Editing Oceanside, New York (section)

== Transportation ==

=== Road ===
[[Long Beach Road]], Oceanside Road, Lawson Boulevard, and Atlantic Avenue are some of the main roads in Oceanside.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Long Island Index: Interactive Map |url=http://www.longislandindexmaps.org/ |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=www.longislandindexmaps.org}}</ref> Other roads such as Brower Avenue and Waukena Avenue, which were built as residential streets, also carry major traffic. [[New York State Route 27|Sunrise Highway (NY 27)]] is located along the Northern border of the hamlet, with [[Rockville Centre]] and Baldwin. [[Merrick Road]] briefly passes through near [[South Nassau Communities Hospital]].<ref name=":0" />

=== Rail ===
The [[Long Beach Branch]] of the [[Long Island Rail Road]] passes through the west side of Oceanside, with the [[Oceanside (LIRR station)|Oceanside station]] being at Weidner Avenue and Lawson Boulevard.<ref name=":0" /> The Oceanside train stop is the 3rd train station south on the Long Beach line.  The travel time from the Oceanside train station to Penn Station is approximately 40 minutes. In the northern part of Oceanside, many commuters use either the nearby [[Rockville Centre (LIRR station)|Rockville Centre Station]] or the [[Baldwin (LIRR station)|Baldwin Station]] on the [[Babylon Branch]].<ref name=":0" />

=== Bus ===
The [[Nassau Inter-County Express]] passes through Oceanside with the n4 and n15 routes. The n36 served Oceanside until 2017, and the n16 also served Oceanside until 2012, but saw its route shortened due to budget cuts.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kabak|first=Benjamin|title=NICE BUS, $7.3 million in the red, already threatening service cuts|url=http://secondavenuesagas.com/2012/02/16/nice-bus-7-3-million-in-the-red-already-threatening-service-cuts/|publisher=Second Avenue Sagas|access-date=20 February 2012|date=16 February 2012}}</ref> There is presently no bus headed for the Oceanside LIRR nor are there plans for this.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite tweet|user=theNICEbus|author=NICE Bus|number=666276005452099584|date=16 November 2015|title=@marcuspearl429 thanks for the suggestion. Currently we don't have plans to expand our service to include the Oceanside LIRR}}</ref>