Surrounded by history and National and State landmarks, Stony Brook Village Center exists as the window to the past, and a door to the future of lifestyle communities.

The Mirabelle Restaurant and Tavern is located inside the inn, with Executive Chef Guy Reuge providing “fresh-meets-French cuisine”.

The Long Island Museum, which holds exhibits of American art, history and carriages and the historic Country House Restaurant (c. 1710) are moments away at the entrance to the village.

[1] Looking to escape the stresses of city life at the dawn of the twentieth century, Brooklyn residents Frank and Jennie Melville planned a Long Island summer retreat with their son, Ward.

Intending to reach the popular Hamptons on the East End of Long Island, they accidentally boarded the wrong train and instead traveled to the hamlet of Stony Brook.

At a meeting at the Three Village Inn in January 1939, only six years after the Great Depression, Melville invited the existing businesses and presented his plan - a living Williamsburg, complete with colonial-styled shops, cast iron lampposts and bluestone walkways.

It still retains its small town flavor being home to a cleaners, optician, post office, deli, flower shop, wine store, beauty salon, barber, dentist and gas station.