Bellerose station

Bellerose
Bellerose LIRR station along Atlantic Avenue across from the intersection with Walnut Avenue.
General information
Location	Commonwealth Boulevard & Superior Road Floral Park, NY
Coordinates	40.7221°N 73.7166°W / 40.7221; -73.7166
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Main Line Hempstead Branch
Distance	14.3 mi (23.0 km) from Long Island City
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	4 (2 on the Hempstead Branch, and 3 on the Main Line, 1 track shared by both the Hempstead Branch and Main Line)
Connections	New York City Bus: Q36 (at Jericho Turnpike) Nassau Inter-County Express: n24 (at Jericho Turnpike)
Construction
Parking	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	1898
Rebuilt	1909, 1960–1961
Electrified	750 V (DC) third rail
Passengers
2006	951
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Elmont toward Penn Station, Grand Central or Atlantic Terminal Hempstead Branch Floral Park toward Hempstead      Port Jefferson Branch does not stop here      Oyster Bay Branch does not stop here      Ronkonkoma Branch does not stop here      Montauk Branch does not stop here
Former services Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Queens Village toward Long Island City or Penn Station Main Line Floral Park toward Greenport

Bellerose is a station along the Main Line and Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). The station is at Commonwealth Boulevard and Superior Road, 0.25 miles (0.40 km) south of Jericho Turnpike, in Bellerose, New York and has a full-service ticket machine on the north side of the station, next to the underpass entrance and a daily machine on the south side next to the underpass entrance.

History

Bellerose station was originally built in 1898 and rebuilt in the summer of 1909. It was out of service between December 12–15, 1960, and replaced with a third station between 1960 and 1961. Until 1960, the station had a platform on each side of the four-track Main Line, though almost all trains that stopped ran to and from Hempstead. As part of the grade crossing elimination the junction of Main Line and Hempstead Branch was moved west of Bellerose. The two lines remain closely parallel between Jamaica and Floral Park. The platform was placed between the two Hempstead Branch tracks.

Station layout

The station has one eight-car-long high-level island platform serving the two southern tracks. Main Line trains (the Port Jefferson, Oyster Bay, Ronkonkoma, and Branches) bypass the station using the three northern tracks while Hempstead Branch trains use the two southern tracks. The station is served by the Q36 and the n24 bus routes at Jericho Turnpike, and local taxis do stop here.