Flowerfield station

40°53′50″N 73°8′35″W / 40.89722°N 73.14306°W / 40.89722; -73.14306Owned byLong Island Rail RoadLine(s)Platforms1 side platformTracks1Other informationStation codeNoneFare zone10HistoryOpened1910Closed1959ServicesNone

Preceding station	Long Island Rail Road			Following station
Former services
St. James		Port Jefferson Branch		Stony Brook

Flowerfield was a station along the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in Saint James, New York.

The station opened in 1910 on a 1,000-acre (400 ha) parcel purchased by John Lewis Childs to grow plants and seeds, which was later acquired by the Gyrodyne Company of America. The second floor of the station even had a small greenhouse. The station agency closed in 1944.^[1] On July 2, 1959, the LIRR petitioned with the New York State Public Service Commission for permission to discontinue all passenger services and team tracks at the station.^[2][3][4]

Reopening the Flowerfield station, along with a closure of the St. James station, was proposed in the mid-1990s as part of a plan to redevelop the Gyrodyne site.^[5]

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External links

• Old Flowerfield Station image (Unofficial LIRR History)^[usurped]