Stony Brook, New York

Stony Brook, New York Wopowog
Hamlet and census-designated place
Clockwise from top the Stony Brook Village Center, the art building at the Long Island Museums, Stony Brook Harbor, the c. 1751 Stony Brook Grist Mill, and the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook University
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Coordinates: 40°54′23″N 73°7′42″W / 40.90639°N 73.12833°W / 40.90639; -73.12833
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Suffolk
Town	Brookhaven
Area [1]
• Total	6.25 sq mi (16.18 km2)
• Land	5.82 sq mi (15.08 km2)
• Water	0.42 sq mi (1.10 km2)
Elevation	89 ft (27 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	13,467
• Density	2,312.73/sq mi (892.91/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	11790, 11794
Area codes	631, 934
FIPS code	36-71608
GNIS feature ID	0966524

Stony Brook is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York, United States, on the North Shore of Long Island. Begun in the colonial era as an agricultural enclave, the hamlet experienced growth first as a resort town and then to its current state as one of Long Island's major tourist towns and centers of education. Despite being referred to as a village by residents and tourists alike, Stony Brook has never been legally incorporated by the state. The population was 13,740 at the 2010 census.^[2]

The CDP is adjacent to the main campus of Stony Brook University, the largest public university in New York by area, and also The Stony Brook School, a private college preparatory school. It is also home to the Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages and the Stony Brook Village Center, a privately maintained commercial center planned in the style of a traditional New England village.