Central Islip is a station on the Main Line

Main Line (Long Island Rail Road)

The Main Line is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. It begins in Long Island City and runs along the middle of Long Island about 95 miles to Greenport...

  (Ronkonkoma Branch

Ronkonkoma Branch

The Ronkonkoma Branch is a rail service operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. On LIRR maps and printed schedules, "Ronkonkoma Branch" refers to trains running along the railroad's Main Line from Hicksville east to the line's terminus at Greenport.The section of the...

) of the Long Island Rail Road

Long Island Rail Road

The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR is a commuter rail system serving the length of Long Island, New York. It is the busiest commuter railroad in North America, serving about 81.5 million passengers each year. Established in 1834 and having operated continuously since then, it is the oldest US...

. It is at the southwest corner of Suffolk County Road 100 (Suffolk Avenue) and Lowell Avenue in Central Islip, New York

Central Islip, New York

Central Islip is a hamlet and census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York, U.S.. The population was 31,950 at the 2000 census.-History and overview:...

. Short-term parking is also available on Suffolk CR 100 across from the intersections between Pineville and Hawthorne Avenues.

History

Central Islip Station was originally built on November 14, 1873, on the southeast corner of Suffolk County Roads 17

County Route 17 (Suffolk County, New York)

Suffolk County Road 17 is a county road located in western Suffolk County, New York. The route runs north–south from New York State Route 27A in East Islip to New York State Route 111 near Hauppauge, just south of exit 56 on Interstate 495...

 & 100 as a replacement for the former Suffolk Station. It was remodeled in 1916 and again in 1958. On November 16, 1987, it was moved to the corner of Lowell Avenue as part of a major reconstruction of the line in Ronkonkoma

Ronkonkoma (LIRR station)

Ronkonkoma is a major railroad station and transportation hub along the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road in Ronkonkoma, New York. The station is the eastern terminus of the Ronkonkoma Branch and the western terminus of the Greenport Branch....

, Central Islip, Brentwood

Brentwood (LIRR station)

Brentwood is a station along the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially located at Suffolk County Road 100 and Brentwood Road in Brentwood, New York. However, it has parking facilities and other amenities that are extended far beyond its given location...

, Deer Park

Deer Park (LIRR station)

Deer Park is a station along the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially located at Pineaire Drive, Executive Avenue, and Long Island Avenue near Deer Park, New York...

, and Wyandanch

Wyandanch (LIRR station)

Wyandanch is a station along the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Straight Path and Long Island Avenue, off Acorn Avenue in Wyandanch, New York. All parking near the station is free, and maintained either by Suffolk County or the Town of Babylon.-History:Wyandanch Station...

. The station was built on the site of a former spur to the Central Islip Psychiatric Center

Central Islip Psychiatric Center

The Central Islip Psychiatric Center was a psychiatric hospital in Central Islip, New York, USA from 1889 until 1996.The center was one of the four major hospital "farms" in central Long Island to house the sick from New York City; the others were Kings Park, Pilgrim State Hospital, and Edgewood...

, including the hospital's power plant

Central Islip State Hospital Powerplant

The Central Islip State Hospital Powerplant was constructed in 1953 by the Titusville Iron Works Co. and The Interboro Co.It was constructed to meet the rising electrical demands of the expanding psychiatric facility located in Central Islip, New York on Long Island.The Powerplant utilized 3...

 that was abandoned years before the hospital was closed. Across Lowell Avenue is the site of a Waldbaum's

Waldbaum's

Waldbaum's is a supermarket chain with stores on Long Island, in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island, and one store in Connecticut. It began in 1904 as a shop run by Sam and Wolf Waldbaum in Brooklyn. Their nephew, Izzy, emigrated to America and joined the business....

 warehouse that once had a freight spur leading to it.

Platforms and tracks

The station has two high-level side platform

Side platform

A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

s, each 12 cars long. The north platform is next to the siding track, while the south platform is next to the main track.

External links

• Photo of Central Islip Station from the parking lot (Unofficial LIRR History Website)
• Central Islip Station; 1910 and 1957 (TrainsAreFun.com)
• Unofficial LIRR Photography Site (lirrpics.com)
  • Central Islip Station
• Station from Lowell Avenue from Google Maps Street View