Rocky Point was a station on the Wading River Extension on the Port Jefferson Branch 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.

Rocky Point
The former Thurber Lumber yard that occupied the site of the former station until 2016.
General information
Location	Broadway & Prince Road Rocky Point, New York
Coordinates	40.949660°N 72.922666°W / 40.949660; -72.922666
Line(s)	Wading River Branch
History
Opened	June 27, 1895[1][2]
Closed	1938
Electrified	No
Former services
Preceding station Long Island Rail Road Following station Miller Place toward Hicksville Wading River Branch Shoreham toward Wading River

History

Rocky Point station was originally built in 1895 during the extension of the Port Jefferson Branch to Wading River[2] and was once slated to continue eastward and rejoin the Main Line at either Riverhead or Calverton.

The line east of Port Jefferson, which included the Rocky Point station, was abandoned in 1938, and the station house became a lumber yard which survived into the 21st Century. The right-of-way 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.[3] The Thurber Lumber Yard no longer exists.[4]

Bibliography

• Allen, W.F. (1895). Travelers' Official Railway Guide for the United States, Canada and Mexico Containing Railway Time Schedules, Connections and Distances. New York, New York: The National Railway Publication Company. Retrieved April 2, 2021.

References

External links

• Wading River Extension (Unofficial LIRR History.com)
• Wading River Branch (Arrt's Arrchives)
• Former Rocky Point Long Island Rail Road station (Road & Rail Pictures)
• Trains Are Fun.com:
  • Wading River Extension
  • Bob Emery Map of Rocky Point Station & Vicinity

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