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Stony Brook Village Center is a colonial-style campus of businesses located in downtown Stony Brook, New York. Some 60 miles from Manhattan, the village center was the creation of philanthropist and businessman Ward Melville. The center blends shopping, restaurants, history, music, art and nature.
Stony Brook is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York, United States, on the North Shore of Long Island.Begun in the 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 towns and centers of education.
The William Sidney Mount House is a historic house at 1556 Stony Brook Road in Stony Brook, New York. Built in 1725 and enlarged in 1810, it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965 as the lifelong home of artist William Sidney Mount (1807–1868). The house is now owned by the Long Island Museum and is occasionally opened for tours.
The Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium is the main stadium for Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York, United States. Construction began in 2000 at a cost of approximately $22 million. [ 6 ] With a capacity of 12,300 people (10,300 seating and 2,000 standing), [ 7 ] it is the largest outdoor facility in Suffolk County . [ 8 ]
The resort fell into decline by the 1920s. New York state resurrected the area by buying the land and establishing the state park in 1928. Stony Brook was enhanced in the 1930s by improvements constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration. The footprint of these government programs is evident throughout ...
The Frank Melville Jr. Memorial Library is the main library at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York. It is named for the father of philanthropist Ward Melville, who donated 400 acres of land and money to establish Stony Brook University in 1957. It originally opened in July 1963 and has massively expanded since its original construction.
The Stony Brook Grist Mill is a Registered Historic Place property in Stony Brook, Suffolk County, New York. [2] Its construction in 1699 created the Mill Pond astride the Brookhaven-Smithtown boundary. [3] The mill structure itself dates back to at least circa 1751.
Stony Brook University is the largest residential public school in the state of New York, with nearly 10,000 students choosing to live on campus. [102] While the vast majority of housing is located on Stony Brook's West Campus, residential options are available at the East Campus and Stony Brook Southampton for undergraduate students, graduate ...