Stony Brook
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| Location in New York | |||
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | new York | ||
| County : | Suffolk County | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 54 ′ N , 73 ° 8 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 13,740 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 916 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 15.4 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) of which 15.0 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 50 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 11790, 11794 | ||
| Area code : | +1 631 | ||
| FIPS : | 36-71608 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 2390358 | ||
Stony Brook is a place on the north coast of Long Island in the US state of New York . It has the status of an unincorporated hamlet within the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County and is listed as a census-designated place . He is best known for the State University of New York at Stony Brook . According to the 2010 census, the place had 13,740 inhabitants.
geography
Stony Brook has an area of 15.4 km², of which 15.0 km² is land and 0.4 km² is water. The Stony Brook Harbor is a marshy bay of the Long Iceland sound . Here is Youngs Island and a small urban beach, Sand Street Beach . The surrounding locations are Old Field , Setauket-East Setauket , Centereach , Lake Grove , St. James and Head of the Harbor .
history
The area of today's Stony Brook was from Setalcott - Indians settled that the environment of the bay as Wopowog "to the water Engen country" called. The European settlement began around 1660. The first documentary mention refers to today's Main Street and dates to May 25, 1685. In 1884 the spelling of the name of Stoney Brook was changed to the current form. Around 1855, Stony Brook was a shipbuilding site , and between 1890 and the First World War it was at times a popular tourist destination. After that it lived primarily from fishing until the resident businessman Ward Melville carried out a large-scale development program from 1939 and, among other things, had today's village center built in the style of the 19th century. In 1962, the university, founded in 1957, moved to its current site, donated by Melville, in the local area and became a determining factor in the area.
Culture and sights
In addition to the university, Stony Brook also has the Long Island Museum and a watermill from 1751.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
The following personalities were born in Stony Brook:
- 1991, Steven Matz , pitcher in Major League Baseball
Other personalities
- Kevin James and his brother Gary Valentine , both comedians, actors, and screenwriters, grew up in Stony Brook.
- Actor Cliff Robertson lived in Stony Brook
Infrastructure
Stony Brook has a stop on the LIRR route between Port Jefferson and Penn Station .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Susan Konig: LI's Biggest Export? Try standup comedy . In The New York Times , November 14, 1999.