Huntington Station, NY — Crash Data, Roads, History & Law
Huntington Station is an unincorporated hamlet in the Town of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, with 34,878 residents at the 2020 Census. Federal crash records show 23 fatal crashes that killed 23 people within its boundaries from 2010 through 2024 — 17 of them on foot. Jericho Turnpike (NY 25) accounted for more of those deaths (5) than any other road. Residents who commute travel an average of 31.2 minutes each way.
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Huntington Station at a glance
- Status
- Hamlet (unincorporated; census-designated place)
- Town
- Huntington
- County
- Suffolk County
- Population (2020 Census)
- 34,878[C]
- Housing units (2020)
- 10,943
- Land area
- 5.48 sq mi
- Density
- 6,370 people per sq mi
- Average commute
- 31.2 minutes[B]
- Traffic deaths, 2010–2024
- 23[A]
- ZIP Code
- 11746
- Founded / settled
- Grew up around the Long Island Rail Road's Huntington station after the railroad reached the town in 1867; no independently citable founding date for the hamlet itself was found[1]
- Legal status
- Unincorporated hamlet of the Town of Huntington, patrolled by SCPD's 2nd Precinct rather than a village or town police force[7]
- School district
- Huntington Union Free School District, headquartered at 50 Tower Street, Huntington Station[6]
- Federal case history
- Central to Huntington Branch, NAACP v. Town of Huntington, 844 F.2d 926 (2d Cir. 1988), aff'd 488 U.S. 15 (1988), over the Town's 1960s urban-renewal zoning[2][3]
- Main roads
- NY 110, Jericho Turnpike (part of NY 25, described by the state as passing 'South Huntington'), Pulaski Road, Walt Whitman Road[10]
- Census geography
- Huntington Station CDP · GEOID 3637044 · GNIS 2389961
- Coordinates
- 40.8445°N, 73.4048°W
Hamlets in New York have no legal boundary or government of their own. Figures here use the Census Bureau's census-designated place, the standard statistical outline for the community; local usage of the name can be wider or narrower.
Fatal crashes in Huntington Station, 2010–2024
From January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2024, 23 people died in 23 crashes on public roads inside Huntington Station, according to the federal Fatality Analysis Reporting System.[A] Pedestrians account for 17 of those deaths (74%). The deadliest year was 2023, with 5 deaths.
- Fatal crashes
- 23
- People killed
- 23
- Pedestrians
- 17
- Bicyclists
- 0
- Motorcyclists
- 1
- Vehicle occupants
- 5
2024 figures come from NHTSA's Annual Report File and may be revised.
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| Year | Fatal crashes | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
Roads where people died
| Road | Crashes | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Jericho Turnpike (NY 25) | 5 | 5 |
| Route 110 (Broad Hollow Road / New York Avenue) | 5 | 5 |
| Depot Rd | 3 | 3 |
| New York Ave | 2 | 2 |
| W Hills Rd | 1 | 1 |
| E 18th St | 1 | 1 |
| E Pulaski Rd (CR 11) | 1 | 1 |
| Columbia St | 1 | 1 |
Road names as recorded by police and normalised to common Long Island names.
When and where
- Of the 23 crashes with a recorded time, 14 happened between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m., 3 between 4 and 8 p.m., 3 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., and 3 between 6 and 10 a.m.
- 70% happened in darkness.
- 0 of the 23 deaths were on expressways or parkways; 23 were on arterials and local streets.
- In at least 2 crashes, a driver had a reported blood-alcohol concentration of .08 or higher. This counts known test results only; NHTSA's official alcohol estimates, which impute untested drivers, are higher.
Who owns the roads where they happened (2015–2024)
FARS has recorded the owner of the roadway since 2015. Of the 15 fatal crashes in Huntington Station since then:
- Town roads 8 (53%)
- State highways 5 (33%)
- County roads 2 (13%)
Ownership matters in New York because claims against a county, town, city or village generally require a notice of claim within 90 days (General Municipal Law § 50-e), while claims against the State are brought in the Court of Claims under Court of Claims Act § 10. This is general information, not legal advice.
Rate: 4.4 traffic deaths per 100,000 residents per year, against 9.1 for Suffolk County. This is a resident-based rate, not a measure of how risky the roads are to drive: crashes are counted where they happen, not where the people involved live, so a small community crossed by a major highway shows a high rate.
The 15 most recent fatal crashes
| Date | Time | Road | Deaths | Who died | Light |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * | 12 a.m. | W Hills Rd | 1 | Pedestrian | dark |
| 9 p.m. | E 18th St | 1 | Vehicle occupant | dark | |
| 9 p.m. | E Pulaski Rd (CR 11) at 1st Ave | 1 | Pedestrian | dark | |
| 6 p.m. | Columbia St | 1 | Pedestrian | daylight | |
| 3 a.m. | Jericho Turnpike (NY 25) at Oakwood Rd (CR 92) | 1 | Pedestrian | dark | |
| 2 a.m. | Mckay Rd | 1 | Vehicle occupant | dark | |
| 7 p.m. | Route 110 (Broad Hollow Road / New York Avenue) | 1 | Pedestrian | dark | |
| 8 p.m. | Jericho Turnpike (NY 25) | 1 | Pedestrian | dark | |
| 7 a.m. | W Pulaski Rd (CR 11) | 1 | Vehicle occupant | daylight | |
| 9 p.m. | Route 110 (Broad Hollow Road / New York Avenue) at Olive St | 1 | Pedestrian | dark | |
| 5 a.m. | Depot Rd | 1 | Pedestrian | dark | |
| 2 p.m. | Jericho Turnpike (NY 25) | 1 | Pedestrian | daylight | |
| 10 p.m. | Route 110 (Broad Hollow Road / New York Avenue) at Railroad St | 1 | Pedestrian | dark | |
| 11 a.m. | E 3rd St | 1 | Vehicle occupant | daylight | |
| 10 p.m. | Depot Rd at E 12th St | 1 | Pedestrian | dark |
FARS contains no names or personal identifiers. * 2024 records are preliminary. Download all 23 records (CSV) · How this was compiled
Recent Huntington Station Incident Reports
Four Arrested at Huntington Station Deli During Joint SLA Inspection, Including Cocaine Charges and Gambling Violations
Suffolk County Police, acting on community complaints, arrested four people at Honduras Deli in Huntington Station during a joint inspection with the New York State Liquor Authority and Town of Huntington agencies, according to the Suffolk County Police Department.
Rick Scola, 59, Arrested at Carousel Night Club on East Jericho Turnpike in Huntington Station
Two-Vehicle Crash on Pulaski Road in Huntington Station Seriously Injures Two People
A Honda left the roadway, mounted a sidewalk, struck a stopped vehicle, and crashed into a utility pole at Pulaski Road and New York Avenue in Huntington Station on Friday evening, seriously injuring two occupants of the Honda.
Huntington Man, 46, Seriously Injured After Harley Davidson Collides with Subaru on Park Avenue
Huntington Man, 46, Seriously Injured After Harley Davidson Collides with Subaru.
Irene Jin, Yuna Takahashi Arrested in Huntington Station Massage Parlor Raid on E. Jericho Turnpike
Irene Jin, Yuna Takahashi Arrested in Huntington Station Massage Parlor Raid on .
Huntington Station Man Convicted of DWI for Fourth Time in Seven Years, BAC Nearly Triple the Legal Limit
Updated continuously from 511NY, NYSP, NCPD, and SCPD feeds — all Long Island reports.
All reported crashes in the Town of Huntington, 2021–2024
New York's crash file codes each crash to a town, city or village — never to a hamlet — so the finest official count that covers Huntington Station is for the Town of Huntington, which contains it. Police reported 19,356 crashes there from 2021 through 2024 — about 13.2 a day. 5,246 (27.1%) injured someone and 50 were fatal. [D]
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,760 | 4,567 | 5,042 | 4,987 | 19,356 |
- Injury crashes
- 5,246
- Fatal crashes
- 50
- Struck a pedestrian
- 187
- Struck a bicyclist
- 117
- Struck a deer
- 136
Counts are crashes, not people. The municipality is entered by the reporting police agency, and coding is less consistent for small villages, so compare places with care.
How Huntington Station gets to work
Huntington Station commuters travel an average of 31.2 minutes each way (the national average is 26.4 minutes). About 67.9% of workers drive alone, and 6.5% ride the railroad. [B]
| Measure | Huntington Station | Suffolk County | New York State | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average one-way commute | 31.2 min ±4.3 | 31.1 min | 32.6 min | 26.4 min |
| Commute 60 minutes or longer | 13.6% ±2.5 | 14.1% | 16.8% | 8.6% |
| Commute under 15 minutes | 25.9% ±3.4 | 22.8% | 20.5% | 26% |
| Drive alone | 67.9% ±3.3 | 72.1% | 48.8% | 68.8% |
| Carpool | 5.7% ±1.9 | 7.5% | 6.3% | 8.5% |
| Commuter rail (LIRR) | 6.5% ±2 | 3.2% | 1.8% | 0.3% |
| Bus | 2.3% ±1.1 | 0.6% | 5.1% | 1.5% |
| Walk | 2% ±0.9 | 1.4% | 5.6% | 2.4% |
| Work from home | 10.8% ±1.6 | 12% | 14.9% | 15.1% |
| Leave home before 6 a.m. | 11% ±2.2 | 12% | 10.6% | 14.4% |
| Households with no vehicle | 7.3% ±2.3 | 5.1% | 29.2% | 8.4% |
| Households with three or more vehicles | 26.3% ±4.4 | 28.8% | 11.8% | 21.9% |
Survey estimates for 17,542 workers aged 16 and over; ± values are 90% margins of error. Travel-time rows exclude people who work from home.
Notable facts about Huntington Station
- The urban-renewal zoning fight decided in Huntington Branch, NAACP v. Town of Huntington centered on an area in and around Huntington Station that federal appeals judges found was 52% minority in a town that was about 95% white.[2]
- The Housing Help, Inc. project at the center of the Huntington Station-area zoning case was never actually built inside Huntington Station; the court instead ordered a different, then-vacant parcel at Elwood and Pulaski Roads rezoned.[2]
- Walt Whitman Birthplace's own mailing address is in Huntington Station, even though the National Register of Historic Places lists the birthplace's location as West Hills.[4][5]
History
Huntington Station is an unincorporated hamlet of the Town of Huntington that grew up around the Long Island Rail Road's Huntington station, reached when the line was extended from Syosset to Northport in 1867.[1]
The hamlet is where the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association's headquarters carries its mailing address — 246 Old Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station — even though the property's National Register of Historic Places listing places it in the neighboring West Hills area; Whitman himself was born in 1819 in a house his father built in West Hills.[4][5] The two place names for the same landmark reflect Huntington Station's and West Hills's shared, unincorporated stretch of the town rather than any dispute over the facts.[4]
How the roads got here
New York's Department of Transportation describes NY 110 (also designated within the town as the Assemblyman James D. Conte Memorial Highway) as running from Amityville north through Huntington to Halesite, a route that carries it directly through Huntington Station, and separately lists NY 25 (Jericho Turnpike) as passing through South Huntington just south of the hamlet.[10]
Law and legal history
Huntington Station is the geographic center of the Town of Huntington's best-documented piece of civil rights litigation. According to the U.S. Supreme Court's later opinion, "as part of Huntington's urban renewal effort in the 1960's, the town created a zoning classification (R-3M Garden Apartment District) permitting construction of multifamily housing projects," but restricted private construction under that classification to the town's designated "urban renewal area" — the section of town in and around Huntington Station, where the Second Circuit found 52% of residents were minorities, while the town as a whole was about 95% white and under 4% Black.[3][2] Nearly three-fourths of the town's Black population in 1980 was concentrated in six census tracts in Huntington Station and the South Greenlawn area.[2]
When Housing Help, Inc. tried in 1980 to build a 162-unit subsidized apartment complex outside that urban-renewal zone, in a 98%-white section of Greenlawn/East Northport, the Town Board refused to amend the zoning code, and the resulting suit — Huntington Branch, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Town of Huntington, 844 F.2d 926 (2d Cir. 1988) — turned on whether confining multifamily housing to the largely minority Huntington Station-area urban renewal zone violated the federal Fair Housing Act.[2] The Second Circuit held that it did, and the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed per curiam in Town of Huntington v. Huntington Branch, NAACP, 488 U.S. 15 (1988), decided November 7, 1988.[2][3] Neither court ordered new construction inside Huntington Station itself; the relief ordered was rezoning of a different, then-vacant parcel outside the urban renewal area, at Elwood and Pulaski Roads.[2]
Cases of record
- Huntington Branch, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Town of Huntington, 844 F.2d 926 (2d Cir. 1988)[2]
- United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1988. The Town's zoning ordinance confined private construction of multifamily housing to the urban renewal area in and around Huntington Station, which the court found was 52% minority.Held the ordinance's confinement of multifamily housing to the Huntington Station-area urban renewal zone violated Title VIII of the federal Fair Housing Act under a disparate-impact standard; ordered a different, vacant parcel outside that zone rezoned instead.
- Town of Huntington, New York v. Huntington Branch, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 488 U.S. 15 (1988) (per curiam)[3]
- Supreme Court of the United States, 1988. Town's appeal of the Second Circuit's ruling on the Huntington Station-area zoning restriction.Affirmed per curiam that disparate impact was shown and the Town's justification for the restriction was inadequate.
Each summary describes the cited decision only. Later appellate history is noted where we found it, but it has not been checked systematically — confirm a case's current status with a citator before relying on it. General information, not legal advice.
Government, courts and policing
As an unincorporated hamlet, Huntington Station has no government, police department or court of its own. Policing is provided by the Suffolk County Police Department's 2nd Precinct, which states that it "proudly serves the residents of the Town of Huntington"; the precinct's address is 1071 Park Avenue in Huntington, not Huntington Station, contrary to some secondary sources that place the precinct's headquarters on Fisher Place in Huntington Station.[7][8] The Huntington Union Free School District, which serves the hamlet, is itself headquartered inside Huntington Station, at 50 Tower Street.[6] Suffolk County's Traffic and Parking Violations Agency handles moving violations, red-light camera citations and parking summonses "in the five western towns of Suffolk County," a group in which Huntington's location in western Suffolk makes it a plausible member, though this was not confirmed by name on the county's own site.[9]
Landmarks and listed places
Huntington Station timeline
- Railroad reaches the town. The Long Island Rail Road's extension from Syosset to Northport gave the future hamlet its name and its LIRR station.[1]
- Second Circuit ruling. The Second Circuit held the Town's confinement of multifamily housing to the Huntington Station-area urban renewal zone violated the Fair Housing Act.[2]
- Supreme Court affirms. The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed per curiam.[3]
Major roads in Huntington Station
| Road | Route | Maintained by | In Huntington Station |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York Avenue (Assemblyman James D. Conte Memorial Highway) [10] | NY 110 | New York State | runs through |
| Jericho Turnpike [10] | NY 25 | New York State | runs along the hamlet's southern edge (South Huntington) |
Emergency Resources
Hospitals
- Huntington Hospital (Northwell Health) — 270 Park Avenue, Huntington, NY 11743 — (631) 351-2000 (Nearest hospital; Level III adult trauma center on the state Department of Health list.)
Police
- Suffolk County Police Department, 2nd Precinct — 1071 Park Avenue, Huntington, NY 11743 — (631) 852-6000 (Patrols Huntington Station; there is no separate Huntington Station police force. Emergencies: 911.)
Local Driver Services in Huntington Station
Practical resources for Huntington Station drivers — tire shops, gas prices, and live traffic conditions.
Safety Resources
Frequently Asked Questions
What should I do after a car accident in Huntington Station, NY?
Move to safety and call 911 immediately, then document the scene with photos and exchange insurance and contact information with everyone involved. File a police report with SCPD and notify your insurer promptly. New York is a no-fault state, so your own PIP coverage pays initial medical costs regardless of fault, and you have just 30 days to file the NF-2 application.
Which roads are most dangerous in Huntington Station?
Route 110 and Jericho Turnpike carry the heaviest traffic through Huntington Station and account for most of the reported crashes we track. The Route 110 corridor near the Walt Whitman Shops — dense retail traffic with frequent turning and rear-end crashes. Commercial driveways, signalized intersections, and turning movements along these corridors drive the local crash mix.
How current are these Huntington Station accident reports?
Long Island Traffic adds new reports every 2–4 hours from 511NY, NYS Police Troop L, SCPD, and verified local news. Scroll up for the latest Huntington Station and Suffolk County incidents, and check the "Dangerous Roads" section for corridor-level breakdowns.
Do I need a lawyer after a Huntington Station accident?
If you suffered serious injuries, significant property damage, or the other driver was uninsured, consulting a Suffolk County personal injury attorney is strongly recommended. Many firms offer free consultations and work on contingency. See our free guides at /know-your-rights/car-accidents/ and /know-your-rights/insurance-claims/.
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References
Datasets
- [A] National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2010–2024 national files. Retrieved September 17, 2026.Crashes on public trafficways in which a person died within 30 days. No personal identifiers. Placed by reported coordinates into 2020 Census boundaries.
- [B] U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-Year Estimates, tables B08303, B08013, B08301, B08302, B08201, B19013, B01002. Retrieved September 17, 2026.Survey estimates with 90% margins of error. lowReliability = coefficient of variation above 30%.
- [C] U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb — 2020 Census tabulation geography (POP100, HU100, AREALAND). Retrieved September 17, 2026.
- [D] New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, Motor Vehicle Crashes — Case Information: Four Year Window. Retrieved September 17, 2026.Police-reported crashes coded to a town, city or village by the reporting agency. Hamlets are not coded; hamlet pages show the parent town.
Sources for history, roads and law
- [1] Town of Huntington (via Internet Archive Wayback Machine, capture of 2013-03-24). Town History (archived Town of Huntington history page) (2013). Government record.
- [2] Caselaw Access Project, Harvard Law School Library. Huntington Branch, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Town of Huntington, 844 F.2d 926 (2d Cir. 1988) (1988). Court decision.
- [3] Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School. Town of Huntington, New York v. Huntington Branch, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 488 U.S. 15 (1988) (1988). Court decision.
- [4] Walt Whitman Birthplace Association. Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site (home page) (2026). Institution.
- [5] Dix Hills-Melville Historical Association. Walt Whitman Birthplace (2026). Historical society.
- [6] Huntington Union Free School District. Huntington Union Free School District (home page) (2026). Government record.
- [7] Suffolk County Police Department. Second Precinct (2026). Government record.
- [8] Suffolk County Police Department. Contact Us (precinct address list) (2026). Government record.
- [9] Suffolk County Government. Traffic and Parking Violations Agency (2026). Government record.
- [10] New York State Department of Transportation, Office of Traffic Safety & Mobility. Official Description of Highway Touring Routes... in New York State (NY 110 and NY 25 entries) (2017). Government record.
- [11] New York State Department of Health. New York State Trauma Centers (n.d.). Government record.
- [12] Northwell Health. Huntington Hospital (2026). Institution.
Sources opened and checked September 17, 2026.