Island Park (Long Island Railroad Long Beach Branch)

Island Park is on the Long Beach Branch, and is one stop away from the terminal of the branch at Long Beach. It is located on Barnum Island, one of the many barrier islands south of Long Island proper. Interestingly it is one of only three LIRR station that are outside of Long Island proper and the only intermediate stop. The station is located at a grade and the two platforms begin at the grade-crossing of Long Beach Road (the most southern grade-crossing on the branch) and extend north. This grade crossing is the only way to get between each platform Each platform can accommodate 10 cars.

For Shelter, the New York-bound platform has two, the Long Beach-bound platform one two silver with Plexiglass walls shelter structures. There are no other canopies. Set back from the New York-bound platform at ground-level is a nondescript cream colored building with a gabled roof that overhangs and shelters an area on each side of the building. It was built in 1923 but more recent renovations have removed the history from it. Inside is a small waiting room open 4:30am to 10pm now weekdays and 4:30am to 2:30pm on weekends. There are simple tiled walls, some subway wooden benches and restrooms that have seen better days. There is an air conditioner in one window. Parking lots are scattered about both platforms between buildings although a Village of Island Park Permit is required for most spaces. Each platform has a ramp and some staircases down to the parking lots, one of note is at the northern end of the New York-bound platform because it basically leads into an alley behind some cars.

The Long Beach-bound platform currently has a number of portable trailers scattered along the parking lot along that platform. These trailers are a consequence of Superstorm Sandy that left Nassau County to open a FEMA Center inside the normal Viiagge Hall and relegated Village offices into Trailers in the Village/Train Station Parking lots. Eerily a bulletin board still lists events for October 2012. This platform also has a small shack used by Island Taxis. The New York-bound platform finally has the Island Park Substation along it.
Photos 1-11 taken on 9 June, 2006, 12-67 on 24 July, 2013

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Looking up to the ends of the platforms at Island Park from the Long Beach Road grade crossing

A platform railing sign at Oceanside

Looking down the tracks at Island Park from the Long Beach Road grade crossing.

One of the many small parking areas that provide parking around the Island Park Station

Two TVMs underneath the now closed station house at Island Park

Looking across to the Long Beach-platform at Island Park, the small hut is for the local Taxi Company

The platforms at Island Park has a gentle curve.

M3 #9895 and a New York bound train approach Island Park. The structure of the draw-bridge over Reynolds Channel is in the distance

M3 #9895 continues through the grassy area approaching Island Park

M3 #9895 leads a train for New York approaching Island Park

M3 #9895 goes over the Long Beach Road grade crossing to enter the Island Park Station

Approaching the Island Park Station after walking over the bridge from Long Beach

The view across the grade-crossings of the gentle curving platforms

Sign Welcome to the Village of Island Park in front of the train station

Up the stairs to the platform

A New York-bound train approaches the station

M7 #7699 approaches the grade-crossing into the station

New York-bound M7 #7290 stops in the station

One end of one of the nasty shelters

M7 #7290, the last car of a Flatbush Avenue-bound train stops in the station, the grade-crossing is coming up

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