Belmont Park station
Belmont Park is a seasonal-use Long Island Rail Road station on the grounds of the Belmont Park racetrack in the New York City borough of Queens. The station is a terminus of a spur line that lies south of and between the Queens Village and Bellerose stations on the Main Line/Hempstead Branch. Consistent with the names of other lines and branches of the LIRR, the spur line is called the Belmont Park Branch.
Belmont Park | |||||||||||
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Belmont Park station after the addition of two high-level platforms | |||||||||||
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| Location | Belmont Park Queens, New York | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40.713655°N 73.728299°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road State of New York | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Belmont Park Branch | ||||||||||
| Distance | 0.1 mi (0.16 km) from Queens Village | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 low-level and 2 high-level island platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 8 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | No | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | May 4, 1905 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1957, 2015 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | October 2, 1905 | ||||||||||
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Belmont Park Branch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Train service to the Belmont Park station is operated only for special events such as the Belmont Stakes. Starting in November 2021, the venue has also been served full-time by the Elmont station, located directly to the north and along the Main Line/Hempstead Branch.
Unlike the rest of the property on Belmont Park, the Belmont Park station is part of a small sliver of Belmont property (including some parking) that is located in Queens. The racing complex is located in Nassau County.