Yaphank station

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Yaphank
Looking west on the Yaphank station platform at night in October 2006.
General information
Location	Park Street Yaphank, New York
Coordinates	40°49′32″N 72°54′57″W / 40.825656°N 72.915841°W / 40.825656; -72.915841
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Main Line
Distance	58.6 mi (94.3 km) from Long Island City[1]
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	Yes; Free
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	12
History
Opened	1845
Rebuilt	1871
Previous names	Milleville (1845–1846)
Passengers
2006	9[2]
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Medford toward Ronkonkoma Ronkonkoma Branch Greenport Branch Riverhead toward Greenport
Former services Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Medford toward Long Island City or Penn Station Main Line Manorville toward Greenport
Location

Yaphank is a station in the hamlet of Yaphank, New York on the Main Line (Greenport Branch) of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Park Street near Suffolk County Road 21 (Yaphank Avenue). It is also accessible from streets in and around Suffolk County. The distance between Yaphank and the next station, Riverhead, is the longest distance between stations in the LIRR at 14.7 miles (23.7 km). Government buildings are located on the north side of the tracks at the bottom of the Yaphank Avenue overpass.

The two sites that are closest to the station are the Suffolk County Police Department auto mechanics shop (a.k.a. "Vector Center") as well as a Georgia-Pacific railroad lumber yard. The historic Suffolk County Almshouse Barn and the former Suffolk County Sanitorium can be found northwest of the station, as well as the Yaphank Avenue bridge over the tracks.

Yaphank is the LIRR's least used station, getting 2,745 riders in 2021.^[3]