[3] Instead, the station is located approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of the village in a hamlet originally known as "Fairground,"[4] due to a disagreement between Charlick and the Joneses – an affluent family that resided in the area.

[5] The grade crossing at New York Avenue was eliminated between 1908 and 1909, which also required the relocation of the original station building, which was located south of the present structure.

The LIRR had plans to build an electric equipment maintenance facility there, but the project was canceled due to community opposition.

They were created as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Arts for Transit program by East Hampton artist Joe Zucker.

The panels are called For My Grandfather Noye Pride, a Locomotive Engineer, and make up a 115-foot depiction of a flatbed train carrying items familiar to Long Island including lobsters, whales, ducks and boats.