Its name stems from its location in the greater area of the Town of Brookhaven.

It was named after the Town of Brookhaven, New York, by founder Samuel Jayne, in 1818.

The Incorporated Village of Belle Terre is in the Town of Brookhaven, on the North Shore of Long Island.

The community is on the border of the Town of Riverhead and the Town of Brookhaven.

Center Moriches is in the Town of Brookhaven.

Coram is a community in the Town of Brookhaven served by the Longwood Central School District and the Middle Country Central School District.

Coram is the oldest settlement in the central part of the Town of Brookhaven.

From 1784 to 1885, Coram served as the meeting place for the Town of Brookhaven government, using the Davis Town Meeting House for much of that period.

East Moriches is in the Town of Brookhaven.

East Shoreham is located in the northern part of the Town of Brookhaven.

Farmingville is in the Town of Brookhaven.

The Brookhaven Town Hall is on the east side of Bald Hill in the community.

Farmingville is home to Brookhaven Town Hall, Brookhaven Amphitheater, and Bald Hill.

Cherry Grove ( often referred to locally as The Grove ) is an unincorporated hamlet in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, United States.

Gordon Heights is in the Town of Brookhaven.

An attempt to dissolve the fire district in 2006 was rejected by the Town of Brookhaven on the grounds that the petition format was incorrect.

Holtsville is the location of an IRS Processing Center ( which has the lowest assigned domestic American numerical ZIP Code, 00501 ) and is in the Town of Brookhaven and the Town of Islip.

The Village of Lake Grove is located in the Town of Brookhaven.

Lake Ronkonkoma is located in the town of Brookhaven, but has small sections in the Town of Smithtown.

Mastic Beach is a village in the southeast part of the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York, United States.

Sound Beach is a community in the north part of the Town of Brookhaven.

The Town of Smithtown is also home to the Kings Park Central School District, a portion of the Commack Union-Free School District ( shared with the Town of Huntington ), a portion of the Hauppauge School District ( shared with the Town of Islip ) and a portion of the Sachem Central School District ( shared with the Town of Brookhaven ).

In the winter and spring of 2009, a beach renourishment project was undertaken on Fire Island, with the cooperation of the National Park Service, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Towns of Brookhaven and Islip and Fire Island residents.

** Lynwood Park, Brookhaven, Georgia

* Brookhaven Park, 4158 Peachtree Rd.

Between County Route 16 ( CR 16 ) in Brookhaven and CR 46 in Shirley, the median is lined with pine trees in front of South Haven County Park.

Brookhaven National Laboratory ( BNL ), is a United States national laboratory located in Upton, New York on Long Island, and was formally established in 1947 at the site of Camp Upton, a former U. S. Army base.

The town originated as a railroad town and was named Summit because it was thought to be the highest point on the Illinois Central Railroad between New Orleans and Jackson, Tennessee, though nearby Brookhaven actually has that distinction.

North Hempstead is the only town on Long Island that does not have a corresponding hamlet or village in its borders with the same name ; Hempstead and Oyster Bay in Nassau County and the towns of Huntington, Babylon, Islip, Smithtown, Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southold, Southampton, Shelter Island and East Hampton in Suffolk County all have smaller subdivisions with the same name.

Middle Island is a community in the Town of Brookhaven served by the Longwood Central School District Longwood School District ( 58 square miles ) is the biggest school district on Long Island.

The Incorporated Village of Old Field is in the town of Brookhaven, on the North Shore of Long Island.

Patchogue is part of the town of Brookhaven, on the South Shore of Long Island, adjoining Great South Bay.

The Incorporated Village of Poquott is within the Town of Brookhaven, on the North Shore of Long Island.

Port Jefferson ( officially The Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson and informally known as Port Jeff ) is located in the town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island.

Around 2: 30 PM on April 9, 2012, a brush fire was reported in the Northeast area of Brookhaven National Lab.

Shirley is a community in the Town of Brookhaven, on the South Shore of Long Island.

The inlet created a geographic oddity whereby the Town of Brookhaven actually has jurisdiction on land immediately west of West Hampton Dunes although Brookhaven land access to it involves a nearly 20 mile drive through Southampton.

The road from Hinkson's Corners ( now Brookhaven Road ), was established sometime before 1816 as a service road to the mills on Ridley and to Chester Creeks in 1847.

At the time of Brookhaven Borough's incorporation on April 4, 1945, the Borough had 672 persons and 150 homes.

Brookhaven is also home to the Brookhaven Volunteer Fire Department located on the Brookhaven Road.

In 1915 the cornerstone to the new campus was laid at its present location on Peachtree Road in Brookhaven.

Eventually nine universities ( Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Rochester and Yale came together, and on 31 January 1947, a contract was signed with the Atomic Energy Commission ( AEC ), which had replaced the Manhattan Project, that established the Brookhaven National Laboratory.