Amityville RR Station Sign.jpg (12553 bytes)        		AMITYVILLE
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Amityville colorized photo postcard c. 1905
Amityville Station floor plan Drawing: Brad Phillips
 
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Amityville - Cross-Island Trolley Opening Day 8/25/1909
The building is known as the "Triangle Building" - located at Broadway and Park Avenue
 looking south. Collection:  Robert Emery, SUNY Stony Brook

August 25, 1909, was celebrated in downtown Amityville as opening day for the Huntington-Amityville trolley. "Welcome to our city," the sign says. Amityville Historical Society
The Huntington trolley used this station as a stop from 1909 to 1919.


Amityville Station trestle view E c.1900 for the Cross-Island Trolley line ran 18.5 miles from the Halesite, south, to the Amityville docks on the Great South Bay from 1909-1919.
Photo: William J. Rugen Archive: Queens Public Library

Huntington Railroad (Cross-Island Trolley) extended service to Farmingdale and on to Amityville began 8/25/1909.  That year the power plant was added to the west side of the Farmingdale station building.  Research: Dave Keller
Amityville 1889 Station interior 8/1960
Photo/Archive: Brad Phillips: Brad Phillips
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Amityville Station - Huntington RR Trolley on Trestle 
view NW c.1910 Archive: Dave Keller		 amityville-colorized-post-card_viewW-1910.jpg (75738 bytes)
Amityville colorized photo postcard view W 1910 Huntington RR Trolley on Trestle		 Amityville-Station_viewE-1937_SUNY-Emery.jpg (87116 bytes)
Amityville Station View E - 1937
Photo: Ron Ziel  Collection Emery SUNY Stony Brook
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Amityville station view SW 1953
Amityville Freight Station first Road n' Rail Bus - View NE 6/08/1963 Photo/Archive: Brad Phillips		  AmityvilleDepot1963BradPhillips.jpg (70486 bytes)
Amityville station View SE 1963
Photo/Archive: Brad Phillips
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 Amityville Emery map - MP30-31 08/19/1958

 
Amityville Emery 1958 backdated c.1930's
Diagram: Steven Lynch


PRR K4s #5362 westbound at Broadway, Amityville crossing
c.1935 - Archive: Dave Keller
"The Freight Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore"
by Walter A. Saxton  - LIST NRHS Semaphore June 1993		 Amityville-Emry-map_1958_SUNY-Emery.jpg (76067 bytes)
Amityville - Emery ledger map 1958

Emery's finished product maps in his collection sold to SUNY Stony Brook. All drawn in ledger-sized spiral notebooks and illustrated with actual photos.
Info: Dave Keller

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Amityville freight station 5/1964 View E
Photo/Archive: Brad Phillips

Amityville Broadway widening - View S 4/1960
Photo/Archive: Brad Phillips
Amityville - John Street  View W 1965 
Archive: George Forero		 Amityville_temp-ticket-officec.1965_GeorgeForero.jpg (90947 bytes)
Amityville - Temporary ticket office 1965 
Archive: George Forero

Amityville temporary platforms, old tracks have been torn out.
 View W 1969 Archive: William Gilligan

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Amityville temporary station facilities and tracks view E from crossover bridge late 1968 
Archive: Dave Keller

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Amityville View E 1965 Archive: George Forero

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LIRR maps Amityville-Copiague 6/1966
Archive: Dave Keller

AMITYVILLE Station History:
S. S. R. R. (South Side R.R.) SVC. BEGAN:10/28/1867. DEPOT BUILT: NOV-DEC/1868. MOVED TO PRIVATE PROPERTY (29 RAILROAD AVE.): 1889. STILL STANDING: 1/2020.
2ND DEPOT OPENED: 7/25/1889, RAZED: 5/29/64. REPLACED WITH TEMPORARY STATION BUILDING. IN SVC: 5/29/64. OUT OF SVC: 10/25/68 DUE TO RELOCATION OF TRACKS AND FACILITIES FOR GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATION. BLDG. RAZED.
2ND TEMPORARY STA. BUILDING ACCOUNT OF GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATION IN SVC: 10/25/68.OUT OF SVC: 8/7/73 AND RAZED.
ELEVATED STRUCTURE IN SVC: 8/7/73  Research: Dave Keller

 
View SE
S.S.R.R. Depot moved to 29 Railroad Avenue, Amityville in 1889
View SE 1/28/2020 Photos/Archive: Dave Morrison
View SW
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Amityville DD-1 freight view W at Birch Ave. c.1930-1940		 Amityville_DD-1freightViewE.jpg (94435 bytes)
Amityville DD-1 freight view E c.1930-1940		 AmityvilleDepot-Panoramic1963BradPhillips.jpg (62849 bytes)
Amityville Station and shelter 1964 View W
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Amityville Trolley Bridge View W close-up  1964 		 AmityvilleTrolleyBridgeViewE1964BardPhillips.jpg (69913 bytes)
Amityville Trolley Bridge View E 1964 		  AmityvilleFirstDayNewService08061973.jpg (39929 bytes)
Amityville M-1 first day of new service 08/06/1973
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Inaugural run of the Road n’ Rail bus service to Montauk on 6/8/63. Amityville was the origin for the South Shore run. 		Amityville-ZIP-MU's081963BradPhillips.jpg (51920 bytes)
 ZIP cars photo was taken within days of the first runs of this new equipment in August 63 (note the World’s Fair logo on the sides)  		AmityvilleCannonball1963BradPhillips.jpg (49549 bytes)
The Cannonball regularly ran on the Montauk division so I got to enjoy its passing every Friday in summer.  Double-headed, sometimes triple-headed, Alco RS-3’s, 1963
LIRR - Amityville Trolley on Bridge.jpg (54917 bytes)
Amityville station postcard with the Huntington Railroad trolley on bridge view NW c.>1909 		 Amityville 1919.jpg (98690 bytes)
Amityville station postcard 
view NE 1919 
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Amityville - Huntington Railroad trolley remains (c.1919) at Sterling Place/John St. View E 08/1967
LIRR - Amityville Team Track - 1968.jpg (106473 bytes)
Amityville Freight Yard - Greene Ave. West of station, view NE 1968 		 LIRR - EB MU Passing Amityville Team Track - Jan 1968.jpg (82364 bytes)
 Amityville MU passing team track view W 01/1968 
Note: The 3rd rail is still there. 		 Amityville-Team-Track_viewE_1-1968_BradPhillips.jpg (125670 bytes)
Amityville  team track - View E 1/1968

 
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Amityville  team track - View W 1/1968		 LIRR Road 'n Rail Bus 372 Bound for S'hampton at John St-Amityville (View N) - 10-64 (Keller).jpg (136052 bytes)
LIRR Road 'n Rail bus #372 bound for Southampton is crossing John Street in Amityville, NY and is heading toward the station in October, 1964. The view is north. (Dave Keller archive)		 Amityville-StationSouthSideRR-movedBradPhillips.jpg (74299 bytes)
South Side Railroad 1889 moved to private property Railroad Ave. 
Photo taken 2009
Special thanks to Brad Phillips for the photos and information.

04/15/2024