Central Islip (LIRR station)

Not to be confused with Islip (LIRR station) situated on the Montauk Branch.

Central Islip
File:Central Islip LIRR Station.jpg Central Islip Station. Taken on May 22, 2008.
Location	Suffolk Avenue & Lowell Avenue Central Islip, New York
Coordinates
Owned by	MTA
Line(s)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Suffolk County Transit: S42, S45, 3C, 3D Lindy's Taxi
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes; Bike racks and lockers
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	10
History
Opened	1987
Electrified	January 18, 1988 750 V (DC) third rail
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	3,574
Services
Ticket vending machines Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Brentwood toward New York terminals Main Line (Ronkonkoma Branch) Ronkonkoma toward Greenport Suffolk station Main Line (current and former locations) Nichols Road station

Central Islip is a station on the Main Line (Ronkonkoma Branch) of the Long Island Rail Road. It is at the southwest corner of Suffolk County Road 100 (Suffolk Avenue) and Lowell Avenue in Central Islip, New York. Short-term parking is also available on Suffolk CR 100 across from the intersections between Pineville and Hawthorne Avenues.

History

Central Islip depot and station was built in August – October 1873 and opened on November 14, 1873, on the southeast corner of Suffolk County Roads 17 & 100 as a replacement for the former July 14, 1842-built Suffolk station on Islip Avenue (now NY 111, then Fifth Avenue). The condition for getting the depot was that the people had to donate all the land that was needed in addition to $600. The land was deeded over on June 14, 1873 and the $600 paid by July 1, 1873. It was remodeled in 1916 and the original depot was razed in August 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, Central Islip, Brentwood, Deer Park, and Wyandanch. The station was built on the site of a former spur to the Central Islip Psychiatric Center, including the hospital's power plant that was abandoned years before the hospital was closed. Across Lowell Avenue is the site of a Waldbaum's warehouse that once had a freight spur leading to it.

Platforms and tracks

A	■ Ronkonkoma Branch	toward New York (Brentwood)
	■ Ronkonkoma Branch	toward Ronkonkoma (Terminus)
B	■ Ronkonkoma Branch	toward New York (Brentwood)
	■ Ronkonkoma Branch	toward Ronkonkoma (Terminus)

The station has two high-level side platforms, each 12 cars long. The north platform is next to the siding track, while the south platform is next to the main track. Most trains on weekdays and all trains at all times serve Platform B, and a few weekday trains serve Platform A.

External links

• Official LIRR station information page for Central Islip
• Station timetable for Central Islip
• 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)
  • Islip Station
• CI Interlocking (The LIRR Today)
• Station from Lowell Avenue from Google Maps Street View