Flowerfield (LIRR 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 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. ^ a b Jaleshgar, Ramin P. (November 10, 1996). "Plan for an Access Road Upsets Stony Brook". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/10/nyregion/plan-for-an-access-road-upsets-stony-brook.html. Retrieved 2011-11-24. 
Preceding station   LIRR   Following station
St. James station Port Jefferson Branch
(current and former locations)		 Stony Brook station