The state’s chief business development agency said the Long Island Rail Road is “evaluating existing rail infrastructure” around Belmont Park in an effort to determine how best to increase service to the planned new Islanders arena.
The LIRR study is expected to be completed by the end of September.
The Islanders arena is expected to be open for the 2021-22 NHL season. The project is currently in the environmental review stage and construction is expected to begin in the spring 2019.
Empire State Development officials gave the updated LIRR timeline at a meeting last week with a group of local activists called the Belmont Park Community Coalition.