Rocky Point was a station on the
Wading River Extension on the
Port Jefferson Branch
The Port Jefferson Branch is a rail line and service owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. The branch splits from the Main Line (Long Island Rail Road), Main Line just east of Hicksville ...
of the
Long Island Rail Road. This abandoned station was just east Broadway between King Road & Prince Road, along what is now access for
Long Island Power Authority power lines.
History
Rocky Point station was originally built in 1895 during the extension of the Port Jefferson Branch to Wading River, which was once slated to continue eastward and rejoin the
Main Line at either
Riverhead or
Calverton. A station house was added in 1898 and was later expanded with canopies in 1928 to accommodate crowds of passengers during times when building lots were sold at discount prices.
The line east of Port Jefferson, which included the Rocky Point station, was abandoned in 1938, and the station house was moved a short distance became a lumber yard which survived into the 21st Century.
The
right-of-way
Right of way is the legal right, established by grant from a landowner or long usage (i.e. by prescription), to pass along a specific route through property belonging to another.
A similar ''right of access'' also exists on land held by a gov ...
is now owned by the
Long Island Power Authority and used for power lines, but there are plans to create a
rail trail for bicycling, running, and walking. The Thurber Lumber Yard no longer exists. After the lumber yard closed, the property was rezoned to permit multifamily development. The developer plans to construct senior citizen apartments and renovate the former station house, turning it over to Rocky Point's civic association for use as a
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) museum.
Bibliography
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References
External links
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Wading River Branch (Arrt's Arrchives)
*Trains Are Fun.com:
Bob Emery Map of Rocky Point Station & Vicinity
Former Long Island Rail Road stations in Suffolk County, New York
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1895
1895 establishments in New York (state)
1938 disestablishments in New York (state)
Railway stations in the United States closed in 1938
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