LIRR Kew Gardens Station

Hopefully you never need to speak to an actual person in the ticket office as it’s only open for about 10 minutes Mondays through Fridays. Of course I’m exaggerating that, but not by much. The ticket office is only open for about 2 hours and 50 minutes daily. Forget about weekends. Thus, on cold days especially, you’re waiting outdoors for the habitually-​late train. I understand that’s a larger complaint with the LIRR and not this location specifically, but I do have an issue with it.
Another poster mentioned the lack of trains stopping at Kew Gardens but I’d have to disagree. At a minimum it stops here twice an hour, unless it’s during the overnight hours. Otherwise during rush hours you can get 2 or 3 trains an hour. Frankly, with the E/​F trains two blocks away the LIRR doesn’t need to make more stops here.
Another issue I have with this station: Why is there NO ticket machine on the eastbound side of the station? You’re screwed if you’re running late. You’d have to run over to the westbound side, get your tickets at the machines (and keep your fingers crossed that there is A: no line and B: no issues with the machines themselves), then run back over to the other side to get your train. Who knew going to Long Island would be a cardio workout?

I’m a fan of the beautiful surroundings for sure, but the Kew Garden’s LIRR train station is «A-​OK» to me. Small platform and infrequent train schedule (about every hour), especially on the weekend. Subway is quicker honestly into the city, and not to mention it cost’s only $ 2.50. ($ 5 – 7.50 off/​peal on the LIRR)

Good, clean station, outdoors (brrr in the winter) with very little covered waiting spaces. There are only 2 ticket machines on the manhattan bound side, so give yourself a little extra time in case you get stuck behind a bickering couple who can’t figure out either machine…

I love this station but remember, to get out from this station you MUST BE on the FIRST 4 cars. Long Island bound track doesn’t have a ticket machine so you’ll have to buy it on the Manhattan bound track.

The construction that seems to have been going on for years makes travel difficult on the weekends.