Oyster Bay (hamlet), New York in the context of "Stony Brook University"

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⭐ Core Definition: Oyster Bay (hamlet), New York

Oyster Bay is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) within – and the Town Seat of – the Town of Oyster Bay, in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 7,049 at the time of the 2020 census.

The hamlet's area was considerably larger before several of its parts incorporated as separate villages. At least six of the 36 villages and hamlets of the Town of Oyster Bay have shores on Oyster Bay Harbor and its inlets, and many of these were previously considered part of the hamlet of Oyster Bay; three of those are now known as Mill Neck, Bayville, and Centre Island. The Oyster Bay Post Office (ZIP code 11771) serves portions of the surrounding villages also, including Oyster Bay Cove, Laurel Hollow, Mill Neck, Muttontown, Centre Island, Cove Neck, and Upper Brookville.

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👉 Oyster Bay (hamlet), New York in the context of Stony Brook University

The State University of New York at Stony Brook, commonly referred to as Stony Brook University (SBU), is a public research university in Stony Brook, New York, United States, on Long Island. Along with the University at Buffalo, it is one of the State University of New York system's two flagship institutions. Its campus consists of 213 buildings on over 1,454 acres (588 hectares) of land in Suffolk County and it is the largest public university (by area) in the state of New York.

Opened 68 years ago in 1957 in Oyster Bay as the State University College on Long Island, the institution moved to Stony Brook in 1962. Stony Brook is part of the Association of American Universities and the Universities Research Association. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".

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Hamlet (New York) → Census-designated place → Seat of government → Oyster Bay (town), New York → Nassau County, New York → North Shore (Long Island) → Long Island → New York (state) → Administrative divisions of New York → Oyster Bay (inlet), New York → Oyster Bay Cove → Laurel Hollow, New York → Mill Neck → Muttontown, New York → Centre Island, New York → Cove Neck → Upper Brookville, New York →