Flowerfield (LIRR station)

Flowerfield
Location Parkside Drive
St. James, New York
Coordinates 40°53′50″N 73°8′35″W / 40.89722°N 73.14306°W / 40.89722; -73.14306Coordinates: 40°53′50″N 73°8′35″W / 40.89722°N 73.14306°W / 40.89722; -73.14306
Owned by LIRR
Line(s)
  Port Jefferson Branch
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Other information
Station code None
Fare zone 10
History
Opened 1910
Closed 1958
Services

None

Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
Saint James station Port Jefferson Branch
(current and former locations)		 Stony Brook station

Flowerfield was a former station along the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in Saint James, New York. The station opened in 1910 on a 1,000-acre (400 ha) parcel purchased by John Lewis Childs to grow plants and seeds, which was later acquired by the Gyrodyne Company of America. The second floor of the station even had a small greenhouse. The station closed in 1958.[1][2]

Reopening the Flowerfield station, along with a closure of the St. James station, was proposed in the mid-1990s as part of a plan to redevelop the Gyrodyne site.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Zeil, Ron; Wettereau, Richard (1988). Victorian Railroad Stations of Long Island. Bridgehampton: Sunrise Special. p. 159. OCLC 19319353.
  2. 1 2 Jaleshgar, Ramin P. (November 10, 1996). "Plan for an Access Road Upsets Stony Brook". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-11-24.
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