{"id":10418,"date":"2026-06-01T19:06:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T00:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/?p=10418"},"modified":"2026-06-01T19:06:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T00:06:57","slug":"kew-gardens-lirr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/01\/kew-gardens-lirr\/","title":{"rendered":"Kew Gardens (LIRR)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kew Gardens is a LIRR station in, well, Kew Gardens, Queens. Located on the LIRR mainline, this station is a stone’s throw from the subway, being half a mile out. The neighborhood, while upscale, isn’t to the same extreme as Forest Hills. With that in mind, let’s look at this station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Signage!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The station consists of two high-level platforms, long enough to platform 6 cars each. As for the surroundings, you have a shopping area above the station on an overpass, a trailer for a waiting room, ticketing machines, the usual amenities, and all that. I suspect the trailer, however, is because the actual waiting room was being renovated or something. There’s also bus connections to the Q10 to the E\/F and to the JFK AirTrain. There’s also the Q80, which also goes to the AirTrain, but takes a more direct route. There’s also an express bus that runs to 6th Avenue from here. Overall, it’s really not that awful a station.

I do have to ask though, WHO THE HELL IS PAYING $7.25 TO TAKE AN EXPRESS BUS FROM HERE TO MIDTOWN?!<\/em> Not to mention the LIRR runs on weekends! The QM18, as far as I understand, doesn’t! AND express buses aren’t subject to farecapping. You’d genuinely get more for your money by taking advantage of fare capping on the subway alongside a LIRR monthly, rather than just taking the QM18. I digress. This post is about Kew Gardens LIRR, not the QM18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ticketing machines!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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An overpass<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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An M7 trainset<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another overpass shot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A diesel train deadheading to Jamaica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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EMD DE30AC #405!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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oh my another M7<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The LIRR waiting trailer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It was actually kinda cozy, in a way<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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WHY DOES THIS STATION HAVE AN EXPRESS<\/em> BUS CONNECTION?!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The good: It’s accessible, has a waiting room that’s cold, and all the usual LIRR amenities! There’s also the Q10 to the JFK AirTrain. It’s also in a rather upscale, but still somewhat walkable, neighborhood.

The bad: The platforms are way too short. I would presume it’s not pleasant at rush hour, and this station should be on the shortlist for platform extensions.

Nearby points of interest: There’s some shops on Lefferts Blvd. There’s also a school and a cemetery. Aside from that, housing.

Transit connections:
LIRR (Hempstead, Ronkonkoma, Far Rockaway, Babylon, West Hempstead, Long Beach, Port Jefferson)
MTA bus (Q10, Q37, Q80, QM18)

Overall, it’s not a bad station, but it really needs extensions. Yeah, sorry, I don’t have a lot to say, but the short platforms aren’t good this close to Penn Station.

Rating: 6.5\/10

Shoutout to the trailer waiting room, by the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kew Gardens is a LIRR station in, well, Kew Gardens, Queens. Located on the LIRR mainline, this station is a stone’s throw from the subway, being half a mile out. The neighborhood, while upscale, isn’t to the same extreme as Forest Hills. With that in mind, let’s look at this station. The station consists of … Continue reading “Kew Gardens (LIRR)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,8,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-extra","category-othertransit","category-public-transit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10418"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10418\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10431,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10418\/revisions\/10431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chelseascorner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}