Bayside
Station statistics
Address	213th Street and 41st Avenue, off Bell Boulevard Bayside, NY
Lines	Port Washington Branch
Connections	NYCT Bus Kelly's Car Service
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Parking	Yes; Metered, NYC Permit, and Private
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Other information
Opened	October 27, 1866[1]
Rebuilt	1924
Electrified	October 21, 1913
Accessible
Owned by	MTA
Fare zone	3
Formerly	Bay Side

Bayside (earlier Bay Side) is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch in the Bayside section of Queens in New York City. The station is located at 213th Street and 41st Avenue, off Bell Boulevard and just north of Northern Boulevard, and is 12.6 miles (20.3 km) from Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan. The station is part of CityTicket.

Bayside Station was originally built on October 27, 1866, by the Flushing and North Side Rail Road. However the current building dates back to either 1923 or 1924. The tracks were dug beneath Bell Boulevard in the late-1920's. A freight elevator building operated across the tracks from the station until the Port Washington Branch stopped carrying freight. The wooden pedestrian bridge that carried commuters across the tracks to both platforms was replaced in 1998 by a decorative steel bridge.

The station, along with the Port Washington line in general, is heavily used. During the 2005 New York City transit strike, the station had the distinction of being one of the few where trains actually stopped, bypassing lesser stations on the Port Washington branch such as Auburndale and Murray Hill.

Connections

• New York City Bus: Q13 and Q31
• Local Taxi Service.

References

External links

• LIRR station information for Bayside
• Forgotten NY.com
  • 1920's Station House off of 41st Avenue
  • 1998 Pedestrian Bridge (Replacement for wooden bridge)
  • Views of Bayside Freight Elevator and Bell Boulevard overpass

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