East New York (LIRR Station)

East New York (LIRR Station)

East New York is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Branch in East New York, Brooklyn, where that branch passes through the historic Jamaica Pass. It is located at ground level, in the median of Atlantic Avenue, and underneath the elevated main lanes of Atlantic Avenue, with one side platform on either side of the two-track line. This part of the Atlantic Branch is fully grade-separated, and goes down into a tunnel on each side of the station, allowing the Atlantic Avenue main lanes to return to the surface. The only crossings of Atlantic Avenue here are the freight tunnel on the LIRR Bay Ridge Branch, a tunnel carrying East New York Avenue diagonally under the area, and the elevated BMT Canarsie Line (L train) – and formerly also the BMT Fulton Street Line – which passes over Atlantic Avenue. The Atlantic Avenue elevated New York City Subway station lies along this line, directly over the East New York LIRR station.

The station is served by the Far Rockaway Branch, the Hempstead Branch and the West Hempstead Branch of the LIRR.

East New York has two side platforms capable of holding a 10-car train. A ticket office is located in the station. It is located in the City Terminal Zone, and in turn located within Zone 1. This station is also included within the CityTicket program.