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.^[1] The second floor of the station was used by Childs and contained a large sun parlor.^[1][2] 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.^[3][4][5]

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.^[6]

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External links

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