Stony Brook (MBTA station)

STONY BROOK
Stony Brook station headhouse in July 2016
Location	100 Boylston Street at 180 Lamartine Street Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°19′02″N 71°06′15″W / 42.3172°N 71.1043°W / 42.3172; -71.1043Coordinates: 42°19′02″N 71°06′15″W / 42.3172°N 71.1043°W / 42.3172; -71.1043
Owned by	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Line(s)	Orange Line
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Bicycle facilities	12 spaces
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	May 4, 1987
Traffic
Passengers (2013)	3,652 (weekday average boardings)
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station Green Street toward Forest Hills Orange Line Jackson Square toward Oak Grove

Stony Brook is a rapid transit station on the MBTA Orange Line, located below grade at Boylston Street in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The station was opened on May 4, 1987 as part of the Southwest Corridor project, replacing an earlier station that was open from 1897 to 1940. After nearby Green Street, it is the second-least-busy station on the Orange Line, with 3,652 daily boardings by a 2013 count.

Starting in 1891, the Old Colony Railroad (acquired in 1893 by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad) raised the section of its main line through Jamaica Plain (extending from Massachusetts Avenue to the current location of Forest Hills station) onto a 4-track stone embankment to eliminate dangerous grade crossings. The project involved the replacement of the three NYNH&H stations in Roxbury and Jamaica Plain (at Roxbury Crossing, Jamaica Plain, and Forest Hills) with elevated stations, and the construction of two new stations at Heath Street and Boylston Street. Boylston Street station opened on June 1, 1897, along with the other four new and rebuilt stations.

On November 22, 1909, the Washington Street Elevated was extended south from Dudley Street Terminal to Forest Hills. Although the five NYNH&H stations in Roxbury and Jamaica Plain continued to operate for over three decades following the southward extension of the Washington Street Elevated, they were ultimately unable to compete with the Elevated, and all, including Boylston Street, were closed on September 29, 1940 due to a lack of passengers.