What is "peconic"

Peconic may refer to:

• Peconic, New York, a hamlet in Suffolk County, New York
• Peconic Bay, two bodies of water between the North Fork and the South Fork of Long Island, New York
  • Great Peconic Bay, the body of water between the North Fork and the South Fork of Long Island, New York
  • Little Peconic Bay
• Peconic Bay Medical Center, in Riverhead, New York
• Peconic County, New York, a proposed new county in New York
• Peconic River, a tributary of Peconic Bay in Suffolk County, New York
• USS Peconic (AOG-68), a United States Navy ship

Peconic was a station stop along the Greenport Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in Peconic, New York. The station was originally built as Hermitage Station on May 1, 1848 (although some sources claim it dates back to 1844) but was renamed Peconic on the June 1876 timetable. In August 1876 a second Peconic Station replaced the former one, which was built on the south side of the tracks and on the west side of Peconic Lane. This building also served as the post office. That station was razed in April 1942 and replaced with a shelter along the platform. The post office moved to the grocery store next door where it remains to this day. When Cutchogue station was closed in June 1962, the two nearest replacements were Mattituck station, which still exists today, and Peconic station, which was discontinued in 1970.