The modification of South Tyson Avenue Bridge, which has been in service since 1958, is expected to begin Fall 2018. The bridge will be modified to include a new two-track bay bridge. South Tyson Avenue Bridge will be replaced using the method successfully employed at LIRR’s Post Avenue Bridge in…
Construction on the Cherry Lane Bridge Replacement is expected to begin this fall. The bridge, which has been in service since 1953, will be raised and widened to accommodate a third track. This bridge has been the site of numerous accidents over the years, and its modernization and increased height…
Since the approval of the third track project last year, MTA officials have wasted no time in rolling out plans across the 9.8-mile stretch from Floral Park to Hicksville.
Lynbrook Station will undergo a $17.9 million transformation. The investment will renew the station’s infrastructure and provide upgraded amenities to improve the customer experience. The Lynbrook Viaduct, originally built in 1936, will be rehabilitated, and the station platforms will receive new canopies and waiting rooms.
“Since the 1940s, people talked about adding a third track and modernizing the Main Line corridor - and now we’re actually doing it.” - Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Forty percent of LIRR riders pass through the LIRR’s congested Main Line. That’s one among many reasons why the project to modernize…
Construction of retaining walls under the railroad trestles on Accabonac Road and North Main Street in East Hampton Village, which began earlier this month, is expected to continue until spring 2019.
The City of Long Beach, appropriately nicknamed “The City by the Sea,” has beckoned toocean-goers for centuries, from the generations of Long Island baymen who’ve plied their trade nearby, to beach-loving vacationers from Victorian times through today. Shoehorned within Long Island’s westernmost South Shore barrier island, the city has grown…
U.S. News and World Report has crunched the numbers for 2018, releasing its annual list of best high schools in the country, ranking the schools on a national and a state level, and Garden City High School made the list. Not a single Long Island school cracked the Top 10…
Three areas on the North Shore were ranked in the top four places to retire in New York state by Smart Asset. Great Neck and New Hyde Park took first and second, respectively, and Manhasset was ranked No. 4. Huntington, at No. 9, was the only other spot on Long…
Lynbrook village officials unanimously voted to approve a $42.2 million budget for 2018-19 on April 16 at a public meeting led by Mayor Alan Beach and the board of trustees. The budget is a $1.5 million increase from 2017-18, and includes a 1.49 percent tax increase for residents. It is…
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