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Centre Avenue
Centre Avenue Station platforms looking towards Long Beach
General information
Location	Centre Avenue & Forest Avenue East Rockaway, New York
Coordinates	40°38′54″N 73°39′50″W / 40.648272°N 73.663915°W / 40.648272; -73.663915
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Long Beach Branch
Distance	2.5 mi (4.0 km) from Valley Stream
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	7
History
Opened	1898 (NY&LB)
Electrified	September 1910 750 V (DC) third rail
Previous names	South Lynbrook (1898–1924)
Passengers
2012-14	1,460
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Lynbrooktoward Penn Station or Grand Central Long Beach Branch East Rockawaytoward Long Beach
Location

Centre Avenue is one of two railroad stations of the Long Island Rail Road in East Rockaway, New York. The station is officially located at Forest Avenue between Rocklyn and Centre Avenues, one block east of Atlantic Avenue.

History

The station was opened in 1898 by the New York and Long Beach Railroad and originally was known as South Lynbrook station until 1924.

Centre Avenue station was originally located a block to the west and had a station house, but was moved east when high-level platforms were installed in the late 1960s in order to facilitate the new M1 railcars. Parts of the original platform are still visible along the trackside towards Lynbrook.

Station layout

This station has two high-level wheelchair-accessible side platforms, each 10 cars long, with shelters and ticket vending machines.

Parking is available for vehicles with East Rockaway village residential permits and is located one block west, near the site of the former station. Limited non-resident parking is also available.

References

1. Long Island Rail Road (May 14, 2012). "TIMETABLE No. 4" (PDF). p. VII. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
2. ^ "Parking, Bus and Taxi Information - Centre Avenue Station" (PDF). Long Island Rail Road. July 2018.
3. "New Fares — Effective April 21, 2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
4. "2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report, Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers" (PDF). Abt SRBI. August 23, 2016. p. 204-207.
5. "Lirr M1".

External links

• Centre Avenue – LIRR
• Centre Avenue LIRR timetable
• Unofficial LIRR History Website
  • February 1999 Photo Looking south
  • December 2006 @ Grade Crossing
  • December 2006 Looking South
• Station from Centre Avenue from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View

• Long Island Rail Road stations in Nassau County, New York
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1898
• 1898 establishments in New York (state)