Campus and Environs

Stony Brook University on 1,100 acres is located on the north shore of Long Island 60 miles east of New York City and 75 miles west of Montauk Point close to the historic village of Stony Brook, and a few miles from scenic Port Jefferson Village where one can take a ferry across the Sound to Bridgeport, CT. It is only a short distance to Long Island Sound beaches, the beaches at Fire Island, the elegant resorts of the Hamptons, and the vineyards of the East End. There is a wealth of sports and social activities during the summer both on campus, in the neighboring villages, and throughout the east end of the Island. There is access to local beaches on the Sound by bicycle or on foot; there is campus bus service to local shopping areas; campus bus and vans with daily service to the Southampton campus, and New York City can be reached via the Long Island Rail Road, which has a station at the north edge of campus. Suggestions for things to do on Long Island can be found at: http://www.stonybrook.edu/ugadmissions/visiting/location.shtml

Campus maps are viewable at http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/map/

The School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) is the State University of New York's center for marine and atmospheric research, education, and public service. More than 200 graduate and undergraduate students from 16 different nations currently work and study at SoMAS. SoMAS occupies 5 buildings on the South Campus of the University.

http://www.somas.stonybrook.edu/welcome/directions.html

The Flax Pond Laboratory building and the Flax Pond Tidal Wetland Area is 5 km from campus on Long Island Sound.

The SoMAS Southampton Marine Station where Drs. Gobler, Warren, and Peterson are based has 5 laboratories and is located on Old Fort Pond in Shinnecock Bay on the Southampton campus about a 1 hr commute from the SBU main campus. There are dormitories with dining facilities on the campus.

Page last modified on Monday, January 14, 2008 by George E. Carroll