Countdown to Family Weekend

Friday, September 26 - Sunday, September 28

Family Weekend 2025

Friday, September 26, 2025 - Sunday, September 28, 2025

Hello Seawolf Community! We would like to invite you to our on campus Family Weekend event! Families and loved ones of a Seawolf from any academic year are welcome to visit our three-day weekend filled with activities. From Friday, September 26th through Sunday, September 28th, visit us at Stony Brook, located on eastern Long Island, to spend time with your student and enjoy all that our campus has to offer! Attend our Saturday night home football game or an evening show at our on-campus Staller Center for The Arts. During the daytime, Family Weekend will be packed with informational and fun events and our famous CommUniversity Day event, where our community hosts interactive activities, fun entertainment, and thought-provoking mini-talks. Don't forget to visit our on-campus bookstore to see the resources available to your student all year round and to pick up some SBU Swag! Check out the full list of our activities below! We hope to see you there!

Check out our 2025 Schedule!

List of Events

Helpful Hotel Information

Hotel	Address	Phone Number	Hotel's Website	Distance from Campus
Hilton Garden Inn Stony Brook	1 Circle Road, Stony Brook, NY 11794	631-941-2980	Hilton Garden Inn Hotel on Stony Brook University	0.1 mi
3 Village Inn	150 Main St, Stony Brook, NY 11790	631-751-0555	Hotel - Three Village Inn	1.9 mi
Holiday Inn Express	3131 Nesconset Hwy, Centereach, NY 11720	631-471-8000	Holiday Inn Express Stony Brook-Long Island	2.5 mi
Danfords Hotel	25 East Broadway, Port Jefferson, NY 11777	631-928-5200	Danfords Hotel & Marina	3.6 mi
Courtyard Marriott	5000 Express Dr S, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779	631-612-5000	Long Island Hotels in Ronkonkoma NY - Courtyard	6.6 mi
Homewood Suites	65 Union Ave, Ronkonkoma, NY 111799	631-585-0080	Homewood Suites by Hilton Ronkonkoma	6.7 mi

The following is a list of hotels near the Stony Brook campus. This list is by no means exhaustive. For additional hotels in the area, please click here. Please note that because this is a high demand weekend, we recommend you make your reservation as soon as possible.

Travel to Stony Brook

If you are flying into John F. Kennedy (JFK) airport you can view available travel options on the JFK website.
- Taxi, Car, and Van Service
- Public Transportation
If you are flying into LaGuardia (LGA) airport you can view available travel options below.
- Car Service, and Shared Rides - LGA - LaGuardia Airport
- Public Transportation - LGA - LaGuardia Airport
If you are flying into MacArthur (ISP) airport you can view available travel options below.
- 511NY Rideshare
- Ground Transport
From JFK airport, take the AIRTRAIN link from any terminal to Jamaica station for the Long Island Railroad (LIRR). The $5 trip to Jamaica station lasts approximately 20 minutes.

From Jamaica Station, take the LIRR (Port Jefferson line, eastbound) to the Stony Brook station, about a 1.5-hour ride. One-way fares range from $11.00 to $15.25, depending on the time of day. Purchase your LIRR ticket from one of the ticket machines before boarding the train. There is an additional fee when buying a ticket from the conductor onboard the train. The ticket machines accept U.S. Currency in small denominations, credit cards, and debit cards. For more service information, please check the AIRTRAIN website and the LIRR website.

From LGA airport, take LIRR to Woodside and then take LaGuardia Link Q70 bus. Visit this link for more info: https://new.mta.info/guides/airports/laguardia

If traveling from New York City (Penn Station, 34^th Street, and 7^th Avenue), take LIRR’s Port Jefferson line to the Stony Brook station. One-way fares range from $14.25 to $19.75, depending on the time of day. Tickets purchased from the conductor onboard the train will cost more. Passengers may have to change trains at a station along the line. This is indicated in the schedule pamphlet and announced on the train. When your ticket is being collected or purchased, ask the conductor for information about if or where you have to change trains.

Pay phones are coin-operated using quarter coins. If you are using your cell phone, you will need to dial any required long-distance code (such as 1+) and the Suffolk County area code (631) before the numbers listed above.
Take the Long Island Expressway (I-495, also called the “L-I-E”), east. Continue on the LIE to Exit 62N, Nicolls Road (County Route 97). Drive nine miles north on Nicolls Road, directly to the main entrance of the Stony Brook campus, on the left. You will see signs to direct you. A campus map is available at: http://www.stonybrook.edu/sb/map/.

For directions and parking information, please click here.

Looking for where to park on campus?

METERED LOTS: Visitors may park in any Stony Brook University metered lot for a fee of $2.50/hour payable at the lot with a debit or credit card only (no cash is accepted). Metered lots are enforced Monday-Friday from 7am-7pm. Outside of those hours, there is no fee to park in these lots. Parking garages are enforced every day. The Administration Garage, located on West Campus is free on Saturday and Sunday.

PARKING GARAGES: Visitors may park in any Stony Brook University parking garage for an hourly fee. The University has three parking garages. Two are located on East Campus (the Hospital Garage and the Health Sciences Center Garage) and one is located on West Campus (Administration Garage).

Parking garages are enforced every day. The Administration Garage, located on West Campus is free on Saturday and Sunday.

For more info click here!

Campus Store and Dining Options

While on Campus, check out our campus store SBU Campus Store to get some SBU swag! Siblings will be able to use campus guest passes if the student is enrolled in a meal plan. It may vary depending on what meal plan the student has. Find out more at the link below!

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