TRANSPORTATION: Getting to our wonderful community!

Air

Airports

Long Island MacArthur, Ronkonkoma, (631)467-6161

Kennedy International (JFK), Queens,(718) 656-4520

LaGuardia, Queens, (718) 476-5000

Buses

For information, call Suffolk County Transit Information Service, (631) 852-5200 or visit http://www.sct-bus.org.No bus comes directly to Brookhaven National Laboratory's campus.

Car Rentals

• Alamo 800-327-9633
• Avis 800-331-1212
• Budget 800-527-0700
• Dollar 800-800-4000
• Enterprise 800-325-8007
• Hertz 800-654-3131
• National 800-CAR-RENT
• Rent-A-Wreck 800-535-1391
• Thrifty 800-367-2277

Taxis

• Abby's Taxi 631-732-TAXI
• Airport Taxi 631-696-2229
• Bishop Taxi Service 631-698-0156
• Blue & Yellow Taxi 631-281-8283
• Colonial Taxi 631-589-7878
• Courtesy Taxi 631 395-5237
• Dial Taxi 631-281-3300
• Jimmy's Taxi Service 631-281-8581
• Sunset Taxi 631-588-8844

Water

Ferries

If you're traveling to or from New England, there are two ferries that can save you time and hassle (if not money) by taking you between the North Shore of Long Island to Connecticut without passing through New York City. Getting a car over on the ferry can cost more than $30 each way, and you need a reservation on busy weekends.

Cross Sound Ferry - From Orient Point, NY to New London, CT, 860-443-5281

Bridgeport-Port Jefferson Steamboat Company - From Port Jefferson NY to Bridgeport, CT,(631) 473-0286

If you're traveling to or from Shelter Island, between the North and South Forks of Long Island, you need to take one of these two ferries:

Shelter Island Ferry South - From Sag Harbor to Shelter Island, (631) 749-1200

Shelter Island Ferry North - From Greenport to Shelter Island, (631) 749-0139

Rail

Trains

The Long Island Railroad serves all of Long Island with service to New York City's Penn Station; connections are available from thereto Amtrak and regional lines.

The closest Long Island Railroad Station  is Mastic/Shirley; however, trains arrive and depart more frequently at Patchogue and Ronkonkoma. To find schedules and more information, call (516) 822-5477, (516) 231-5477, or visit the World Wide Web site:    

Long Island Railroad - Mastic/Shirley Station

To get to the Mastic/Shirley LIRR station, take William Floyd (Rte. 46) south of the BNL Lab, past the LIE, Route 27 and Montauk Highway. The parking lot is on the left just after the railroad tracks.

To get to the LIRR Ronkonkoma station, take the LIE to Exit 60, go south, and follow the signs. Parking here is sometimes scarce on weekdays, but the trains run early every hour and the trip takes only an hour and a half.

Statistics:

Mastic

Area: 4.3 miles

Population: 14, 900

Median age: 29.5

Median income: 52,445

Median home value:126,917

Distance to NYC: 70 mile 

Mastic Beach

Area: 4.2 miles

Population: 10,540

Median age: 32.1 

Median income: 50,001

Median home value: 124,232

Distance to NYC: 70 miles

Shirley

Area: 10.9 miles

Population: 25,395

Median age: 31.3

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