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==Transportation== Elmont is located on the border of Nassau County and the New York City borough of Queens. Closest airports include: * [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] (7 miles, Queens, NY) * [[LaGuardia Airport]] (13 miles, Queens, NY) * [[Sands Point Seaplane Base]] (public use, {{convert|10|mi|km}}, Port Washington, Long Island, NY) The [[Long Island Rail Road]] (LIRR) provides race-day-only passenger service to Belmont Park from Jamaica and Penn Station. Elmont is near the [[Floral Park station|Floral Park]], [[New Hyde Park station|New Hyde Park]] and [[Valley Stream station|Valley Stream]] stations of the LIRR's [[Main Line (Long Island Rail Road)|Main Line]], which provide regular commuter service to NYC. The [[Elmont station]] opened for eastbound trains in November 2021<ref>{{cite web | title=1st new LIRR station in 50 years opening just in time for Islanders homecoming at UBS Arena | website=ABC7 New York | date=November 16, 2021 | url=https://abc7ny.com/11243243/ | access-date=November 19, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Parry | first=Bill | title=New LIRR station opens near Belmont Park in time for Islanders' first home game at UBS Arena β QNS.com | website=QNS.com | date=November 18, 2021 | url=https://qns.com/2021/11/new-lirr-station-opens-near-belmont-park-in-time-for-islanders-first-home-game-at-ubs-arena/ | access-date=November 19, 2021}}</ref> and for westbound trains in October 2022.<ref>{{cite web | last=Schnapp | first=Howard | title=Bi-directional service is coming to the Elmont UBS Arena LIRR station | website=Newsday | date=October 6, 2022 | url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/transportation/lirr-elmont-islanders-hockey-ubs-trains-ru8qciga | access-date=October 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Long Island Rail Road's Elmont-UBS Arena Station is open for game day transportation | website=WSHU | date=2022-10-07 | url=https://www.wshu.org/long-island-news/2022-10-07/long-island-rail-roads-elmont-ubs-arena-station-is-open-for-game-day-transportation | access-date=2022-10-15}}</ref> The [[Nassau Inter-County Express]] bus system serves Elmont with routes [[n1 (Long Island bus)|n1]] (Elmont Road/Central Ave.), and [[n6 (Long Island bus)|n6]] on Hempstead Turnpike (near Belmont Park Racetrack) for connections to the LIRR, the [[New York City Subway]], and [[MTA Regional Bus Operations]].<ref>{{cite NYC bus map|nassau}}</ref> Elmont is located at the junction of the [[Cross Island Parkway]] and [[Southern State Parkway]], providing quick access to the Long Island parkway system. Elmont is about {{convert|7|mi|km}} from the [[Long Island Expressway]] and {{convert|10|mi|km}} from the [[Throgs Neck Bridge]] for travel upstate.
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