The next piece of Ronkonkoma’s fast-rising Station Yards neighborhood is now complete.
TRITEC Real Estate Company celebrated the grand opening Tuesday of Phase 2B of The Core at Station Yards, a 175-home residential building that adds another major layer to the mixed-use development taking shape beside the Long Island Rail Road station.
The first residents are expected to move in Thursday.
Located at the corner of Railroad and Hawkins avenues, the new phase brings 175 apartments, 14,000 square feet of retail space and a new parking structure to the growing transit-oriented community, further building out what officials and developers have long described as a new downtown for the center of Long Island.
For Kelley Heck, executive vice president at TRITEC, the project represents more than another building opening.
She described Station Yards as a community-driven project created in direct response to Brookhaven Town’s effort to “revitalize the front door of Ronkonkoma” and turn a largely underutilized area into “one of Long Island’s most vibrant transit-oriented communities.”
“What we are delivering here is meaningful, in scale and in impact,” Heck said.
Brookhaven Town Supervisor Dan Panico pointed to the strong leasing response as evidence that the project is meeting a real need.
“That demonstrates a need, and that demonstrates a desire for the residents of the Town of Brookhaven and our region more broadly for the types of different housing that are lacking in this region,” Panico said. “That is proof positive.”
The new homes feature contemporary finishes and layouts, including stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, in-unit washers and dryers, spacious closets and balconies in select units.
But much of the draw is outside the front door.
Residents will have access to a resort-style pool, fire pits, barbecue stations, basketball and pickleball courts, a sauna, chef’s kitchen and rooftop lounge, among other shared amenities designed to give the building a neighborhood-within-a-neighborhood feel.
Phase 2B is the latest milestone for Station Yards, which TRITEC has been building out in phases. The company completed the first phase, the 489-home Alston Station Yards, in 2021.
The next step is Phase 2C, which is expected to bring another 285 apartments along with 30,000-square-feet of medical offices. That phase will be located on Carroll Avenue between Union and Railroad avenues.
When fully built, Station Yards is expected to include 1,450 new homes, along with restaurants, retail, office space, public gathering areas and a different kind of downtown for the middle of Long Island.
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