Centre Avenue station
Centre Avenue is one of two Long Island Rail Road stations located within the Incorporated Village of East Rockaway, in Nassau County, New York. The station is officially located at Forest Avenue, between Rocklyn & Centre Avenues – one block east of Atlantic Avenue.
History
The station was opened in 1898 by the New York and Long Beach Railroad and originally was known as South Lynbrook station until 1924.Centre Avenue station was originally located a block to the west and had a station house, but was moved east when high-level platforms were installed in the late 1960s in order to facilitate the new M1 railcars. Parts of the original platform are still visible along the trackside towards Lynbrook.
Like all other Long Beach Branch stations east & south of Lynbrook, the Centre Avenue station saw temporary service reductions following Hurricane Sandy in 2012, due to the third rail infrastructure being damaged by saltwater from storm surge; diesel trains operated service on the branch until the restoration of electric service, following the completion of repairs to the electrical infrastructure along the branch.