Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 6660
Land area (2000): 8.173819 sq. miles (21.170094 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.353241 sq. miles (0.914889 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 8.527060 sq. miles (22.084983 sq. km)
FIPS code: 63473
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 40.813962 N, 73.128438 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Headwords:
Ronkonkoma
Wikipedia
Ronkonkoma or Ronk may refer to the following places in Long Island, New York:
- Ronkonkoma, New York, a hamlet.
- Lake Ronkonkoma (lake)
- Lake Ronkonkoma, New York, a census-designated place.
Ronkonkoma is a major railroad station and transportation hub along the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road in Ronkonkoma, New York. The station is the eastern terminus of the Ronkonkoma Branch and the western terminus of the out Branch.
The station is located on Lakeland Street or Railroad Avenue North across from the intersection of Hawkins Avenue, and has parking facilities and other amenities that extend beyond the central location. Free parking is available in the lots adjacent to the tracks on the north and south side. One parking garage north of the station was built in 1996 on a former freight spur. The station has a total of about 6,100 parking spaces. As of May 2011, 63 trains connecting to New York City stop at this station every weekday, while an additional nine make connections with stations to the east.