Long Island

Lawn Guyland, as it is more affectionately known as, is a very suburban/rural area divided into Nassau and Suffolk counties. It has been made famous by the many New Yorkers who have moved out here, as well as the more well known areas such as The Hamptons and Great Neck. Stony Brook is in the Three Villages in town of Brookhaven on the North Shore of Suffolk (pronounced Suff-ick). Other towns immediately surrounding the university are Setauket, Port Jefferson, Selden, Coram and Lake Grove. Some good malls on the Island are Smith Haven Mall (the closest), Roosevelt Field, Walt Whitman Mall, and the Tanger Outlets in Riverhead, NY.

Here are some things to do and places to see around here:

“Downtown” Stony Brook: There is a train station, 7-11 and good Mexican Food at Green Cactus.
Port Jefferson village: When the weather is nice, this is a great place to walk around, see the port & have dinner. This is also where you can catch the cross-sound ferry to Bridgeport, CT.
Movies: PJ Cinemas & Stony Brook Loews
Gyms: Powerhouse, Gold’s and Bally’s are in the area.
Huntington Village: This has a few streets that are fun to walk around, eat, shop & drink coffee.
North Fork: After visiting the Tanger Outlets one day in Riverhead, take a drive on Rte. 25 all the way to Orient Point. Along this scenic drive, you will pass by some cute & historic towns (Southold, Greenport, Cutchogue) and a lot of wineries.

New York City

Proximity to New York City, and specifically Manhattan, is one of the best things about living on Long Island. To get there you can take the Long Island Railroad (LIRR) from right here on campus to Manhattan’s Penn Station. It costs $14.50 and takes two hours so driving to Queens and taking the subway into the city is sometimes easier.

There are a billion and one things to do there, here is only a fraction:

One of the best and cheapest things to do in the city is just walking around and getting to know the different neighborhoods. Visit Midtown, Times Square, The Village, SoHo, Chelsea, The Upper West Side, Downtown
Do the tourist circuit. See the Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island, Broadway Shows, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Guggenheim, The Lower East Side Tenement Museum, The Museum of Natural History, go shopping on & around Houston Street, walk through Central Park, take a ride on the Staten Island Ferry and walk down 5^th Avenue.
NYC has an extremely vibrant Jewish life. Take some time to check out Congregation B’nai Jeshurun which has amazing Friday night services found young adults, Columbia/Barnard Hillel and NYU’s Bronfman Center, The Jewish Museum, The Museum of Jewish Heritage, The 92^nd St. Y… Walk around Manhattan’s Upper West Side and you will stumble across tons of Jewish stores and Kosher Restaurants.

And Beyond…

If you are not from the area, use this opportunity to explore the rest of New York and the East Coast. Visit Washington DC, Philadelphia, Boston, Newport RI, etc. If you aren’t afraid to hit the road, Rabbi Joe is great at giving you directions anywhere. Otherwise, use Amtrak or Greyhound and get out there! If you do not know anyone in the area you want to visit, make friends with the nearest JCSC and I am sure they would be more than willing to put you up for a night or two.

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