Brookhaven (LIRR station)
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Brookhaven was a station stop along the Montauk Branch
of the Long Island Railroad. It first opened around 1884 by the Brooklyn and Montauk Railroad and discontinued as a station stop on October 6, 1958. The station was located between the east end of South Country Road(SCR 36
) and Old Stump Road (former SCR 21
), and continued to show up on road maps as recently as the 1980s. The former freight house has been moved to various private locations since 1958, and modified by each owner.
Montauk Branch
The Montauk Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The branch runs the length of Long Island, 115 miles from Long Island City on the west to Montauk on the east...
of the Long Island Railroad. It first opened around 1884 by the Brooklyn and Montauk Railroad and discontinued as a station stop on October 6, 1958. The station was located between the east end of South Country Road(SCR 36
County Route 36 (Suffolk County, New York)
Suffolk County Road 36 is a county road in Central-Southern Suffolk County, New York. Though it is signed as an east–west road, it runs southeast to north from Suffolk County Road 80 and Lake Drive in East Patchogue back to Montauk Highway in Brookhaven...
) and Old Stump Road (former SCR 21
County Route 21 (Suffolk County, New York)
Suffolk County Route 21 is a north–south county road in Suffolk County, New York. Its southern end is at County Route 16 at its interchange with New York State Route 27 in Brookhaven, and the highway ends at New York State Route 25A in Rocky Point....
), and continued to show up on road maps as recently as the 1980s. The former freight house has been moved to various private locations since 1958, and modified by each owner.