Government buildings are located on the north side of the tracks at the bottom of the Yaphank Avenue overpass.

The two sites that are closest to the station are the Suffolk County Police Department auto mechanics shop (a.k.a.

[5] The decorative features were reduced considerably in June 1941,[6] and then the station house was closed in 1958 and burned down in 1961.

[10] It served as the temporary terminus of the LIRR main line until Manorville and Riverhead stations were built in 1845.

[11][12] This station has one high-level side platform north of the track that is long enough for one and a half cars to receive and discharge passengers.