SUNY Stony Brook University - Transportation - Transportation

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Best Ways to Get Around Town		A car of your own LIRR Suffolk County Transit (the buses) Weasel a friend into a ride
Best Ways to Get to the Airport		A cab ride to the airport costs approximately $30. From the Long Island Expressway (I-495), take exit 57 South. Make a right onto Veterans Memorial Highway (454) at the second light on the service road. Travel 5 miles to Johnson Avenue, and turn left into the MacArthur Airport entrance. From the Long Island Expressway (I-495), take exit 60 North. Continue on the service road to the second light and make a left onto Ronkonkoma Ave. Travel over the bridge. Once over the bridge, Ronkonkoma Avenue becomes Smithtown Avenue. At the light, turn left onto Lakeland Avenue. At the next light, turn left onto Veterans Memorial Highway. Take Veterans Memorial Highway until you reach Johnson Ave. Make a left at the MacArthur Airport entrance. From the Southern State Parkway, take exit 44E to Sunrise Highway (Route 27). Take the Sunrise Highway to exit 49, then continue on the service road. At the second light, make a turn left onto Johnson Avenue and travel north to the Airport. From the Sunrise Highway (Route 27), take Exit 50A North to Johnson Avenue and follow signs to MacArthur Airport entrance. Shuttle Service Colonial Transportation of Long Island provides a shuttle service from MacArthur Airport to the Ronkonkoma LIRR train station. Starting at 6 a.m. throughout the week, a shuttle van leaves the airport every half-hour until 10:30p.m. Passengers are picked up in front of the baggage claim, and dropped off at the train station’s North Platform. There is a $5 one-way fare for each person, however, family members accompanying a full-fare passenger can ride for $1 each. Colonial Transportation of Long Island can be contacted at 589-3500 for more information.

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If one is not fortunate enough to bring a car to school, or make friends with someone who doesn’t mind driving, public transportation will become your livelihood. Stony Brook University’s campus is fairly well removed from places like grocery stores, movie theatres, and other amenities. The HART and Suffolk County bus systems are pretty cheap, but don’t run all that often to the places you may need to go. Keeping tabs on their schedules can be important.

The Long Island Railroad is your key to getting out of Stony Brook all together. It is much cheaper to take a train to the city, and much more convenient than other modes of transportation. It is very reliable, and not all that expensive. A train to Penn Station, in the heart of the city, runs about $7.25, and the subways from Penn go to any point in the city one desires to go. The ferries offer an alternative to driving all the way around the city, or even through it. A ride across Long Island Sound takes about an hour and a half. There are concession stands on the ferries and outside decks. They are definitely a quicker way to travel up to New England, and more fun. Long Island’s MacArthur Airport was renovated, with an expansion letting in many more airlines, and making many more flights available. The postmodernist look is both cleaner and more spacious.

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josh2935

Psychology & Counseling '14

A

Very Convenient

There are 5 different bus routes within the campus and I think 4 more suffolk county busses that have Stony Brook stops. Busses within the campus are free and off are 1 dollar each way. They busses go to food stores and the mall also. The LIRR runs right through the edge of campus and is a great way to commute to the city to go home for a weekend if you dont have a car

Jan 16, 2012

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Transportation at SUNY Stony Brook University

cttruong

Nursing '13

C+

Benefits Go to Those Who Have Cars on Campus

Living on LI, I know that the only way to get anywhere is by car. Since my father doesn't let me have my car on campus, it is the hugest disadvantage because the only way to get anywhere is either the bus (which only takes students to the mall or grocery stores) or the taxi (which costs at least $15 for a two-way drive). So, it is very hard especially when public transportation does not work around your schedule.

Jan 06, 2012

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PKM

Art History '13

D

Transportation=Needs Improvement

There are buses that run everywhere on campus. Unfortunately the times are not listed at the bus stops and they rarely pick someone up when not at the bus stop. They are free to take but definitely for good reason. The only buses that run off campus on the weekdays are the Suffolk County buses which are not to be depended on in the least. Even on the weekends when the Stony Brook buses go to the mall they are not to be depended on. Waiting 47 minutes at a bus stop is not my idea of a good use of time.

Sep 27, 2011

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The most heavily traveled train to leave Stony Brook is the 4:17 p.m. westbound train Friday afternoons.

Campus ShuttleWhat's This?

Outer Loop

www.parking.stonybrook.edu

Railroad

www.parking.stonybrook.edu

Inner Loop

www.parking.stonybrook.edu

Express

www.parking.stonybrook.edu

Hospital/Chapin Route

www.parking.stonybrook.edu

Public TransitWhat's This?

MTA Long Island Bus

(516) 228-4000

Suffolk County Transit

Regular - $1.50 = Student - $1.00 (High school/college ID required. Between 14 and 22 years old.)

(631) 852 - 5200

www.sct-bus.org

Viking Fleet Ferry

Montauk to Block Island, Newport, Rhode Island, New London, and Mystic, CT - 1.25 hours each way. Passengers only. Bicycles accommodated.

(631) 668-5700

Long Island Railroad (LIRR)

Stony Brook University bus service has been scheduled so that passengers are picked up and dropped off near the North P Lot bus stop, which is on the campus side of the station, at LIRR arrival and departure times. The University bus service provides enhanced services to the LIRR station at the beginning and end of semesters, Friday afternoons, holidays, and other peak times. See the LIRR web-site for more information.

(631) 231-LIRR

www.mta.info/lirr

Bridgeport and Port Jefferson Ferry Company

Port Jefferson, LI to Bridgeport, CT - 1.5 hour trip each way. Accommodates cars and passengers. Available year-round.

(631) 473-0286

(888)-44 FERRY

Port Jefferson NY 11777

Cross Sound Ferry Services, Inc.

Orient Point, LI to New London, CT. - 1.5 hour trip each way. Accommodates cars, passengers, and trucks. Available year-round

(860) 443-5281

2 Ferry Street, New London CT 06320

HART

(631) 427-8287

Nearest AirportWhat's This?

Long Island MacArthur Airport

100 Arrivals Ave., Ronkonkoma

(631) 467-3210

Nearest Passenger BusWhat's This?

Greyhound

1684 Expressway Dr., South Islip

(631) 234-2445

www.greyhound.com

Nearest Passenger TrainWhat's This?

Amtrak Penn Station

7th Ave & West 32nd St., New York

(212) 630-6400

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