LIRR Shelters

I take quite a bit of pride in this shelter. It is a gorgeous structure made of stone, heavy wood support columns and a slate roof.

In the late 1990s, Huntington Station underwent a huge Capital Programs rehabilitation. Capital had planned to demolish the shelter because it was showing signs of significant decay.

When I found out about that, I spoke with the Project Manager Boris Gutman. I told Boris that the shelter was historic and it was a beautiful structure in its own right. I told Boris that if he restored the shelter, it would enhance the beauty of the entire station area and his entire project would come out looking better as a result. To my pleasant surprise, Boris listened to me and not only saved the shelter, but he had it completely restored. Dave Morrision

The shelter survives today due to the efforts of Dave Morrision; else it would have joined the ranks of the East Williston Station building and Patchogue PD Tower.

Sayville Valuation photo	Westbridge Valuation photo	Woodmere Valuation photo	Woodmere Valuation photo
Broadway Flushing Valuation photo	Great Neck 1933	Douglaston 1937
All information in the section above compliments of: Dave Morrision
MU West Locust Manor/Jamaica Racetrack c.1936 Archive: Dave Keller	Inwood Doughty Blvd 1939 Photo: Art Huneke	Matawok c.1925 Photo: James V. Osborne Archive: Dave Keller	Great River view east 1971 Photo: Dave Keller
Hamilton Beach MU End of Line c.1953 Photo: W. J Edwards Archive: Dave Keller	Republic East View 1970 Collection: Dave Keller	Westwood Rear View (W. Hempstead branch) 9/27/1973 George Povall collection, Dave Keller archive	Westwood Shelter Track View High-level platforms under construction 9/27/1973 George Povall collection, Dave Keller archive
Hamilton Beach Shelter Shed-May, 1954 Archive: Dave Keller	Hamilton Beach station looking south in May, 1954. Archive: Dave Keller	“Beach” tower in background, and Jamaica bay in distance.	Note express tracks removed and outside local tracks have been severed just south of the station platforms at the signal bridge. Archive: Dave Keller
	Salisbury Plains Shelter Ex-Ocean Electric Car 15 eastbound, new Salisbury Plains station under construction -View NW 1923 Archive: Dave Keller	Roslyn shelter shed - Lincoln Avenue taxi stand 10/06/1986 Photo: Ray Jacobs Archive: Roslyn Preservation Society

Amityville Station and Shelter c.1911 Archive: Wayne Koch	Wood shelter shed 08/26/1916 Valuation Archive: Dave Morrision	Westbury Station and Shelter Archive: Dave Morrision	Baldwin Station and Shelter Archive: Dave Morrision
Islip Depot 1910 Islip c. 1940's Collection: Dave Morrison Photo: Fred Weber	Massapequa Post Card with shelter Collection: John Fusto Massapequa shelter from above Post Card Collection: John Fusto	Greenvale 1937 Collection: Robert Andersen Calverton 08/17/2007	Penny Bridge 1954 Collection: Dave Keller Higbie Ave Laurelton 1954 Collection: Dave Keller
Freeport Station postcard 08-10-1907 Collection: John Fusto	Stewart Manor postcard 08-19-1957 Collection: John Fusto	RS-1 #464 is pulling into Hicksville summer of 1957 eastbound Photo: "Pappy" Joe Hagan	LIRR 225 Penny Bridge Photo: Steve Hoskins c. 1960's
Amityville 09/22/1907	Amityville c. 1964 Photo: Art Huneke	Temp Amityville 1968 Archive: Dave Keller	Bellmore 02/06
Great River 11/18/06 Photo: Pat Masterson	Great River 11/18/06 Photo: Pat Masterson Great River 11/18/06 Photo: Pat Masterson	Great River 11/18/06 Photo: Pat Masterson Great River 12/23/16 View N Photo: Pat Masterson	Great River 11/18/06 Photo: Pat Masterson Great River 12/23/16 View NW Photo: Pat Masterson
S. Farmingdale's shed/station stop in service 6/1936 - 1974 Info: Dave Keller	Modeling this Shelter	Greenvale station shelter shed and low-level platforms – June, 1987. Notice telephone booths on each platform and a New York Post newspaper vending machine near the wooden shelter. U. S. Mail box behind the far corner of the shelter. The between-track fence with pedestrian grade crossing mid-platform! The structure was razed in 1991 and high-level platforms installed. (Dave Keller photo and archive)	MP15ac #153 on push-pull train at station, Greenvale - 9-16-80 (Dave Keller archive)
Hempstead Gardens shelter View NE 01/01/2 Archive: Dave Keller	MU Double Decker #1330 lays up on the West Hempstead "Long Siding" in front of the shelter shed at the low-level platform at Hempstead Gardens 01/01/1972. This siding extended from just east of the West Hempstead station west to Hempstead Gardens and was used for layups of MU trains. This was the last year or two of the old MU cars, and the West Hempstead branch eventually ran only a two-car shuttle between the terminal at West Hempstead to Valley Stream, until high level platforms were installed along the branch and the new M1 cars run. This view NE towards West Hempstead (Dave Keller archive)		Sea Cliff shelter 8/20/1949 Archive: Dave Keller
Train #205 the "Shelter Island Express" westbound behind ALCO RS3 #1558 loading passengers at shelter shed - Mattituck, NY -8/10/1970 "K" block limit signal is in the foreground. (R. F. Makse photo, Dave Keller archive)

Amityville 1937	East Williston 10/27/1946	Great River c.1925	Great River 1943
Great River Sept 1944	Great River Sept 1944 closeup	Merrick 1937	Merrick 1937 closeup
Archive: Queensborough Public Library LIRR Collection
Huntington Shelter
Rehab Project 10/16/1995	c. 1940's Photo: Fred Weber	c. 1940's Photo: Fred Weber
	I take quite a bit of pride in this shelter. It is a gorgeous structure made of stone, heavy wood support columns and a slate roof. In the late 1990s, Huntington Station underwent a huge Capital Programs rehabilitation. Capital had planned to demolish the shelter because it was showing signs of significant decay. When I found out about that, I spoke with the Project Manager Boris Gutman. I told Boris that the shelter was historic and it was a beautiful structure in its own right. I told Boris that if he restored the shelter, it would enhance the beauty of the entire station area and his entire project would come out looking better as a result. To my pleasant surprise, Boris listened to me and not only saved the shelter, but he had it completely restored. Dave Morrision The shelter survives today due to the efforts of Dave Morrision; else it would have joined the ranks of the East Williston Station building and Patchogue PD Tower.