Greenvale station

Greenvale
The Greenvale station in 2025, looking south
General information
LocationBetween Glen Cove Avenue & Plaza Road north of Helen Street
Roslyn Harbor, NY
Coordinates40°48′56″N 73°37′37″W / 40.815547°N 73.626916°W / 40.815547; -73.626916
OwnerLong Island Rail Road
LineOyster Bay Branch
Distance24.2 mi (38.9 km) from Long Island City[1]
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
ConnectionsLocal Transit Nassau Inter-County Express: n27
Construction
ParkingYes; Village of Roslyn Harbor Permits and Metered Parking
Cycle facilities
Yes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeGVL
Fare zone7
History
Opened1866 (freight only)
1875, 1880s (passenger service)
Rebuilt1890s, 1997
Former namesWeek's
Passengers
2012–14237 per weekday[2]
Rank106 out of 126
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station
Roslyn
toward Penn Station, Jamaica or Long Island City
 Oyster Bay Branch Glen Head
toward Oyster Bay
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road		 Following station
North Roslyn
toward Mineola
 Oyster Bay Branch Glen Head
toward Oyster Bay
Location

Greenvale (formerly known as Week's) is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Oyster Bay Branch. The station is located off Helen Street, between Glen Cove Avenue and Glen Cove Road within the Village of Roslyn Harbor, in Nassau County, New York, United States.

History

The Greenvale station was originally established by the Glen Cove Branch Rail Road – a subsidiary of the Long Island Rail Road which opened the year prior between Mineola and Glen Head – on July 21, 1866, as "Week's station," a freight-only station primarily used for delivering milk.[3][4][5] Passengers were briefly allowed at the station in 1875, and then again sometime during the 1880s.[5][6][7] At some point, the station was renamed "Greenvale."[5]

The passenger station has never existed as anything else other than a sheltered platform.[5] On May 17, 1891, it was demolished by a locomotive that collided with a horse whose hoof was stuck in the switching apparatus; the collision resulted in the deaths of the horse and the two crew members.[8] The station was subsequently rebuilt.[5][9]

In 1921, it was announced that the sparsely-used North Roslyn station – a flag stop located roughly 2⁄3 mile (1.1 km) to the south of Greenvale – would close.[10][11][12] In turn, the Greenvale station would receive additional service and facilities; Greenvale – unlike North Roslyn – had room to accommodate such expansions, with lots nearby being available for purchase.[10][11][12] That station closed on March 16, 1924.[5][6][7]

Modern history

New shelters were built on both sides of the tracks in 2000 on high-level platforms that were installed in 1997 to make the station compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and compatible with the Long Island Rail Road's then-new C3 bilevel railcars, which could not serve low-level platforms.[5]

Station layout

The Greenvale station is located partially at ground level and partially built on an embankment. It has two tracks, as well as two high-level side platforms – each long enough to accommodate four cars.[13]

P

Platform level

 Platform A, side platform Disabled access
Track 1 ←      Oyster Bay Branch toward Jamaica, Long Island City, or Penn Station (Roslyn)
Track 2      Oyster Bay Branch toward Oyster Bay (Glen Head) →
Platform B, side platform Disabled access
G Ground level Exit/entrance, parking lots, and buses
M Mezzanine Underpass between platforms

Parking

A permit parking lot (requiring a Village of Roslyn Harbor resident or non-resident parking permit) for commuters is located on the west side of the Greenvale station. An additional commuter parking lot on the east side contains additional village permit parking – plus a section with metered, unrestricted parking (where no permits are required).[13][14]

All of the parking facilities at the Greenvale station are operated and maintained by the Village of Roslyn Harbor.[14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. VI. Retrieved August 7, 2022.
  2. ↑ "2012–2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. August 23, 2016. PDF pp. 15, 199. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  3. ↑ Morrison, David D.; Pakaluk, Valerie (2003). Long Island Rail Road Stations. Chicago: Arcadia. p. 57. ISBN 0-7385-1180-3. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  4. ↑ Seyfried, Vincent. "The Long Island Rail Road: The Age of Expansion, 1863-1880". digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org. p. 203. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Morrison, David D. (March 5, 2018). Long Island Rail Road: Oyster Bay Branch. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467128544.
  6. 1 2 "LIRR station history" (PDF). TrainsAreFun.com.
  7. 1 2 Seyfried, Vincent. "The Long Island Rail Road: The age of expansion, 1863-1880". p. 203. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014.
  8. ↑ "A LOCOMOTIVE BLOWN UP; FATAL EXPLOSION AT THE OYSTER BAY STATION. THE ENGINEER, FIREMAN, AND REAR BRAKEMAN KILLED AND TWO OTHERS INJURED -- THE ENGINE DESTROYED - - THE STATION DAMAGED". The New York Times. September 10, 1891. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Long Island Rail Road Wrecks". TrainsAreFun.com.
  10. 1 2 "North Roslyn Loses Its Train Service". Brooklyn Times Union. April 22, 1921. p. 9. Retrieved July 31, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. 1 2 "Cut Out N. Roslyn Station". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. April 24, 1931. p. 21. Retrieved July 31, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. 1 2 "To Move Station From North Roslyn". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. February 25, 1921. p. 25. Retrieved July 31, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. 1 2 "Greenvale". MTA. Retrieved April 25, 2025.
  14. 1 2 "Parking, Bus, and Taxi Information – Greenvale". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved April 25, 2025.
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