Mill Neck LIRR Station

Mill Neck Station (Long Island Rail Road)

Mill Neck, New York is a beautiful little community in the northern part of the town of Oyster Bay. The site I visited was the former Long Island Rail Road station. Today, it is no longer operational for passengers. This station is in single track territory on the Oyster Bay Branch. Oyster Bay station is to the east and Locust Valley is to the west. 

 LIRR trains ceased operation to this station in 1998. Today's passenger cars have doors that are high off the ground, which required the construction of a higher platform. At Mill Neck, it was uneconomical because of low passenger traffic. Thus, the LIRR closed the station to passengers.

The concrete platform still sits unused, under a blanket of snow on this particular day. However, the track is fully operational; trains to and from Jamaica bypass the closed station. Also, take note of the police car in the parking lot.

(Looking east) The station building is currently used as a local police precinct and the local US Post Office.  

In this video, a westbound train runs past Mill Neck with a blast of the horn to yours truly.


DIRECTIONS:
Take Northern State Parkway Exit 35N or Long Island Expressway Exit 41N. Head north on Route 106/107. Cross under the Jericho Turnpike overpass and take the right fork onto Route 106 northbound. Pass through the Route 25A intersection. Then, turn left onto Lexington Avenue. At the end of Lexington, turn left onto West Main Street. When you reach the intersection with Mill Hill Road, take it. Then, turn right onto Beaver Brook Road. head straight onto Frost Mill Road. Cross under the LIRR tracks and turn right into the train station.