Stony Brook station (LIRR)

Stony Brook
Stony Brook
	The Stony Brook station house prior to being restored, as seen from the south side of NY 25A.
Location	New York State Route 25A & Chapman Street; Stony Brook, New York
Coordinates	40°55′12.99″N 73°7′42.65″W / 40.9202750°N 73.1285139°WCoordinates: 40°55′12.99″N 73°7′42.65″W / 40.9202750°N 73.1285139°W
Owned by	MTA
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Suffolk County Transit: S60, S76, 3D; Stony Brook University Buses: O (outer loop), R (railroad - weekdays), R1 (railroad east - weekends) & R2 (railroad bus - weekends)
Construction
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	10
History
Opened	1873
Rebuilt	1917, 2010–2011, 2018
Passengers
2006	1,448
Services
show Former services

Stony Brook is a historic station on the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located in Stony Brook, New York on the southeast side of New York State Route 25A, across the street from the intersection of Route 25A with Cedar Street. On the opposite side of the tracks is Stony Brook University. There is also a gated at-grade pedestrian crossing between the station and a parking lot at the University, one of only a few stations on the Long Island Rail Road to feature such crossings. The train station is located in the Three Village Central School District.

History[]

Stony Brook station was built in 1873 by the Smithtown and Port Jefferson Railroad (although some sources have claimed it was built in 1888), and rebuilt in 1917.^[3]^[4] Despite the impact of the arrival of Stony Brook University in 1957, the station has remained a small one-story depot. Parking has always been limited, but efforts to increase capacity at the station have been attempted both by SUNY and NYSDOT.

When the Flowerfield station (to the west) closed in 1958 and the Setauket station (to the east) closed in 1980, Stony Brook station became the penultimate station on the Port Jefferson Branch. High-level platforms and a track realignment took place in the late-1980s.^[5] Beginning in April 2010, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority planned a renovation project that was intended to last until January 2011.^[6] The station underwent a renovation from August 2018 to October 2018.^[7]^[8]

Station layout[]

Stony Brook is a double-tracked station, but on both ends of the station, the two tracks merge into one. Most trains use Platform B in both directions, except for two AM inbound trains and one PM outbound train on weekdays.^{[citation needed]} Between 1986 and 1988, high level platforms were added and the two tracks were slightly realigned, creating a small parking lot between the station building and the platforms.

M	Mezzanine	Crossover between platforms
P Platform level	Platform A, side platform
	Track 1	← Port Jefferson Branch limited weekday service →
	Track 2	← Port Jefferson Branch toward Huntington, Jamaica, Atlantic Terminal, Long Island City, or Penn Station (St. James) ← Port Jefferson Branch toward Port Jefferson (Terminus) →
	Platform B, side platform
	Ground level	Exit/entrance and parking