Free

Other information

Opened

June 25, 1889

Rebuilt

1902

Accessible

Owned by

MTA

Fare zone

Oyster Bay Long Island Railroad Station and Turntable

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Oyster Bay Station Turntable somewhere behind this chain-link fence.

Location:

Oyster Bay, New York, USA

Added to NRHP:

July 6, 2005^[1]

NRHP Reference#:

#05000666(Station)
#05000667(Turntable)

Oyster Bay is the terminus of the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road The station is located off Shore Avenue between Maxwell and Larabee Avenues. It is a mere sheltered concrete elevated platform that stands in the shadows of the original station, which was accessible from the ends of Maxwell, Audrey, and Hamilton Avenues. Both stations exist along the south side of Roosevelt Park.

The original Oyster Bay Station was built on June 25, 1889 and remodeled in 1902. At one point there were plans to extend the line east towards the Port Jefferson Branch. The former Oyster Bay Station and Turntable were both listed separatley on the National Register of Historic Places on July 6, 2005^[2]. Efforts are under way to transform the former station into a Railroad Museum.^[3]

No bus access is available for the station, however local taxicabs do stop there.