Long Island

Gap Photos

On Dec. 5 and 6, Newsday measured the railroad’s 20 busiest stations, which account for 73 percent of daily ridership, and found numerous wide gaps, including one at Syosset that measured 13 1/2 inches.

Using a Stanley tape measure, reporters started at the outermost edge of the platform and measured horizontally to the lip of the doorstep while the train was stopped. In places where workers had installed wooden edgeboards to close the gap, measurements were taken from the end of the board.

Click on the station names below to view photos of gaps.