The Country Life Press station is one of five stations of the Long Island Rail Road within the village of Garden City, New York. It serves the Hempstead Branch and is located on Damson Street and St. James Street South in Garden City.

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Country Life Press
The station at Country Life Press, facing Hempstead-bound in June 2012
General information
Location	St. James Street South, between Chestnut Street & Damson Street Garden City, New York
Coordinates	40.721234°N 73.629405°W / 40.721234; -73.629405
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Hempstead Branch
Distance	19.0 mi (30.6 km) from Long Island City[1]
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	4
History
Opened	1911
Electrified	May 26, 1908[2] 750 V (DC) third rail
Passengers
2006	1,236[3]
Services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Garden City toward Penn Station, Grand Central or Atlantic Terminal Hempstead Branch Hempstead Terminus
Former services Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station West Hempstead toward Valley Stream West Hempstead Branch Stewart Avenue toward Mineola

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The station was originally opened in 1911 for the sole purpose of serving the book publisher Doubleday, Page & Company, which had moved in 1910 from Manhattan to Garden City, where co-founder and vice-president Walter Hines Page lived. It is named for the publisher's "Country Life Press" that was located across the tracks.^[4] Country Life Press station has some former rights-of-way that led to the West Hempstead and the Oyster Bay Branches.^[5] It also included the remnants of the Central Branch of the Long Island Rail Road that terminated near Nassau Coliseum.

In 2022, the Long Island Rail Road announced plans to demolish the station house, which had fallen into a state of disrepair, and replacing it with a landscaped plaza.^[6][7][8] That December, the Village of Garden City's officials, through a 7-1 vote, opted through resolution not to attempt saving the structure, given safety concerns (many of which were raised by members of the community) and the poor state of the structure.^[8]

The station has one 10-car-long side platform on the east side of the single track.

• Country Life Press station
• View of the tracks from the south end of the platform
• The station house along the north end of the low level platform