Flowerfield | ||||||||||||||||
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 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 | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Long Island Rail Road | |||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | ||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | None | |||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1910 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1959 | |||||||||||||||
| Services | ||||||||||||||||
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Flowerfield was a station along the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in Saint James, New York.
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.[1] The second floor of the station was used by Childs and contained a large sun parlor.[1][2] 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.[3][4][5]
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.[6][7]
- ^ a b c Morrison, David D. (2013). Long Island Rail Road: Port Jefferson Branch. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 87, 95. ISBN 978-1-4671-2013-5. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Unique Depot of L. I. R. R., Flowerfield, L. I." The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 25, 1910. p. 6. Retrieved July 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Legal Notice". Newsday. July 9, 1959. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Sound, Sean (July 26, 1959). "County Lines". New York Daily News. Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ziel, Ron; Wettereau, Richard (1988). Victorian Railroad Stations of Long Island. Bridgehampton: Sunrise Special. p. 159. OCLC 19319353.
- ^ Ambro, David (September 19, 1996). "Flowerfield Station Could Signal An End To Stop In St. James". The Smithtown News. p. 10. Retrieved July 29, 2024 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
- ^ Jaleshgar, Ramin P. (November 10, 1996). "Plan for an Access Road Upsets Stony Brook". The New York Times. Retrieved November 24, 2011.