Renovated Station Features New Plaza Area and Reconstructed Platform Shelter
New LED Lighting Installed, Along with Upgraded Communication and Security Systems
View Photos of the News Conference and Renovated Station
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) today announced substantial completion of the renovation project at the Mastic-Shirley station on the Montauk Branch. This renovation brings the station to a state of good repair and modernizes the station with a new sheltered 2,000-square-foot-plaza area featuring historic photos where the 65-year-old station building used to be, a reconstructed platform shelter, new LED lighting throughout for a brighter environment, complemented with illuminated bollards, a digital information screen, and an upgraded security and communication system.
“We are thrilled to welcome Mastic-Shirley customers to a brighter and spruced-up station,” said Long Island Rail Road President Rob Free. “This renovation is a reminder of the importance of a fully funded capital plan, which will allow us to continue to upgrade our system.”
“We're proud to deliver another on-budget improvement project for Long Islanders,” said MTA Construction & Development President Jamie Torres-Springer. “The reconstructed platform shelter and new station shelter plaza at Mastic-Shirley create a well-lit and welcoming area for customers, and our state of good repair work allows this station to better serve Suffolk County for generations to come.”
Additionally, crews made concrete repairs to the platform, under-platform support, the ADA accessible ramp, replaced the entire platform tactile strip, and installed a new wave-shaped bike rack as Mastic-Shirley was one of seven LIRR stations to receive additional bike parking under the MTA’s Bike, Pedestrian, and Micromobility Strategic Action Plan. Project crews also refinished and repainted railings throughout the station – across the platform, staircases and the accessible ramp – furnished new station signage, put up a LIRR system map, and included new benches, granite seating and granite planter.
The project is on track to be finished within budget of $7.49 million. The work was performed by LIRR in-house teams and Orange County Engineering (OCE) Contracting, a Wallkill, New York-based contracting company that participates in the MTA’s Small Business Mentoring Program, which seeks to increase and facilitate the participation of small businesses, including Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs).
“Any day that we get an improvement here is a great day for our community,” said Suffolk County Legislator Jim Mazzarella. “We're excited at the new amenities that are here at the station, especially about the history that not only the station has, but the community has, and you'll see some of that history on the pictures that are installed in the shelter.”
“I'm thrilled that we're finally here, that we're here to celebrate this occasion,” said Brookhaven Town Council Member Karen Dunne Kesnig. “It was much needed in this community and I’m extremely thankful to the community groups, particularly the William Floyd Community Summit and the Mastic-Shirley Chamber, who were part of this process the entire time, and Brookhaven Town Historian Barbara Russell, who helped choose all the pictures that are up there. So, anyone waiting for a train, take your time and look at the pictures, because they show the history of this area."
“We've been through many of these, and it's always a great thing to see projects like this from start to finish,” said SMART General Chairman Anthony Simon. “The men and women of labor can do anything you put in their hands. They will get it done. They've proven that time and time again. It's about the community and the riders. We're going to continue to do that.”