Profile for Stony Brook, New York, NY

Stony Brook is on Stony Brook Harbor

Shoe tycoon Ward Melville purchased the downtown property in 1940 and moved in historic buildings

Coffee: National and regional coffee companies with outlets here include Starbucks

Historic sites and museums: Museums at Stony Brook (9-acre complex), Brewster House, Stony Brook Grist Mill

Colleges and universities: SUNY Stony Brook

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15% of Stony Brook residents report German ancestry, and 18% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Stony Brook ancestry & family history guide.

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• National Council on Independent Living

At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Stony Brook was $35,247, compared with $21,587 nationally.

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55% of Stony Brook residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.

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Median rent in Stony Brook, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $1,246.   Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $1,892.

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Newspapers in Stony Brook include Village Times Herald

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Suffolk County supported John Kerry in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Stony Brook political report.

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The average commute time for Stony Brook workers is 31 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.

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