Sea Cliff station facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Sea Cliff
Close-up view of the historic Sea Cliff station in Glen Cove, New York, from the northbound platform. An open shelter on the southbound platform can be seen in the distance.
Location	Sea Cliff Avenue & Glen Keith Road Glen Cove, NY
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Connections	Nassau Inter-County Express: n27 Glen Cove Bus: Glen Cove Commuter Bus
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes; Bike Rack
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	7
History
Opened	1867
Rebuilt	1888, 1997
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	602
Services
Preceding station LIRR Following station Glen Head towards Jamaica, Long Island City or Penn Station Oyster Bay Branch Glen Street towards Oyster Bay
Sea Cliff Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NRHP landmark, rebuilt in 1888.
Location in New York Show map of New York Location in the United States Show map of the United States
Location	Sea Cliff, New York, USA
Nearest city	Glen Cove, New York
Built	1888
Architectural style	Late-Victorian
NRHP reference No.	88000021
Added to NRHP	February 18, 1988

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.

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.

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.

Platform A, side platform
Track 1	←      Oyster Bay Branch toward Jamaica, Long Island City, or Penn Station (Glen Head)
Track 2	←      Oyster Bay Branch toward Oyster Bay (Glen Street) →
Platform B, side platform

• Sea Cliff – LIRR

• Sea Cliff LIRR timetable

• Sam Berliner III's Long Island Railroad page
  • • Unofficial LIRR History Website