The Sea Cliff is a historic station along the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Sea Cliff Avenue and Glen Keith Road between Glen Cove Avenue and Cedar Swamp Road in the City of Glen Cove, New York, east of the Town of Oyster Bay hamlet of Sea Cliff, New York. The station was actually named after Sea Cliff Avenue, rather than the hamlet.
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History
Sea Cliff station was built in 1867 by the Glen Cove Branch Rail Road, and renovated in May 1888 at the cost of $4,000. The station is typical of many LIRR stations of the late-Victorian era. It contains a two-story red brick structure with an gabled-roof that extended into canopies on the sides, which contains elaborate gingerbread woodwork along the canopies. From July 2, 1902 to December 31, 1924, it had connections to two trolley lines. One was the Sea Cliff Village Trolley, owned by the Nassau County Railway and the other was the Glen Cove Railroad (not to be confused with the old LIRR subsidiary) which ran along the Oyster Bay Branch right-of-way into Downtown Glen Cove in 1905. From 1909 to 1956, it also contained a wooden pedestrian bridge. Nearly a century after the second station was built, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The station was renovated in 1997.
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Platform and track configuration
This station has two high-level side platforms, each four cars long. There is a spur east of the station for track maintenance equipment, but was used as a freight siding until the 1970s. The siding at one point crossed Sea Cliff Avenue to service Sea Cliff Coal and Lumber, whose covered coal dump still stands.
References
External links
Media related to Sea Cliff (LIRR station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Official LIRR station information page for Sea Cliff
- Station timetable for Sea Cliff
- Sam Berliner III's Long Island Railroad page
- 1999 Sea Cliff Station Photos(Victorian Stations of the LIRR)
- NRHP Landmark
- Unofficial LIRR History Website
- 1999 Photo
- 2006 Handicapped ramp
- Station Interior
- Victorian-style overhead light
- Sea Cliff LIRR Station (Road and Rail Pictures)
- Station from Sea Cliff Avenue from Google Maps Street View
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