Brookhaven was a station stop along the

Montauk Branch The Montauk Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The line runs the length of Long Island, 115 miles (185 km) from Long Island City to Montauk. However, in LIRR maps and sche ...

of the

Long Island Rail Road The Long Island Rail Road , or LIRR, is a Rail transport, railroad in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County on Long Islan ...

located at Bridge Street and Old Stump Road (former Suffolk County Route 21).

History

It first opened around 1884 by the

Brooklyn and Montauk Railroad Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelv ...

. In May 1958, the

(LIRR) applied to the

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for permission to close Brookhaven, East Moriches, and Eastport. The LIRR sought to close the three stations due to very low ridership. A ridership survey conducted in September 1957 found no passengers at Brookhaven. The station closed on October 6, 1958. The former freight house has been moved to various private locations since 1958, and modified by each owner.

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Historic image of Brookhaven Station (Arrt's Arrchives)Archeological Site Inventory Form Brookhaven Railroad Station
Former Long Island Rail Road stations in Suffolk County, New York Railway stations in the United States opened in 1884 1958 disestablishments in New York (state) Railway stations in the United States closed in 1958 {{NewYork-railstation-stub