Editing Stony Brook, New York

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'''Stony Brook''' is a [[political subdivisions of New York#Hamlet|hamlet]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in the [[Administrative divisions of New York#Town|Town]] of [[Brookhaven, New York|Brookhaven]] in [[Suffolk County, New York]], United States, on the [[North Shore (Long Island)|North Shore]] of [[Long Island]]. Begun in the [[Colonial history of the United States|colonial era]] as an agricultural enclave, the hamlet experienced growth first as a [[resort town]] and then to its current state as one of Long Island's major [[tourist town]]s and centers of education. Despite being referred to as a [[Village (United States)|village]] by residents and tourists alike, Stony Brook has never been legally incorporated by the state. The population was 13,740 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3671608| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212192802/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US3671608| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Stony Brook CDP, New York| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=January 9, 2013}}</ref>

The CDP is adjacent to the main campus of [[Stony Brook University]], the largest public university in New York by area, and also [[The Stony Brook School]], a private college preparatory school. It is also home to the [[Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages]] and the [[Stony Brook Village Center]], a privately maintained commercial center planned in the style of a traditional [[New England]] village.

==History==

===Origins and early history===
Stony Brook was first settled in the late 17th century. It was originally known by the native name '''Wopowog''' and then as Stony Brook, with both names likely referring to the interconnected bodies of water at the hamlet's western edge. It began as a [[Satellite town|satellite community]] of adjacent [[Setauket, New York]], the [[Brookhaven, New York|Town of Brookhaven]]'s first settlement, and its land was included in the initial 1655 purchase from the native [[Setalcott]] tribe.

[[File:Three Village Inn.jpg|thumb|left|The Three Village Inn, housed in the {{Circa|1751|lk=no}} Richard Hallock home]]A [[gristmill]] was built in 1699 on the water body now known as the [[Mill Pond (Stony Brook)|Mill Pond]]. The current structure, which replaced the original in 1751, ground grain into the 1940s and has since been repurposed for public [[tourism|tours]]. For religious services and education, the hamlet's original residents had to attend institutions in the neighboring communities of Setauket and [[St. James, New York|St. James]]. In the latter half of the [[18th century in the United States|18th century]], activity began to shift from the mill area north toward the [[harbor]] as new residences, a number of which still stand, were constructed.<ref name="Images of America">{{cite book| title=Images of America: Stony Brook| author=Three Village Historical Society| pages=7–9}}</ref>

Stony Brook was a remote area through the 18th century aside for a modest amount of commerce near the mill at the intersection of Main Street and Harbor Road. The community's development was stalled by its poorly accessible harbor relative to nearby Setauket and [[Port Jefferson, New York|Port Jefferson]]. In the 1840s, local painter [[William Sidney Mount]] led a call for the harbor's [[dredging]]. This was completed twice, but after the harbor filled in both times the effort was abandoned. Lacking the resources of its neighboring harbor settlements, Stony Brook based its economy on agriculture and the [[cordwood]] industry.<ref name="Images of America" />

===Growth===
The [[Long Island Rail Road]] reached Stony Brook in the 1870s, creating an easy link between New York City and the citizens of Stony Brook. Stony Brook quickly became a popular summer resort for city dwellers attempting to escape the hazards and stress of urban life. The establishment of the [[Stony Brook Assembly]] in 1909 also helped to draw more residents to the local area. A number of these newcomers constructed houses and [[cottage]]s, many of which were either originally made for year-round use or have since been converted to such.

[[File:Stony Brook Post Office 2.jpg|thumb|left|The local post office, centerpiece of the [[Stony Brook Village Center]]]]Nevertheless, the majority of residences were local farmers and businessmen who depended on all necessities being in easy reach. Most businesses were then on the compact plot that would become the contemporary village green.  Unlike today, the shops in this area were utilitarian and haphazardly arranged.

The history of the unincorporated "village" is closely linked to that of [[Ward Melville]], a local businessman who owned what would become the [[CVS Corporation]]. At one point owned much of what his family coined as the ''Three Village'' area (consisting of Stony Brook, the hamlet of [[Setauket-East Setauket, New York|Setauket]], and the [[Municipal corporation|incorporated]] village of [[Old Field, New York|Old Field]]).

[[File:Stony Brook Village shops.jpg|right|thumb|Shops in the [[Stony Brook Village Center]]]]Beginning in 1939 with the creation of his Stony Brook Community Fund, Melville used his wealth to begin the transformation of part of the hamlet into his idea of an idyllic [[New England]] village, the [[Stony Brook Village Center]], with white [[Clapboard (architecture)|clapboard]] buildings and quaint stores. The focus had been in the previous center of the village's commerce, which now consists of a village green and a crescent of stores embellished with stone walkways and seasonal gardening.  To accomplish this, Melville moved many of the existing shops in the plot into the crescent and modified their details for consistency, a design model similar to that of [[Colonial Williamsburg]].  As a centerpiece to the crescent, Melville built the [[Stony Brook Post Office]], decorated by a large eagle that flaps its wings to mark each hour.

===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]].

==Geography==
[[Image:Stony Brook Harbor.jpg|thumb|right|Stony Brook Harbor]]

Stony Brook is on the [[North Shore (Long Island)|North Shore]] of [[Long Island]], approximately {{Convert|55|mi|km}} east of the New York City borough of [[Manhattan]]. The census-designated place occupies an irregular shape measuring roughly {{Convert|5|mi|km|0}} north to south and {{Convert|1|mi|km}} east to west.

The historic core of Stony Brook was developed from the 17th century onward at the mouth of Stony Brook Harbor, a narrow inlet of the [[Long Island Sound]]. This section of town includes the [[Stony Brook Village Center]], a planned commercial center in the style of New England clapboard architecture that opened in 1941. Nearby are the [[Long Island Museum]], the [[Three Village Inn]], and [[William Sidney Mount House]]. A [[peninsula]] in this vicinity known as the [[West Meadow Beach Historic District|West Meadow]] includes a beach and wetlands reserve.

Stony Brook University is within and adjacent to the census-designated place, with its main campus less than {{Convert|2|mi|km}} from Stony Brook's historic center. It is primarily on the eastern side of the census-designated place, with a pedestrian entrance on [[New York State Route 25a|Route 25a]] at the [[Stony Brook (LIRR station)|Stony Brook station]] of the [[Long Island Rail Road]] and a vehicular entrance on [[Nicolls Road]]. The local stretch of Route 25A contains shops and other commercial properties that cater to the university's student body.

The southern (inland) portion of Stony Brook primarily consists of post-war residential development. The [[Stony Brook University Research and Development Park]] (in Stony Brook and adjacent St. James) occupies a buffer between this section and the university's central campus. Forming Stony Brook's official southern boundary is [[New York State Route 347|Route 347]], a corridor with commercial development including an [[AMC Loews|AMC Loews cinema]] within the CDP boundaries and the [[Smith Haven Mall]] nearby.

==Education==
Stony Brook is well known as the home and namesake of [[The Stony Brook School]], a prep school, and [[Stony Brook University]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Long Island Index: Interactive Map |url=http://www.longislandindexmaps.org/ |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=www.longislandindexmaps.org}}</ref> The university is in a separate [[census-designated place]] and has been since the [[2010 U.S. Census]],<ref>
*{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st36_ny/place/p3671608_stony_brook/DC20BLK_P3671608.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Stony Brook CDP, NY|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-10-18}}
*{{Cite web |title=Stony Brook University CDP, New York |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US3671620 |accessdate=April 15, 2022 |website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}
*{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st36_ny/place/p3671608_stony_brook/DC10BLK_P3671608_001.pdf|title=2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Stony Brook CDP, NY|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-10-19}} and [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st36_ny/place/p3671608_stony_brook/DC10BLK_P3671608_A01.pdf page A01]
*{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st36_ny/place/p3671620_stony_brook_university/DC10BLK_P3671620_001.pdf|title=2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Stony Brook University CDP, NY|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-10-18}}</ref> and up to the [[2000 U.S. Census]] the [[U.S. Census Bureau]] did not place the university in a census-designated place at all.<ref>
* {{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk2000/st36_NewYork/Place/3671608_StonyBrook/CBP3671608_000.pdf|title=CENSUS 2000 BLOCK MAP: STONY BROOK CDP|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-10-18}}
* [[1990 U.S. Census]]: [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st36_NewYork/36103_Suffolk/90B36103_000.pdf Index map], with university area on pages [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st36_NewYork/36103_Suffolk/90B36103_038.pdf 38], [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st36_NewYork/36103_Suffolk/90B36103_039.pdf 39], [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st36_NewYork/36103_Suffolk/90B36103_057.pdf 57], and [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/blk1990/st36_NewYork/36103_Suffolk/90B36103_058.pdf 58]
</ref><!--The point of saying this is that the population statistics in this article do ''not'' include Stony Brook University, and this includes material from the 1990 U.S. Census onwards. I do not have the relevant information regarding the 1980 U.S. Census.-->

The hamlet is primarily located within the boundaries of (and is thus served by) the [[Three Village Central School District]].<ref name=":0" /> However, a small section of the hamlet's southwestern extreme is located within the boundaries of (and is thus served by) the [[Middle Country Central School District]].<ref name=":0" /> As such, children who reside within the hamlet and attend public schools go to school in one of these two districts, depending on where they reside within the hamlet.<ref name=":0" />

==Transportation==
The [[Stony Brook (LIRR station)|Stony Brook station]] of the [[Long Island Rail Road]]'s [[Port Jefferson Branch]] is located within and serves the hamlet.<ref name=":0" /> Commute time to [[New York Penn Station|Penn Station]] is approximately 1 hr 48 mins including a transfer in [[Huntington, New York|Huntington]], [[Hicksville (LIRR station)|Hicksville]] or [[Jamaica station|Jamaica]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 13467
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2010, there were 13,727 people, 4,758 households, and 3,787 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|2,390.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 4,970 housing units at an average density of {{convert|865.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 88.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 14.4% from two or more races, 7.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 4.4% [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latin (U.S. Census)|Latin]] of any race, 1.7% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.25% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], and 0.01% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]].

[[File:William-sydney-mount-house.jpg|thumb|right|The [[William Sidney Mount House]]]] [[Image:Stony Brook Figurehead.jpg|thumb|left|Hercules figurehead of the {{USS|Ohio|1820|6}}, kept in Old Stony Brook]]There were 4,758 households, out of which 39.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.3% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.4% were non-families. 16.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.23.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 26.9% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 26.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.2 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $90,009, and the median income for a family was $95,567. Males had a median income of $68,400 versus $41,770 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $35,247. About 1.9% of families and 2.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.9% of those under age 18 and 2.9% of those age 65 or over.

==Local media==
* SBU TV, Stony Brook University Television
* ''[[Stony Brook Independent]]'', publication at Stony Brook University
* ''[[Stony Brook Press]]'', a newspaper at Stony Brook University.
* ''[[The Statesman (Stony Brook)|The Statesman]]'', the oldest newspaper at Stony Brook University
* [[The Times Beacon Record|''The Village Times Herald'']], a newspaper in Setauket
* [[WUSB (FM)]], Stony Brook University Radio at 90.1 FM

==Notable people==
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[[File:Frank E. Gaebelein Hall.jpg|thumb|right|[[The Stony Brook School]]]]
* [[Bud Abbott]] (1897–1974), comedian.<ref>{{citation |title=Fred Allen's Heirs: Costello and Abbott Given Summer Spot |url=http://www.abbottandcostello.net/nw_article1.htm |year=1940 |journal=Newsweek |issue=July 1 |access-date=April 13, 2012}} "Abbott, now 39, lives in Stony Brook, Long Island"</ref> 
* [[Cody Arnoux]], soccer player
* [[Awkwafina]], actress, rapper
* [[[[Ella May Bennett]], Universalist minister
* [[Harold Beverage]], inventor
* [[George Booth (cartoonist)|George Booth]], ''New Yorker'' cartoonist
* [[Lars Brownworth]], teacher and historian
* [[Nathan Bruckenthal]], U.S. Coast Guardsman and posthumous Bronze Star recipient<ref name="NYTimes">{{cite news|last=O'Donnell|first=Michelle|title=Long Island Native, Killed in Iraq, Is Buried in Arlington|work=The New York Times|date=May 8, 2004}}</ref>
* [[Sarah Drew]], actress
* [[Brooke Ellison]], first quadriplegic graduate from Harvard University
* [[Michael J. Epstein]], filmmaker and musician
* [[Toni Frissell]], fashion photographer
* [[Frank E. Gaebelein]], educator
* [[Manon Gage]], actress
* [[Marci Geller]], independent singer-songwriter
* [[Kevin James]], comedian, actor
* [[Karsh Kale]], producer, composer, musician
* [[Anthony Kay]], pitcher for the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] of [[Major League Baseball]]
* [[Michael Kimmel]], sociologist, scholar
* [[Steven Matz]], pitcher for the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] of [[Major League Baseball]]
* [[Evelina Mount]], painter
* [[R.A. the Rugged Man]], hip-hop artist
* [[Cliff Robertson]], actor
* [[Jim Simons]], mathematician and hedge-fund manager
* [[Louis Simpson]], Pulitzer Prize poet
* [[Robert R. Sokal]] (1925–2012), biological anthropologist and biostatistician
* [[Gary Valentine]], comedian, actor
* [[Koyo (band)]], musicians, band

==See also==
*[[New York State Route 25A]] (North Country Road)
*[[Stony Brook University Hospital]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{Commons|Stony Brook}}
* {{wikivoyage inline|Stony Brook}}
* [http://www.stonybrook.com Stonybrook.com], community website
* [http://www.wmho.org Ward Melville Heritage Organization]
* [http://www.stonybrookschool.org The Stony Brook School]
* [http://www.stonybrook.edu Stony Brook University]

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