Water Mill station

Coordinates: 40°54′45.1″N 72°21′11″W / 40.912528°N 72.35306°W / 40.912528; -72.35306
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Water Mill
The old Water Mill LIRR station, still being used today
General information
LocationStation Road, off
Montauk Highway (NY 27)
Water Mill, New York
Coordinates40°54′45.1″N 72°21′11″W / 40.912528°N 72.35306°W / 40.912528; -72.35306
Owned byStrough Associates
Long Island Rail Road (former)
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
History
Opened1875
Closed1968
Rebuilt1903
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road
Following station
Southampton Montauk Division Bridgehampton
toward Montauk
Southampton
toward Manorville
Sag Harbor Branch Bridgehampton
toward Sag Harbor

Water Mill (also called Watermill) is a former Long Island Rail Road station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It was located at the end of a dead-end street off Montauk Highway in Water Mill, New York.[1]

History

Water Mill station originally opened 1875 on the west side of Halsey Lane (now Old Mill Road), and served the

Bridgehampton station, which was razed in 1964 and replaced with a shelter in 1968, Water Mill station continues to stand well after it was closed by the Long Island Rail Road, and operated as a restaurant for much of the late-20th Century. Today it serves as the office of a series of office condiminums.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "760 Montauk Highway, Water Mill, New York - Google Maps". google.com.
  2. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY
    . 1 June 1895. p. 7.
  3. ^ "Suffolk County". existingstations.com.
  4. ^ "LONG ISLAND STATION HISTORY". trainsarefun.com.
  5. ^ Former Water Mill Station; 2013 (TrainsAreFun)
  6. ^ Third Perspective - Matt Cross. "Exclusive Office Condominiums in Watermill, NY - Water Mill Station Condominium". watermillstation.com.

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