Country Life Press station

Country Life Press
The station at Country Life Press, facing Hempstead-bound in June 2012
Location	St. James Street South, between Chestnut Street & Damson Street Garden City, New York,
Coordinates	40°43′16″N 73°37′46″W / 40.721234°N 73.629405°W / 40.721234; -73.629405Coordinates: 40°43′16″N 73°37′46″W / 40.721234°N 73.629405°W / 40.721234; -73.629405
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Hempstead Branch
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	Garden City Taxi
Construction
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	1911
Electrified	May 26, 1908 750 V (DC) third rail
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	1,236
Services
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Garden City toward Penn Station, Long Island City, or Atlantic Terminal Hempstead Branch Hempstead Terminus Former services West Hempstead   West Hempstead Branch   Mineola West Hempstead   Oyster Bay Branch   East Williston

Country Life Press is one of five stations of the Long Island Rail Road in the village of Garden City, New York. It serves the Hempstead Branch and is located on Damson Street and St. James Street South in Garden City.

The station was originally opened in 1911 for the sole purpose of serving the Doubleday & McClure Publishing Company facility (the "Country Life Press" that was located across the tracks), hence the name of the station. Country Life Press station has some former rights-of-way that led to the West Hempstead and the Oyster Bay Branches. It also included the remnants of the Central Branch of the Long Island Rail Road that terminated near Nassau Coliseum.

The station has one 10-car-long side platform on the east side of the single track.

View of the tracks from the south end of the platform.

The station house along the north end of the low level platform.

The former West Hempstead Branch junction behind the tracks.