Traveling to Main Campus (Stony Brook, NY)
Stony Brook University is situated on an 1,039 acre site (see campus maps) on the north shore of Long Island in southeastern New York. We are approximately 60 miles east of New York City.
BY CAR
From New York City, take the Long Island Expressway (LIE, I-495) eastbound from the Queens Midtown Tunnel in Manhattan or the Throgs Neck Bridge or Whitestone Bridge in Queens to exit 62, and follow Nicolls Road (Route 97) north for 9 miles. The main entrance to the University is on the left. To find the campus via GPS, enter the address “100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook, NY 11790.”
Parking is free on campus on weekends. You can download a parking map from here. You can park at any of the orange or black areas. You want to be close to the Social and Behavioral Sciences Building (SBS), where the Linguistics Department is. More parking information can be found here.
BY TRAIN
Take the Long Island Railroad’s Port Jefferson line from Penn Station in Manhattan to Stony Brook. Trains to and from Penn generally require transfers at Jamaica or Huntington. Hicksville is also a transfer point on some lines. Find LIRR train schedule and fare information here.
The LIRR station is at the north end of the campus; bus service to the central campus is provided. You can take the free Outer Loop bus from there to Administration building (next to SBS building) – it runs every 30 minutes on Saturdays. If you don’t feel like waiting, it’s actually not a long walk – you can get to the SBS in around 15 minutes. Find Stony Book University bus transit schedule and map here.
BY FERRY
Car ferries cross Long Island Sound at Bridgeport, Connecticut to Port Jefferson, Long Island. Take Route 25A west to Nicolls Road, and turn left on Nicolls. The University entrances are the first three intersections you come to.
From New London, Connecticut to Orient Point, Long Island, take Route 25A west to Nicolls Road and proceed as above.
If you’re planning on taking a ferry, but not driving, please let us know in advance by sending an email to SYNC@stonybrook.edu so we can make arrangements to pick you up.