{{short description|Long Island Rail Road station in Nassau County, New York}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox station | name = Baldwin | style = Long Island Rail Road | style2 = | image = Baldwin LIRR Station-1.JPG | image_caption = Baldwin station, as seen from Sunrise Highway | address = Sunrise Highway and Grand Avenue<br>Baldwin, New York | coordinates = {{coord|40.656746|-73.607444|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}} | line = Montauk Branch<!--physical line, not services which are listed below--> | distance = {{convert|21.2|mi|km|abbr=on}} from {{lirrs|Long Island City}}<ref name="ett-20120514">{{cite web | title=TIMETABLE No. 4 | author=Long Island Rail Road | date= May 14, 2012 | accessdate=August 4, 2022 | url=http://www.trainsarefun.com/lirr/lirrhistoricaldata/LIRRTimeTable4_5-14-2012.pdf | page=IV}}</ref> | other = {{bus icon|12px|Local Transit}} '''Nassau Inter-County Express''': {{LI bus link|n35}} | platform = 1 island platform | tracks = 2 | electrified = May 20, 1925<br>750 V (DC) third rail | parking = Yes | bicycle = Yes | passengers = 6,928<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/planning/data/2012_LIRR_OD_Report_Volume_I_FINAL%2008232016.pdf#page=197|title=2012-2014 LIRR Origin and Destination Report : Volume I: Travel Behavior Among All LIRR Passengers|date=23 August 2016|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717085537/http://web.mta.info/mta/planning/data/2012_LIRR_OD_Report_Volume_I_FINAL%2008232016.pdf|archive-date=17 July 2019|access-date=29 March 2020|at=PDF pp. 15, 197|quote=Data collection took place after the pretest determinations, starting in September 2012 and concluding in May 2014. .... 2012-2014 LIRR O[rigin and ]D[estination] COUNTS: WEEKDAY East/West Total By Station in Numerical Order}}</ref> | pass_year = 2012&mdash;2014 | pass_rank = 17 of 125 | opened = {{start date and age|1867}} (SSRRLI) | closed = | rebuilt = 1881, 1917, 1957 | accessible = yes | code = | owned = Long Island Rail Road | zone = 7 | former = Baldwinsville (1867&ndash;1892)<br>Millburn (1892&ndash;1897)<ref>[http://arrts-arrchives.com/ssrrbaldwin.html Baldwinsville Station (Arrt's Arrchives)]</ref> | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=LIRR|line=Babylon|left=Rockville Centre|right=Freeport|line2=Montauk|nonstop2=yes}} | other_services_header = Former services | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=LIRR former|line=Montauk Division|left=Rockville Centre|right=Freeport}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 14 | mapframe-marker-color = {{rcr|LIRR|Babylon}} | mapframe-marker = rail }} '''Baldwin''' is a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is officially located on Sunrise Highway (NY 27) and Grand Avenue (CR 55) in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York, although it also includes Milburn and Brooklyn Avenues.

==History== Baldwin station was originally built in February 1868 by the South Side Railroad of Long Island, though trains had already been stopping there, then called Baldwinsville, since October 28, 1867.<ref name="LIRR Stations">{{cite book |last1=Morrison |first1=David D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=20BUDIVc-5AC&pg=PA57 |title=Long Island Rail Road Stations |last2=Pakaluk |first2=Valerie |publisher=Arcadia |year=2003 |isbn=0-7385-1180-3 |location=Chicago |page=57 |access-date=November 20, 2011}}</ref> The station was remodeled in May 1881,<!--renamed Baldwin in 1892 along with the community,<ref name="baldwinchamber.com">[http://www.baldwinchamber.com/contact.asp Baldwin Chamber of Commerce: History and Mission Statement]</ref>--> and was raised in 1917, and a second station opened later that year, on December 28.<ref name="LIRR Stations" />

As part of the grade crossing elimination project taking place along the Babylon Branch during the mid-20th century, the second Baldwin station was razed in November 1957.<ref name="LIRR Stations" /><ref name=":0" /> It was officially replaced with the current elevated structure on October 2, 1957, after the last ground level train passed through at 12:18 pm that afternoon.<ref name=":0">{{cite news | title=Aged Commuter Helps 'Run' First Baldwin Overhead Train | page=3 | date=October 10, 1957 | newspaper=The LEADER | publisher = L & M Publications | location = Freeport, NY| quote=Dr. William F. Morgan [...] on the first train over the new viaduct on Wednesday, Oct 2. | access-date=17 April 2012 | url=http://cdm15281.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16373coll6/id/656/show/642}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Compact NYSDOT Highway Record Plans: Beginning 1900 |url=https://data.ny.gov/Transportation/Compact-NYSDOT-Highway-Record-Plans-Beginning-1900/6bx3-2s36 |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=State of New York |language=en}}</ref>

The Baldwin Civic Association commissioned a mural of Nunley's carousel by artist Michael White, which was installed at the Baldwin station on April 22, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Peters|first=Erika|date=March 13, 2019|url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/nunley-s-carousel-mural-1.28158233|title=Nunley's Carousel mural will go up at LIRR station|website=Newsday|language=en|access-date=2019-06-20|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620214252/https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/nunley-s-carousel-mural-1.28158233|archive-date=2019-06-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Strack|first=Ben|date=May 2, 2019|url=http://www.liherald.com/stories/rockville-centre-residents-remember-nunleys-amusement-park-after-unveiling-of-carousel-mural,114271|title=Rockville Centre residents remember Nunley's amusement park after unveiling of carousel mural|website=Herald Community Newspapers|language=en|access-date=2019-06-20}}</ref>

==Station layout== The station has one 12-car-long high-level island platform between the two tracks. The platform includes an extension over the Grand Avenue bridge between the two tracks that is covered with a gabled roof. {| border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" | rowspan="3" valign="top" style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |'''P''' Platform level | style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" |Track '''1''' | style="border-top:solid 1px gray;" |← '''{{rcb|LIRR|Babylon|inline=box}}''' Babylon Branch toward Atlantic Terminal, Grand Central Madison, or Penn Station <small>({{Lirrs|Rockville Centre}})</small> ← {{rcb|LIRR|Montauk|inline=box}} Montauk Branch does not stop here |- | colspan="2" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |<small>Island platform, doors will open on the left or right</small> {{access icon}} |- | style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Track '''2''' | style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |{{0|←}} {{rcb|LIRR|Babylon|inline=box}} Babylon Branch toward Babylon <small>({{Lirrs|Freeport}})</small> → {{0|→}} {{rcb|LIRR|Montauk|inline=box}} Montauk Branch does not stop here → |- | width="50" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |'''G''' | width="100" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Ground level | width="425" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Exit/entrance, parking, and buses |}

== See also ==

* List of Long Island Rail Road stations

==References== {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{Commons category-inline|Baldwin (LIRR station)}} {{LIRR links}} *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121001213549/http://www.lirrhistory.com/apr2007a/baldwin06.jpg Baldwin Station Photo; April 2007 (Unofficial LIRR History Website)]}} * [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.656868,-73.608956&spn=0.003915,0.013658&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.65681,-73.609038&panoid=zy0EQCUe2ignbpd6RGYqqA&cbp=12,73.16,,0,2.03 Grand Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View] * [https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.656876,-73.607572&spn=0.003915,0.013658&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.656872,-73.607688&panoid=62SsMmU-wXwUIE1hYCx_wA&cbp=12,201.96,,0,-0.16 Station House from Google Maps Street View]

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