A new Long Island Rail Road station will be built at Belmont Park as part of a proposed $1.3 billion arena and entertainment complex aimed at bringing the NY Islanders back to Nassau County, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Monday.
New York Arena Partners, the development group seeking to build the project on state land, as part of a deal with the Cuomo administration, has agreed to pay $97 million of the $105 million to build the station, state officials said. The arena developers is a partnership of the owners of the Islanders, the Mets and the arena development company, Oak View Group.