Shinnecock Hills was a rail station, located along the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, in Shinnecock Hills, New York, United States, in service from 1887 to 1938.
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| Location | McGregor Drive, off of Hills Station Road Shinnecock Hills, New York | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°53′27″N 72°27′48.6″W / 40.89083°N 72.463500°W | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1887 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1938[1] | |||||||||||||||
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The name Shinnecock Hills has been used for the former Southampton College station that was temporarily reactivated during the 2004, 2018, and 2026 U.S. Opens, which took place at the nearby Shinnecock Hills Golf Club.[2][3]
History
editThe station first opened around 1887 on the south side of the tracks, and closed in 1938.[1]
The building was used as a U.S. Post Office and as of 2013 was in use as a private residence. In October 2013, the structure was dedicated as a Southampton Town Historic Landmark by the Town of Southampton.[4]
References
edit- 1 2 "3 R.R. Stations Closed". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. February 9, 1938. p. 7. Retrieved December 4, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "LIRR Train Service to the 126th U.S. Open" Archived 2026-06-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ LIRR History (TrainsAreFun.com) Archived 2010-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Young, Beth (October 31, 2013). "Shinnecock Hills Train Station gets landmark status". East End Beacon. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
External links
edit- Shinnecock Hills Station Image (Existing Railroad Stations in New York State)
- Shinnecock Hills Station in the 1960s and 1973 (WorldNYCSubway.org)
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