Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center
Hempstead | |||||||||||
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The front of the LIRR terminal at the Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center in 2008 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | West Columbia Street Hempstead, New York | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°42′47″N 73°37′31″W / 40.7131°N 73.6253°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road (train station) County of Nassau (bus station) Village of Hempstead (parking fields) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Hempstead Branch | ||||||||||
| Distance | 19.8 mi (31.9 km) from Long Island City | ||||||||||
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| Tracks | 8 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Nassau Inter-County Express: See below Greyhound Lines | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 4 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1872 (rail), 1993 (bus) | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1881, 1913, 1943 (moved), 1963, 2002 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | May 26, 1908 750 V (DC) third rail | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2006 | 3,614 | ||||||||||
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The Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center is an intermodal center and transportation hub in Hempstead, New York. It contains the Nassau Inter-County Express bus system's indoor customer facility between Jackson and West Columbia Streets – as well as the terminus for the Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, located right across West Columbia Street from the bus terminal.
Serving 17 routes, the bus terminal is a major transfer point for customers using a second Nassau Inter-County Express route or the LIRR. It offers a waiting area, transit information, MetroCard vending machines, a newsstand, and restrooms.