Brookhaven, New York

About Brookhaven

Set in the southeastern part of New York, Brookhaven is a small unincorporated community.

Officially, Brookhaven is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 5.8 square miles.

📰 Brookhaven News Today

• Brookhaven Town Resident Is Suffolk's 1st Human Case Of West Nile Virus: Officials. Patch · Aug 18
• Troubled by Spreading Landfill Pollution, a Long Island Community Demands Action Inside Climate News · Jun 8
• She used her pool to teach young kids how to swim. A Long Island town shut her down NBC New York · Aug 10
• Harold Mosoff Obituary (2026) - Brookhaven, NY - Newsday Legacy obituary · Aug 15
• Deadly fungus threatens Long Island trees; officials order quarantine in Huntington, Babylon, Smithtown, Islip and Brookhaven ABC7 New York · Aug 3

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Brookhaven Unique

• One of 5 places in the US named Brookhaven — but the New York one has a character all its own.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in southeastern New York, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Brookhaven

• Fireplace Neck State Tidal Wetland · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Beaver Dam Creek · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Beaverdam Creek Park reviews ★
• Smith's Landing reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Brookhaven

• BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
• BROOKHAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Brookhaven

🏘️ Nearby Communities