Lakeview is a station along the West Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Rail Road.

The former Southern Hempstead Branch crossed the line north of this station.

Throughout most of its history, the station has been little more than an open shelter on a platform along the tracks between Woodfield Road and Eagle Avenue.

[6] In 1926, upon electrification of the West Hempstead Branch, the Lakeview station began serving electric trains.

[7] The first electric train to serve Lakeview ran that October 19th, bound for Mineola from Penn Station.