- Where are we on campus? Look at the map.
- How do you get here? See the travel directions.
- Math/Physics Library
- The University's WWW page
The University has grown rapidly as a research and education center since its founding at Stony Brook in the early 1960s. We also benefit from our proximity to Brookhaven National Laboratory (located about 25 kilometers away), and Cold Spring Harbor Lab (about 40 kilometers away). Long Island has some pretty rural and agricultural areas, yet it's also easy to get into New York City for museums, music, etc.
Stony Brook is on Long Island's north shore, about 60 miles out from New York City. You can get into New York City in about 90 minutes by car, or 120 minutes by train, and of course there's lots to do there! (Travel directions are given below). In the other direction, the Hamptons is where you go to rub shoulders with the rich and famous, and the north fork has a mix of farms and wineries.
For more information on our setting, click on the following:
Founded in 1947, Brookhaven National Laboratory is located about 20 miles from Stony Brook. BNL has large scale facilities including the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) and the National Synchrotron Light Source, and research efforts in areas including physics, chemistry, and biology. A number of Stony Brook Physics graduate students carry out their research with BNL scientists (with a Stony Brook faculty liason). It's a plus: Stony Brook benefits from the unique research opportunities at BNL, and BNL benefits from the participation of Stony Brook faculty and students.
Click here to visit BNL's web page.
You can get to Stony Brook by airplane, by train, by ferries, or by car.
Once you're there, you can find your way to the Physics Department
by using the map.
Stony Brook is close to three airports: JFK and LaGuardia in New York City (about 90 minutes away), and Long Island MacArthur in Islip (about 30 minutes away).
If you're renting a car, look for signs to the Cross Island Parkway going east. After a few miles, take the exit for the Southern State Parkway (Eastern Long Island). Go on that for about 30 miles till you get to the Sagtikos Parkway, where you will go north to the Long Island Expressway (495) going east (towards Riverhead). Now see directions from the LIE below.
If you're renting a car, go south on the Grand Central Parkway for two or three miles until you get to the exit to go east on I-495, the Long Island Expressway (Long Island). Now see directions from the LIE below.
http://www.panynj.gov/airtrain/
http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/mta/airtrain.htm
http://mta.info/lirr/html/ttn/stonybro.htm
Alternatively, if you're not renting a car at the airport, you can call a few days in advance and arrange for a ride with an airport limo company, which will charge about $40 (more if late at night; the driver will expect a 10-20% tip). The drivers usually carry a sign with your name and meet you where you pick up your luggage or just outside of customs. Some options: Spartan (631-928-5454), Lindy's (631-265-2500), Winston (631-924-1200), Classic (631-567-5100). You can ask your Stony Brook host to make the arrangements for you.
As you leave the airport, turn left to go east on Veteran's Highway (454). In a few miles you will merge with the Sunrise Highway, and just after that you will exit right to go north on Nicolls Road (#97) to Stony Brook. Now see directions from the LIE below.
look for a taxi as you leave the airport building. Ask for the cost to Stony Brook (or look on the taxi fare board by exit door from the airport) before you get in. Some companies charge about $20; some charge more than $40! You can also call Winston as noted above in the directions for JFK and LaGuardia.
http://www.panynj.gov/airtrainnewark/
http://www.njtransit.com/
http://www.amtrak.com/
http://mta.info/lirr/html/ttn/stonybro.htm
In New York City, go to Pennsylvania Station at 7th Avenue and
33rd Street (which is where Amtrack trains arrive). Go to the
Long Island Railroad (LIRR)
area which is farther down in the bowels of the station, and purchase
your ticket to Stony Brook. Take the train to the Port Jefferson
station. You may have to change trains in Jamaica (a neighborhood
of Queens, about 15 minutes from Pennsylvania Station) or Huntington
(about an hour from Pennsylvania Station). The diesel train will
either be across the platform or will pull up to the same location.
The station before Stony Brook is St. James. At Stony Brook,
the university is directly to the south, on the other side of
some athletic fields (the train station is shown on the north
end of the map.
You can find out more about New York City transit connections from the Metropolitan Transit Authority WWW site. You can go straight to Long Island Railroad routes, schedules, fares, etc., from the LIRR section of this site.
You can take a ferry from Bridgeport, Connecticut to Port Jefferson (Port Jefferson phone 631-473-0286, Bridgeport phone 203-367-3043), or from New London, Connecticut to Orient Point (Orient Point phone 631-323-2525, New London phone 860-443-5281). Port Jefferson is about eight miles from the university, and Orient Point is about 40 miles or so to the east. In either case, go west on Route 25A through Setauket, and then turn south (left) on Nicolls Road (#97) and the university will be there on your right. You can also take a taxi from Port Jefferson for a bit less than $10.
Car
Your goal is to reach the Long Island Expressway, which runs
across the length of Long Island.
Exits are numbered sequentially, increasing in number as you go
east. To get to the University, go north on exit 62 (Nicolls Road
to Stony Brook; also known as #97). In about seven miles, you
will cross Nesconset Highway (#347). The university is about two
miles farther north, on the left or west side of the road. There
are three entrances; two are shown on the map.
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