The Country Life Press station is one of five stations of the Long Island Rail Road within the village of Garden City, New York. It serves the Hempstead Branch and is located on Damson Street and St. James Street South in Garden City.
Country Life Press | |||||||||||||
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Location | St. James Street South, between Chestnut Street & Damson Street Garden City, New York | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°43′16″N 73°37′46″W / 40.721234°N 73.629405°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | ||||||||||||
Line(s) | Hempstead Branch | ||||||||||||
Distance | 19.0 mi (30.6 km) from Long Island City[1] | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
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Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | 1911 | ||||||||||||
Electrified | May 26, 1908[2] 750 V (DC) third rail | ||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||
2006 | 1,236[3] | ||||||||||||
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The station was originally opened in 1911 for the sole purpose of serving the book publisher Doubleday, Page & Company, which had moved in 1910 from Manhattan to Garden City, where co-founder and vice-president Walter Hines Page lived. It is named for the publisher's "Country Life Press" that was located across the tracks.[4] Country Life Press station has some former rights-of-way that led to the West Hempstead and the Oyster Bay Branches.[5] It also included the remnants of the Central Branch of the Long Island Rail Road that terminated near Nassau Coliseum.
In 2022, the Long Island Rail Road announced plans to demolish the station house, which had fallen into a state of disrepair, and replacing it with a landscaped plaza.[6][7][8] That December, the Village of Garden City's officials, through a 7-1 vote, opted through resolution not to attempt saving the structure, given safety concerns (many of which were raised by members of the community) and the poor state of the structure.[8]
The station has one 10-car-long side platform on the east side of the single track.
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