By Peggy Darlington

For  this site we will use South as trains to Long Beach and North for trains to NY.

Lynbrook, our first stop after leaving the main line is unusual. It appears to be two islands serving four tracks but in fact is two separate stations each with an island and two tracks. this line uses the Western A crossover is present on this embankment located station's  platforms and tracks.

Centre Avenue follows with two tracks and two wall platforms and is at grade.

East Rockaway follows with two tracks, two wall platforms with bus shelters and is also at grade. 

Oceanside also has two tracks and two wall platforms . A very nice stationhouse is on the Northbound platform and bus shelters are on both platforms of this at grade station. 

We start a high speed run slowing only to cross a small body of water and then resume our high speed run and enter Island Park also with two tracks, two wall platforms. Bus shelters are on both platforms and a stationhouse is on the northbound platform. of this at grade station. The line becomes one track and we cross water on a low bridge. A view of homes with private boat docks. 

The line widens out to five tracks and we enter Long Beach.  The current station was built in 1991. Old low platforms serve tracks 7/8 and 9/10 located one either side of the active tracks.

From east to west:

10/low platform/9,

8/low platform.7

6/high concrete island/5

 4/high concrete  island/3 

2/wood platform./ railing/removed track 1.