Rockville Centre station
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Rockville Centre station is a Long Island Rail Road commuter rail stop in Rockville Centre, New York, serving passengers on the busy Babylon Branch.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rockville Centre station canonical | 3 |
| Rockville Centre (South Side Railroad of Long Island) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1061689 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rockville Centre station Context triple: [Babylon Branch, hasStation, Rockville Centre station]
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A.
Cedarhurst station
Cedarhurst station is a Long Island Rail Road commuter rail stop serving the village of Cedarhurst in Nassau County, New York.
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B.
Great Neck station
Great Neck station is a Long Island Rail Road commuter rail stop in Great Neck, New York, serving passengers on the Port Washington Branch.
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C.
Ardsley station
Ardsley station is a SEPTA Regional Rail stop in Pennsylvania that serves local commuters on the Warminster Line.
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D.
Douglaston station
Douglaston station is a Long Island Rail Road commuter rail stop serving the Douglaston neighborhood of Queens, New York City.
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E.
Hempstead station
Hempstead station is a Long Island Rail Road commuter rail station in Hempstead, New York, serving as the primary rail hub for the surrounding community.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rockville Centre station Target entity description: Rockville Centre station is a Long Island Rail Road commuter rail stop in Rockville Centre, New York, serving passengers on the busy Babylon Branch.
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A.
Cedarhurst station
Cedarhurst station is a Long Island Rail Road commuter rail stop serving the village of Cedarhurst in Nassau County, New York.
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B.
Great Neck station
Great Neck station is a Long Island Rail Road commuter rail stop in Great Neck, New York, serving passengers on the Port Washington Branch.
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C.
Ardsley station
Ardsley station is a SEPTA Regional Rail stop in Pennsylvania that serves local commuters on the Warminster Line.
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D.
Douglaston station
Douglaston station is a Long Island Rail Road commuter rail stop serving the Douglaston neighborhood of Queens, New York City.
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E.
Hempstead station
Hempstead station is a Long Island Rail Road commuter rail station in Hempstead, New York, serving as the primary rail hub for the surrounding community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
commuter rail station
ⓘ
railway station ⓘ |
| accessible | no ⓘ |
| adjacentStationEast | Baldwin station ⓘ |
| adjacentStationWest | Lynbrook station ⓘ |
| code | RVC ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| distanceFromPennStation | 21.2 miles ⓘ |
| electrification | 750 V DC third rail ⓘ |
| fareZone | Zone 7 ⓘ |
| formerName |
Rockville Centre station
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Rockville Centre (South Side Railroad of Long Island)
|
| hasFacility |
bicycle facilities
ⓘ
parking ⓘ |
| hasTicketOffice | yes ⓘ |
| lineUsage | one of the busiest stations on the Babylon Branch ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Nassau County, New York
ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form:
New York State
Rockville Centre ⓘ
surface form:
Rockville Centre, New York
|
| locatedOn | Babylon Branch ⓘ |
| numberOfTracks | 2 ⓘ |
| opened | 1867 ⓘ |
| operator | Long Island Rail Road ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Long Island Rail Road ⓘ |
| platformConfiguration | 2 side platforms ⓘ |
| rebuilt |
1881
ⓘ
1901 ⓘ 1950 ⓘ |
| servedByLine | Babylon Branch ⓘ |
| serves | commuters to New York City ⓘ |
| structureType | elevated station ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rockville Centre station Description of subject: Rockville Centre station is a Long Island Rail Road commuter rail stop in Rockville Centre, New York, serving passengers on the busy Babylon Branch.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Rockville Centre, New York
this entity surface form:
Rockville Centre (South Side Railroad of Long Island)