Bellerose (LIRR station)

Infobox Station
name=Bellerose
style=LIRR


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address=Tulip Avenue & Atlantic Avenue
Bellerose, New York
line=Rail color box| system=LIRR| line=Hempstead
other=Triple "A" Taxi
platform=1 (Two-sides)
tracks=2 (Main Branch Tracks are inaccessible)
parking=Yes
bicycle=
baggage_check=
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opened=1898
closed=
rebuilt=1909, 1960-61.
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owned=MTA
zone=4
services= Ticket Machines; ATM Machines
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Bellerose is a station along the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) that strictly serves the Hempstead Branch of the railroad. The station is located on Commonwealth Boulevard and Superior Road, mi to km|0.25 South of Jericho Turnpike, in Bellerose, New York, and has a Full Service Ticket Machine located on the north side of the station, next to the underpass entrance and a Daily Machine located on the south side of the station next to the underpass entrance. The station serves residents of both Bellerose, New York in Nassau County and in Bellerose Manor in the Borough of Queens.

Although Bellerose station is located on the Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, the Oyster Bay, Port Jefferson, Ronkonkoma, and Montauk-destined Central Branches pass right by it. 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. No buses stop at the station.

Connections

Local Taxi Service

External links

* [http://lirr42.mta.info/stationinfo.asp?station=033 Official MTA-LIRR Bellerose Station Website]
* [http://subwaynut.com/lirr/bellerose/index.html Bellerose Station (The SubwayNut)]
*Unofficial LIRR History Website
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/feb2000/blrs59.jpg1959 Photo of 1909 Bellerose Station]
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/mar2006/bellerose01.jpgCommonwealth Boulevard View]
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/mar2006/bellerose05.jpgAtlantic Avenue View]
** [http://www.lirrhistory.com/mar2006/bellerose02.jpgPlatform View towards New York City]