Flowerfield (LIRR station)

Flowerfield
Location	Parkside Drive St. James, New York
Coordinates	40°53′50″N 73°8′35″W / 40.89722°N 73.14306°WCoordinates: 40°53′50″N 73°8′35″W / 40.89722°N 73.14306°W
Owned by	LIRR
Line(s)	Port Jefferson Branch
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Other information
Station code	None
Fare zone	10
History
Opened	1910
Closed	1958
Services
None Preceding station   LIRR   Following station Saint James station Port Jefferson Branch (current and former locations) Stony Brook station

Flowerfield was a former 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. The second floor of the station even had a small greenhouse. The station closed in 1958.^[1][2]

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.^[2]

References

1. Zeil, Ron; Wettereau, Richard (1988). Victorian Railroad Stations of Long Island. Bridgehampton: Sunrise Special. p. 159. OCLC 19319353.
2. Jaleshgar, Ramin P. (November 10, 1996). "Plan for an Access Road Upsets Stony Brook". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-11-24.

External links

• Old Flowerfield Station image (Unofficial LIRR History)