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.

“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…
here may be no corridor on Long Island showcasing more culinary diversity than the two-mile stretch of Route 107 that extends south of the Long Island Expressway. Start your journey at Hmart (336 N. Broadway, Jericho, 516-513-5050, hmart.com) a vast emporium of Asian groceries with a food court to match….
Mineola officials said Friday that the village will become home to a pair of parking garages that will add at least 900 more spaces in a downtown area that has long lacked ample parking options. Mayor Scott Strauss said the parking garages are part of a deal that the village…
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is building three new elevators and a sound-retaining wall at the Floral Park Long Island Rail Road station, and village residents got a sneak peek of the plans. During a special meeting last Wednesday, officials with the construction company that is building the third track shared…
New Hyde Park is one of Long Island’s oldest communities, dating back to an 800-acre land grant given in 1683 to Thomas Dongan, royal colonial governor of New York, who built a mansion overlooking “Dongan’s Farm” on what is now Lakeville Road. Sold to provincial secretary George Clarke in 1715,…
Mineola is considered one of the healthiest housing markets in New York State, according to a new study by SmartAsset, a Manhattan-based financial technology company. The study ranked nearly 160 of the state’s communities on the health of their housing markets by looking at the average number of years residents…
The New Hyde Park Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Tuesday to amend zoning provisions in the industrial district to allow for mixed residential and commercial use to entice downtown development. Trustee Richard Coppola was not at the meeting. The district borders the Long Island Rail Road, which is adding…
A $121 million construction initiative to rebuild and modernize the the busiest Long Island Rail Road Station completed Phase 2 of its project and reopened the north platform, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced on Tuesday. The MTA says improvements at the Hicksville station include electronic displays, translucent canopies, energy-efficient platform…