Editing Stony Brook, New York (section)

===Modern development===
[[File:AcademicMallSBU2019 2.jpg|left|thumb|The Academic Mall across the [[Stony Brook University]] campus]][[File:SUNY Stony Brook MC.jpg|thumb|right|[[Stony Brook University Hospital]]]]Melville donated the land and funds to New York for establishing a branch of the [[State University of New York]] in the area. This led what was then called the ''State University College on Long Island'', at the time in constrictive [[Oyster Bay (hamlet), New York|Oyster Bay]] quarters, to relocate and change its name to [[Stony Brook University]]. Melville also donated land and funds for the local school district. The [[Three Village Central School District]] today serves several communities in the vicinity and has named its flagship [[Ward Melville High School]] after the philanthropist.

Tourist attractions include the [[Stony Brook Grist Mill]] and the [[Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages]], a large complex of buildings originally known as the Stony Brook Carriage House and Suffolk Museum. Other Stony Brook attractions are the 19th-century [[William Sidney Mount House]], the [[St. James Chapel (Stony Brook, New York)|St. James Episcopal Chapel]], and the [[West Meadow Beach Historic District]].