Flowerfield station explained

Flowerfield
Style:LIRR
Address:Parkside Drive
St. James, New York
Coordinates:40.8972°N -73.1431°W
Platform:1 side platform
Tracks:1
Opened:1910
Closed:1959
Code:None
Owned:Long Island Rail Road
Zone:10
Services:None

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 1000acres 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 was used by Childs and contained a large sun parlor.[1] The station agency closed in 1944.[2] 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]

Notes and References

  1. News: November 25, 1910 . Unique Depot of L. I. R. R., Flowerfield, L. I. . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . 6 . July 2, 2024 . Newspapers.com.
  2. Book: Morrison, David D. . Long Island Rail Road: Port Jefferson Branch . 2013 . Charleston . Arcadia Publishing . 87, 95 . 978-1-4671-2013-5 . en . March 19, 2023 . Google Books.
  3. News: July 9, 1959 . Legal Notice . Newsday . March 19, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  4. News: Sound . Sean . July 26, 1959 . County Lines . New York Daily News . March 19, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  5. Book: Ziel . Ron . Victorian Railroad Stations of Long Island . Wettereau . Richard . Sunrise Special . 1988 . Bridgehampton . 159 . 19319353.
  6. News: Ambro . David . September 19, 1996 . Flowerfield Station Could Signal An End To Stop In St. James . The Smithtown News . 10 . July 29, 2024 . NYS Historic Newspapers.
  7. News: Jaleshgar . Ramin P. . November 10, 1996 . Plan for an Access Road Upsets Stony Brook . The New York Times . November 24, 2011.