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Coordinates: 40°43′39″N 73°37′16″W / 40.72750°N 73.62111°W / 40.72750; -73.62111
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Clinton Road
The former station house at Clinton Road, now Garden City's Fire Station No. 3.
General information
LocationClinton Road (CR 1) and Saint James Street North
Garden City, New York
Coordinates40°43′39″N 73°37′16″W / 40.72750°N 73.62111°W / 40.72750; -73.62111
Owned byMetropolitan Transportation Authority (tracks)
Incorporated Village of Garden City (station house)
Line(s)Garden City–Mitchel Field Secondary
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
History
Openedc.1915
ClosedMay 15, 1953
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road 		Following station
Country Life Press
Terminus
 Garden City–Mitchel Field Secondary Newsday
After 1949
toward Bethpage
A&P
toward Bethpage

Clinton Road was a station stop located on the Garden City–Mitchel Field Secondary branch of the Long Island Rail Road in the Village of Garden City in Nassau County, New York, United States. The historic station house is now used as a fire station.

History

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The station opened in 1915 on a line originally built by Alexander Turney Stewart's Central Railroad of Long Island.[1] It was built by the Garden City Company just before World War I, in anticipation of the eastern side of Garden City being developed.[1]

During World War I, the station building served as a telegraph and paymaster station for Camp Mills, which had been established on the east side of Clinton Road and the south side of the Central Railroad.[2] A monument to the Rainbow Division that was assembled at Camp Mills and fought overseas in France was erected in the plaza on the south side of the station in 1941.[3][4]

The station saw very low ridership over the course of its operations, and service would eventually be limited to shuttle trains running between Country Life Press and Mitchel Field.[1] By 1951, the eastern side of Garden City was starting to become heavily developed.[1] At the time, the Garden City Fire Department – then one of the only professional fire departments in Nassau County, was not able to efficiently serve the east side of the village, due to the existing two fire stations not being in adequate proximity to the area.[1] This prompted the Village of Garden City to purchase the station building that year, and subsequently converting it into a third fire station for the village's fire department, providing sufficient coverage for the eastern part of the community.[1][5][6]

By 1952, citing the low ridership totals, the Long Island Rail Road petitioned for the New York State Public Service Commission to allow it to close the Clinton Road station – in addition to the nearby Newsday, A&P Bronze, and Mitchel Field stations.[7] Passenger rail service at the Clinton Road station ultimately ended on May 15, 1953.[8][9]

As of 2024, the station building continues to be operated by the Garden City Fire Department as Fire Station No. 3.[5][6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Ticketless LIRR Station Finally To Come Into Own as Firehouse". Newsday. April 11, 1951. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-12-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Smith, Mildred H. (1998). Garden City, Long Island, in Early Photographs, 1869-1919. Mineola: Dover Publications. pp. 63, 74. ISBN 9780486406695. Retrieved 2024-07-29 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Rainbow Dedicates Monument Today". Newsday. July 30, 1941. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-12-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "5,000 at Rainbow Dedication". Newsday. October 13, 1941. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-12-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b Zeil, Ron; Wettereau, Richard (1988). Victorian Railroad Stations of Long Island. Bridgehampton: Sunrise Special. p. 132. OCLC 19319353.
  6. ^ a b "Station 3". Garden City Fire Department. Archived from the original on 2011-08-30. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  7. ^ "PSC Sets Hearing Date on RR's Petition". Newsday. August 4, 1952. p. 26. Retrieved 2024-12-05 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "LIRR Station History". trainsarefun.com. Archived from the original on 2011-01-06. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
  9. ^ "Long Island Stations & Structures". trainsweb.org. Retrieved 2011-11-25.
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