Flowerfield station

Flowerfield was a station along the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in Saint James, New York.

Flowerfield
Site of the former Flowerfield station, viewed from a passing train in 2022
General information
Location	Parkside Drive St. James, New York
Coordinates	40°53′50″N 73°8′35″W / 40.89722°N 73.14306°W / 40.89722; -73.14306
Owned by	Long Island Rail Road
Line(s)	Port Jefferson Branch
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Station code	None
Fare zone	10
History
Opened	1910
Closed	1959
Services
None Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Former services St. James   Port Jefferson Branch   Stony Brook

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 agency closed in 1944.^[1] On July 2, 1959, the LIRR petitioned with the New York State Public Service Commission for permission to discontinue all passenger services and team tracks at the station.^[2][3][4]

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.^[5]

References

1. Keller, David D. Morrison, Foreword by David (2013). Long Island Rail Road: Port Jefferson Branch. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4671-2013-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. "Legal Notice". Newsday. July 9, 1959. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
3. Sound, Sean (July 26, 1959). "County Lines". New York Daily News. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Ziel, Ron; Wettereau, Richard (1988). Victorian Railroad Stations of Long Island. Bridgehampton: Sunrise Special. p. 159. OCLC 19319353.
5. 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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