Setauket station

Setauket was a station stop along the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The station was established by the Smithtown and Port Jefferson Railroad (a Long Island Rail Road subsidiary) in July 1873,[1] marked by a sand bank. In February 1877, a new freight deport was built. No depot appears to have been built until January–February 1883.[2] This depot was razed on October 3, 1960. It was discontinued as a stop around 1980.[3][4]

Setauket
The site of the former Setauket station in 2010.
LocationGnarled Hollow Road
Setauket, New York
Coordinates40.931979°N 73.098607°W / 40.931979; -73.098607
Owned byLong Island Rail Road
Line(s)
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeNone
Fare zone10
History
Opened1873
Closed1980
Services
None
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Former services
Stony Brook   Port Jefferson Branch   Port Jefferson

Setauket station was located between the Stony Brook and Port Jefferson Stations on the north side of the tracks just east of the bridge where Gnarled Hollow Road passes under the tracks in Setauket.[1] Access to the station was through a driveway which emptied onto Gnarled Hollow Road just north of the bridge on the east side of the road. Today the site, across the tracks from the current location of the All-Flags & Flagpoles company (formerly the site of the American Flagpole Factory[1]), is occupied by pole-tech.

References

  1. The Three Village Historical Society (2005). The Setaukets, Old Field, and Poquott. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 89. ISBN 0-7385-3866-3. Retrieved 2011-11-23.
  2. Seyfried, Vincent F. (1966). The Long Island Rail Road: The age of expansion, 1863-1880.
  3. LIRR Station History (TrainsAreFun.com) Archived 2017-05-26 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Hagstroms Western Suffolk County Road Atlas (1941)


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