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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Brookhaven, New York
| official_name = Town of Brookhaven
| settlement_type = [[Administrative divisions of New York|Town]]
| nickname =
| image_skyline = Seal_of_Brookhaven,_NY.jpg
| image_caption = Seal of the Town of Brookhaven, dating to 1686
| image_map = Brookhaven Suffolk NY.png
| mapsize = 250px
| map_caption = Location of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York
| coordinates_region = US-NY
| subdivision_type = [[List of countries|Country]]
| subdivision_name = [[United States]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[Political divisions of the United States|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[New York]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in New York|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk]]
| government_type = [[Civil Township]]
| leader_title = Supervisor
| leader_name = Edward P. Romaine
| established_title = Settled
| established_date = 1655
| established_title2 = Incorporated
| established_date2 = 1686
| area_total_km2 = 1376.6
| area_land_km2 = 671.6
| area_water_km2 = 705.1
| area_total_sq_mi = 531.5
| area_land_sq_mi = 259.3
| area_water_sq_mi = 272.2
| elevation_m = 24
| elevation_ft = 79
| latd = 40 |latm = 49 |latNS = N
| longd = 72 |longm = 56 |longEW = W
| population_as_of = 2010
| population_total = 486040
| population_density_sq_mi = 1822
| timezone = [[North American Eastern Standard Time Zone|EST]]
| utc_offset = -5
| timezone_DST = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]]
| utc_offset_DST = -4
| postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code = 11719, 11733, 11772, 11776, 17777, 11790, 11794
| area_code = [[Area code 631|631]]
| blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info = 36-10000
| blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info = 0978758
| footnotes =
| website = {{URL|www.brookhaven.org}}
}}
The '''Town of Brookhaven''' is one of the ten [[Political subdivisions of New York State#Town|towns]] of [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk County]], [[New York]], United States. Part of the [[New York metropolitan area]], it is located approximately 50 miles from Manhattan. It is the only town in the county that stretches from the [[North Shore (Long Island)|North Shore]] to the [[South Shore (Long Island)|South Shore]] of [[Long Island]]. It is the largest of New York State's 932 towns (by area with water), and the second most populous, exceeded only by the town of [[Hempstead, New York|Hempstead]].<ref name="councilwin">{{cite news | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/23/nyregion/council-districts-referendum-wins-narrowly-in-brookhaven.html | title=Council-Districts Referendum Wins Narrowly in Brookhaven | publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' | date=January 23, 2002 | accessdate=2009-06-04 | first=Bruce | last=Lambert}}</ref> ''Brookhaven'' is the anglicized name of its first settlement, [[Setauket]]. Founded as a group of agricultural hamlets in the mid-17th century, Brookhaven first expanded as a major center of shipbuilding. Its proximity to [[New York City]] facilitated a post-war population boom, leading to its 2010 census record of 486,040 people.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US3610310000| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Brookhaven town, Suffolk County, New York| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=2012-12-19}}
</ref> It is home to [[Stony Brook University]] and [[Brookhaven National Laboratory]].
==Geography==
[[File:Port Jeff Harbor.jpg|thumb|left|Aerial view of Port Jefferson Harbor]]According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of 531.5 square miles (1,376.6 km²), of which 259.3 square miles (671.6 km²) is land and 272.2 square miles (705.1 km² or 51.22%) is water. It is the largest town in New York in terms of total area. Excluding water, however, there are four towns in the state with more land area: [[Webb, New York|Webb]] in [[Herkimer County, New York|Herkimer County]], [[Long Lake, New York|Long Lake]] in [[Hamilton County, New York|Hamilton County]], [[Arietta, New York|Arietta]] in Hamilton County, and [[Ohio, New York|Ohio]] in Herkimer County.
It has coastline on both the [[Atlantic Ocean]] and [[Long Island Sound]]. [[Riverhead (town), New York|Riverhead]] and [[Southampton, New York|Southampton]] lie to the east, and [[Smithtown, New York|Smithtown]] and [[Islip, New York|Islip]] lie to the west.
A large part of [[Fire Island]] (accessible by a bridge at Smith Point) and the [[Great South Bay]] are in the town.
[[Bald Hill (Farmingville, New York)|Bald Hill]], a large hill in the hamlet of [[Farmingville, New York|Farmingville]], marks where the glacier which formed Long Island stopped. At the top of Bald Hill is a [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]] veterans memorial. [[Telescope Hill]], to the west of Bald Hill Cultural Park, is slightly taller at {{convert|334|ft}} above sea level and the highest point in the town.
== History ==
===Origins and etymology===
[[File:Brewster House, Setauket.jpg|thumb|left|The c. 1665 Brewster House is the oldest extant structure in the Town of Brookhaven and is within the town's first settlement, [[Setauket, New York|Setauket]]]]The first known inhabitants were [[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]]-speaking [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]], of the [[Setauket]] and [[Unkechaug]] tribes. The first English settlers arrived around 1640, and in 1655, several purchased Brookhaven's land from its tribal inhabitants. Early English settlers farmed, fished, and hunted whales.
[[File:MPacademy2.jpg|thumb|right|The Miller Place Academy schoolhouse, c.1834]]The first English settlement was named [[Setauket, New York|Setauket]] after the native American tribe. ''Brookhaven'' is the anglicized version of the Algonquin name ''Setauket''. These terms were initially used interchangeably to describe the village or the town. The verbal division between the hamlet ''Setauket'' and township ''Brookhaven'' was not set until well into the 19th century. A point of confusion is the existence of the hamlet named [[Brookhaven (CDP), New York|Brookhaven]], which was in fact named for the township in 1879.
[[File:View of Patchogue.jpg|thumb|left|Sketch of early Patchogue]]
In 1666, Governor [[Richard Nicolls]] granted a patent for the town which confirmed title to the lands purchased, and permitted additional purchases. Governor [[Thomas Dongan]] issued a patent in 1686 which granted powers to the town and established a representative form of government.<ref>[http://www.brookhaven.org/TownHistory/BrookhavenTownHistory/tabid/195/Default.aspx Brookhaven Town History], Town of Brookhaven, accessed 2009-06-05</ref> The town seal was authorized at this time. The central element of the town seal, the letter “D”, was designated to the Town of Brookhaven as its official cattle earmark by the Duke’s Laws of 1665. Although no records exist dating to the town seal's original design plan, it is generally thought that the seal's olive branch signified peace and the whaling tools signified the most lucrative business in the Town of Brookhaven at the time. The current seal is a redesign, retaining the original elements, but adding the Town of Brookhaven and its 1655 date of settlement.
In 1976, The Brookhaven Town Bicentennial Commission proposed changing the date on the seal to 1655, recognizing the first deed of settlement of the Town of Brookhaven at Setauket on April 14, 1655.
Early Brookhaven was largely agrarian, with each hamlet being limited to a handful of families yet containing miles of land. This economy was supplemented in coastal sections with fishing. A major commercial center did non exist in Brookhaven until the early 19th century.
===Development===
[[File:William Glackens - Bathers at Bellport - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|right|''Bathers at Bellport'' by [[William Glackens]]]][[File:Mather Shipyard Crew, 1884.jpg|thumb|left|Mather Shipyard in Port Jefferson, 1884]]In the mid-19th century, several communities in Brookhaven prospered as shipbuilding ports. The most successful of these are the villages of [[Port Jefferson, New York|Port Jefferson]] and [[Patchogue, New York|Patchogue]], which remain the township's most bustling traditional downtowns. Whaling and cordwood industries also developed in Brookhaven.
From the end of the late 19th century until the middle of the 20th, many communities along the North Shore and South Shore became successful resort towns. These hosted many urban residents, including numerous celebrities of the era, during the summer months. Rural sections across Brookhaven served as campgrounds for youth clubs.
During the [[Gilded Age]], Brookhaven underwent some of the same changes that affected Long Island's [[Gold Coast (Long Island)|Gold Coast]]. Waterfront areas along the North Shore, including [[Belle Terre, NY|Belle Terre]] and [[Old Field, NY|Old Field]], transformed from small fishing communities into fashionable and exclusive enclaves of the moneyed elite.
===Modern history===
[[File:Simons Center for Geometry and Physics.JPG|thumb|right|''Simons Center for Geometry and Physics'' at Stony Brook University]]
In the post-war era, Brookhaven experienced a massive population boom. This was partly due to its proximity to [[New York City]] along the [[Long Island Railroad]] and the highway system of [[Robert Moses]]. The township's most internationally renowned institutions, [[Stony Brook University]] and [[Brookhaven National Lab]], both date to the years following World War II.
[[File:Main Street in Port Jefferson, NY.jpg|thumb|left|Shops along Main Street in Port Jefferson, now an active center of tourism and transit hub]]
During the mid-century, a number of major transformations were conducted by philanthropist Ward Melville in the ''Three Village'' area ([[The Setaukets]], [[Stony Brook, NY|Stony Brook]], and [[Old Field, NY|Old Field]]). Melville, an Old Field resident and owner of what later became [[CVS Corporation]], used his fortune to transform Northwestern Brookhaven to his vision of an idealized New England-style region. To this end, he ordered the construction in 1939 of the [[Stony Brook Village Center]], a picturesque commercial center set on village green in [[Stony Brook, NY|Stony Brook]], with clapboard buildings designed to look as if they had colonial origins. In 1962, Ward Melville donated 400 acres of land for the relocation of now-named [[Stony Brook University]] from [[Oyster Bay, NY|Oyster Bay]].
[[Brookhaven National Laboratory|Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)]] sits on the site of [[Camp Upton]], a [[United States army]] installation that was used as a training ground in [[World War I]] and [[World War II]] by thousands of soldiers including composer [[Irving Berlin]]. In 1946 ownership of the grounds was transferred for use by the new national laboratory, which began operating the following year. Brookhaven researchers have since made such diverse contributions as patenting [[Maglev]], designing one of the [[first video game]]s, detecting the first [[solar neutrino]]s, designing pollutant-eating bacteria, creating the first [[PET scan]], and various contributions to [[particle physics]]. The laboratory contains the [[Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider|Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)]] and the [[National Synchrotron Light Source]]. Noted physicist and nobel laureate [[I.I. Rabi]] was instrumental in the national laboratory's establishment.
[[File:Aerial View of Brookhaven National Laboratory.jpg|thumb|left|Brookhaven National Laboratory]]
==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1850 = 8595
| 1860 = 9923
| 1870 = 10159
| 1880 = 11544
| 1890 = 12772
| 1900 = 14892
| 1910 = 16737
| 1920 = 21847
| 1930 = 28291
| 1940 = 32118
| 1950 = 44522
| 1960 = 109900
| 1970 = 245260
| 1980 = 364812
| 1990 = 407779
| 2000 = 448248
| 2010 = 486040
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=http://factfinder2.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=American FactFinder}}</ref> of 2000, there were 448,248 people, 146,828 households, and 112,910 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was 1,728.8 people per square mile (667.5/km²). There were 155,406 housing units at an average density of 599.4 per square mile (231.4/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 88.43% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 4.33% [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.23% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.90% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.03% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.21% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.87% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 8.04% of the population.
There were 146,828 households out of which 38.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.1% were non-families. 17.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.97 and the average family size was 3.37.
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{|class="wikitable" style="float:left; margin:10px"
!Year!!Population
|-
|'''1865'''
|10,159<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nysl.nysed.gov/|title= Census of the State of New York, 1865, Tables p. 14|accessdate=2009-05-29}}</ref><br>
|-
|'''1845'''
|7,461<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nysl.nysed.gov/|title= Census of the State of New York, 1845|accessdate=2009-05-29}}</ref><br>
|-
|'''1825'''
|5,393<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nysl.nysed.gov/|title= Census of the State of New York, 1825|accessdate=2009-05-29}}</ref>
|}
In the town, the population was spread out with 26.7% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 31.5% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 10.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 96.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.8 males.
According to a 2006 estimate, the median income for a household in the town was $73,566, and the median income for a family was $84,705.<ref>http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=06000US3602902000&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US36%7C05000US36029%7C06000US3602902000&_street=&_county=brookhaven&_cityTown=brookhaven&_state=04000US36&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=060&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=ACS_2006_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null®=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry=</ref> Males had a median income of $48,601 versus $32,157 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $24,191. About 3.9% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 6.5% of those under age 18 and 6.6% of those age 65 or over.
==Economy==
[[File:FireIslandSummerDrawsToAClose.jpg|right|thumb|The Great South Bay at sunset]]
According to Brookhaven's 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town are:<ref>[http://brookhaven.org/Forms.aspx?Command=Core_Download&EntryId=3404 Town of Brookhaven CAFR]
</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
! Location
|-
| 1
| [[Stony Brook University]]
| 13,623
| [[Stony Brook, New York|Stony Brook]]
|-
|2
| [[Internal Revenue Service]]
| 3,332
| [[Holtsville, New York|Holtsville]]
|-
|3
| [[Sachem School District]]
| 3,100
| [[Holbrook, New York|Holbrook]]
|-
|4
| [[Brookhaven National Laboratory]]
| 2,500
| [[Upton, New York|Upton]]
|-
|5
| John T. Mather Memorial Hospital
| 2,047
| [[Port Jefferson, New York|Port Jefferson]]
|-
|6
| Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center
| 2,030
| [[East Patchogue, New York|East Patchogue]]
|-
|7
| [[Catholic Health Services of Long Island|St. Charles Hospital]]
| 1,520
| [[Port Jefferson, New York|Port Jefferson]]
|-
|8
| [[Three Village Central School District]]
| 1,454
| [[Setauket-East Setauket, New York|East Setauket]]
|-
|9
| [[Verizon]]
| 1,440
| [[Patchogue, New York|Patchogue]]
|-
|10
| [[William Floyd School District]]
| 1,300
| [[Mastic Beach, New York|Mastic Beach]]
|}
==Education==
Brookhaven is the home of [[Stony Brook University]], which moved to [[Stony Brook, New York|Stony Brook]] from its original Oyster Bay campus in 1962; the university has since become the town's largest employer. The town is also home to the first and largest campus of [[Suffolk County Community College]], located in [[Selden, New York|Selden]].
==Government and politics==
{| style="text-align:center; float:right; font-size:85%; margin-left:2em; margin:10px;" class="wikitable"
|+Current Town Board as of November 25, 2014
!Position!!Name
|-
|Supervisor
|Edward Romaine (R)
|-
|Town Clerk
|Donna Lent (I)
|-
|1st Council District Councilman
|Valerie Cartright (D)
|-
|2nd Council District Councilman
|Jane Bonner (C)
|-
|3rd Council District Councilman
|Kevin LaValle (R)
|-
|4th Council District Councilman
|Constance Kepert (D)
|-
|5th Council District Councilman
|Neil Foley (R)
|-
|6th Council District Councilman
|Daniel Panico (R)
|-
|Tax Receiver
|Louis J. Marcoccia (R)
|-
|Superintendent of Highways
|Dan Losquadro (R)
|}
Patchogue was the town seat of Brookhaven until 1986, when it moved to Medford and then its current location near [[Bald Hill (Farmingville, New York)|Bald Hill]] in Farmingville.
[[File:Old Brookhaven Town Hall; Patchogue.JPG|left|thumb|The former Brookhaven Town Hall in Patchogue]]Brookhaven is led by a town Supervisor and a six-member Town Council, which are all two-year term elected positions. Council members are elected by district.<ref>[http://www.brookhaven.org/BrookhavenElectedOfficials/ElectedOfficials/tabid/178/Default.aspx Brookhaven Elected Officials], Town of Brookhaven, accessed 2009-06-05</ref>
Prior to 2002, the Town of Brookhaven [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] controlled the majority of the town board for several decades, except for a four-year period in the mid-1970s when [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] held a majority under Supervisor John Randolph.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE7DA1E38F930A15752C0A9639C8B63&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss | title=Brian Foley Is Running For Brookhaven Supervisor | publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' | date=Jan 23, 2005 | accessdate=2009-06-04 | first=John | last=Rather}}
</ref>
This one-party domination, and a series of scandals, led to a tarnished reputation of local politics accorded the nickname "Crookhaven".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.newsday.com/ny-limoments-3,0,2129913.story | title=Crookhaven: The Brookhaven Town Republican Party | publisher=''[[Newsday]]'' | date=Nov 12, 2003 | accessdate=2009-06-04}}
</ref><ref>
{{cite news | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807E3D7173EF936A35752C1A9639C8B63&sec=&spon=&&scp=5&sq=brian%20foley%20and%202005&st=cse | title=BROOKHAVEN; With Republican Party in Shambles, Change Is in the Air | publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' | date=Nov 5, 2005 | accessdate=2009-06-04 | first=Bruce | last=Lambert}}</ref>
In 2002, a voter proposition was passed to create council districts, replacing the prior system of electing the six town council members at-large.<ref name="councilwin"/> Steve Fiore-Rosenfield became the first Democrat to be elected since the 1970s in 2003.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/18/nyregion/a-better-way-to-govern-taking-stock-in-3-towns.html | title=A Better Way To Govern? Taking Stock In 3 Towns | publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' | date=Jul 18, 2004 | accessdate=2009-06-04 | first=Vivian S. | last=Toy}}</ref>
In 2005, [[Brian X. Foley]], a Democratic county legislator, won the Town Supervisor race.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/09/nyregion/09nassau.html?scp=25&sq=brian%20foley%20and%202005&st=cse | title=Democrats Score Gains in Nassau and Suffolk | publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' | date=Nov 9, 2005 | accessdate=2009-06-04 | first=Bruce | last=Lambert}}</ref> Constance Kepert and Carol Bissonette were also elected to the town board. As a result, the Democrats gained control of the Brookhaven town board.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://archive.timesreview.com/pubfiles/mat/archive/images_pages/suna01_11_11_2005.pdf | title=Talkin’ bout a revolution | publisher=''North Shore Sun'' | date=Nov 11, 2005 | accessdate=2009-06-05}}</ref>
Following the election of 2007, the Republican Party regained a majority on the Brookhaven Town Board, and elected Councilman Tim Mazzei as majority leader.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://libn.com/blog/2008/12/05/mazzei-to-run-for-brookhaven-supervisor/ | title=Mazzei to run for Brookhaven supervisor | publisher=''[[Long Island Business News]]'' | date=Dec 5, 2008 | accessdate=2009-06-05}}</ref>
In 2008, Brian X. Foley was elected to the State Senate. He was replaced as Supervisor by Democrat [[Mark Lesko]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/ny-libroo0112601679mar31,0,1660348.story | title=Newcomer Lesko wins Brookhaven supervisor | publisher=''[[Newsday]]'' | date=Mar 31, 2009 | accessdate=2009-06-04}}</ref> In late 2012, Lesko resigned and was replaced by Edward Romaine, a Republican who had previously been Suffolk County Legislator and county clerk.
== Communities and locations ==
[[File:Port Jefferson 1st National Bank.jpg|thumb|right|Port Jefferson]]
[[File:Patchogue Theatre; LI Phil; 11-5-10.JPG|thumb|right|Patchogue]]
[[File:Stony Brook Village shops.jpg|thumb|right|Stony Brook]]
[[File:OLD FIELD LIGHTHOUSE 1 150 500.jpg|thumb|right|Old Field]]
[[File:Bellport Village Hall; Bell Street %26 Bellport Lane.jpg|thumb|right|Bellport]]
[[File:Setauketpostoffice.jpg|thumb|right|Setauket]]
[[File:Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai, New York.png|thumb|right|Mount Sinai]]
[[File:Bald-hill-memorial.jpg|thumb|right|Farmingville]]
[[File:Miller Place Country General Store.jpg|thumb|right|Miller Place]]
[[File:Fire Island Pines Shot 1.jpg|thumb|right|Fire Island Pines]]
=== Villages (incorporated) ===
Brookhaven has nine [[Political subdivisions of New York State#Village|villages]]:
*[[Belle Terre, New York|Belle Terre]]
*[[Bellport, New York|Bellport]]
*[[Lake Grove, New York|Lake Grove]]
*[[Mastic Beach, New York|Mastic Beach]]
*[[Old Field, New York|Old Field]]
*[[Patchogue, New York|Patchogue]]
*[[Poquott, New York|Poquott]]
*[[Port Jefferson, New York|Port Jefferson]]
*[[Shoreham, New York|Shoreham]]
=== Hamlets (unincorporated) ===
Brookhaven includes all or part of 50 [[Political subdivisions of New York State#Hamlet|hamlets]]. One of those hamlets is also named Brookhaven.
{{colbegin|2}}
*[[Blue Point, New York|Blue Point]]
*[[Brookhaven (CDP), New York|Brookhaven]]
*[[Calverton, New York|Calverton]] ''(in part with the town of [[Riverhead (town), New York|Riverhead]])''
*[[Canaan Lake, New York|Canaan Lake]]
*[[Center Moriches, New York|Center Moriches]]
*[[Centereach, New York|Centereach]]
*[[Cherry Grove, New York|Cherry Grove]]
*[[Coram, New York|Coram]]
*[[Crystal Brook, New York|Crystal Brook]]
*[[Cupsogue Beach, New York|Cupsogue Beach]]
*[[Davis Park, New York|Davis Park]]
*[[East Moriches, New York|East Moriches]]
*[[East Patchogue, New York|East Patchogue]]
*[[Setauket-East Setauket, New York|East Setauket]]
*[[East Shoreham, New York|East Shoreham]]
*[[Eastport, New York|Eastport]] ''(in part with the town of [[Southampton, New York|Southampton]])''
*[[Farmingville, New York|Farmingville]]
*[[Fire Island Pines, New York|Fire Island Pines]]
*[[Gordon Heights, New York|Gordon Heights]]
*[[Hagerman, New York|Hagerman]]
*[[Holbrook, New York|Holbrook]] ''(in part with the town of [[Islip, New York|Islip]])''
*[[Holtsville, New York|Holtsville]] ''(in part with the town of Islip)''
*[[Lake Ronkonkoma, New York|Lake Ronkonkoma]] ''(in part with the towns of [[Smithtown, New York|Smithtown]] and Islip)''
*[[Manorville, New York|Manorville]] ''(in part with the town of Riverhead)''
*[[Mastic, New York|Mastic]]
*[[Medford, New York|Medford]]
*[[Middle Island, New York|Middle Island]]
*[[Miller Place, New York|Miller Place]]
*[[Moriches, New York|Moriches]]
*[[Mount Sinai, New York|Mount Sinai]]
*[[North Bellport, New York|North Bellport]]
*[[North Patchogue, New York|North Patchogue]]
*[[Ocean Bay Park, New York|Ocean Bay Park]]
*[[Port Jefferson Station, New York|Port Jefferson Station]]
*[[Ridge, New York|Ridge]]
*[[Rocky Point, New York|Rocky Point]]
*[[Ronkonkoma, New York|Ronkonkoma]] ''(in part with the town of Islip)''
*[[Selden, New York|Selden]]
*[[Setauket-East Setauket, New York|Setauket]]
*[[Shirley, New York|Shirley]]
*[[Sound Beach, New York|Sound Beach]]
*[[South Haven, New York|South Haven]]
*[[Stony Brook, New York|Stony Brook]]
*[[Strongs Neck, New York|Strongs Neck]]
*[[Terryville, New York|Terryville]]
*[[Upton, New York|Upton]]
*[[Wading River, New York|Wading River]] ''(in part with the town of Riverhead)''
*[[Water Island, New York|Water Island]]
*[[West Manor, New York|West Manor]]
*[[Yaphank, New York|Yaphank]]
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===Physical features===
*[[Patchogue Bay]]
*[[Moriches Bay]]
*[[Outer barrier]]
*[[Great South Bay]]
*[[Fire Island]]
*[[Watch Hill, New York|Watch Hill]]
*[[Davis Park, New York|Davis Park]]
*[[Old Field, New York|Old Field Lighthouse]]
*[[Port Jefferson Harbor]]
===Other communities===
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*Bayberry Dunes
*Bellview Beach
*Coram Hill
*Crystal Brook
*East Yaphank
*Hallock Landing
*Old Mastic
*[[Poospatuck Reservation]]
*Rocky Point Landing
*Patchogue Highlands
*Sigfield Park
*South Manor
*South Medford
*South Setauket
*South Yaphank
*Squassux Landing
*Smith Point
*Wading River Landing
*West Yaphank
*Woodhull Landing
{{colend}}
===Attractions===
*[[Manor of St. George]] in Smith Point
*[[Smith Haven Mall]] in Lake Grove
*[[Smith Point County Park]] in Smith Point
*[[Southaven County Park]] in Southaven
*[[Stony Brook Village Center]]
*[[Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge]] in Shirley
*[[William Floyd Estate]] in Mastic Beach
==See also==
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Brookhaven (town), New York]]
==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Town of Brookhaven, New York}}
* [http://www.brookhaven.org Town of Brookhaven official website]
* [http://www.brookhavendevelopment.org Town of Brookhaven, Economic Development]
* [http://www.northshoresun.com ''The North Shore Sun'']
* [http://www.sunlandtoday.com SunLandToday.com]
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