Strange silence at Stony Brook
The Stony Brook LIRR station sits empty on Saturday morning. Credit: Sam Kmack
In an eerie scene that will play out all morning across Long Island, Stony Brook station was simply empty Saturday.
There was a sign mentioning the strike in a waiting room window, but it was partially blocked. Photos from the scene show empty tracks, platforms and a shuttered waiting room.
Sam Kmack covers the Town of Islip for Newsday. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California and previously worked as a city watchdog reporter in the Phoenix metro area, as well as an investigative journalist at the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting.
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