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The MV Long Island, the newest member of the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Ferry's fleet, was built in 2024 by Eastern Shipbuilding in Panama City, Florida, and entered service in December 2024. She is 302 feet long and 52 feet wide and has capacity for 124 automobiles.
Port Jefferson, also known as Port Jeff, [2] is an incorporated village in the town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island. Officially known as the Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson, the population was 7,962 as of the 2020 United States census .
The oldest section of Nicolls Road was built in the early 1960s between NY 25A and the Nesconset–Port Jefferson Highway, now known as NY 347. The railroad bridge that carries the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road replaced an older and narrower one over a former section of Sheep Pasture Road. Nicolls Road bisected two sections ...
Further northwest, CR 111 intersects with exit 70 of Interstate 495 (Long Island Expressway), a diamond interchange with traffic signals. CR 111 concludes at the northern signal with I-495 west. However, Eastport Manor Road extends for a short distance as a two-lane, 30-mile-per-hour (48 km/h) road.
A streetcar line from Minneapolis brought guests to the park from Memorial Day through Labor Day until the line was closed in 1932. [4] Excelsior Amusement Park was very popular in the 1940s and 1950s. During the 1960s the park became a hangout for Excelsior teens and attracted crowds of young people from around the Twin Cities. Several ...
NY 97 began in the city of Port Jervis and ended in Callicoon when it was assigned in 1930. At that time, the remainder of modern NY 97 was part of NY 17B . During May 1939, the state proposed a new designation of New York State Route 17L ( NY 17L ) for the section between Hancock and Bradley's Corners (south of Middletown ).
The line east of Port Jefferson was abandoned in 1938. The right-of-way is now owned by the Long Island Power Authority and used for power lines. A parallel rail trail for bicycling, running, and walking opened in 2022. [11] The Port Jefferson Branch was electrified from Mineola to Huntington Station in 1970.
The line east of Port Jefferson was abandoned in 1938, and the lumber from the station was used to build a nearby store north of the former station. [3] The right-of-way is now owned by the Long Island Power Authority and used for power lines. In June 2022 a rail trail for bicycling, running, and walking [4] opened.