Stony Brook in numbers
- Coordinates
- 40.9257, -73.1409
- Elevation
- 27 m above sea level
- Population
- 13 740
- Region
- New York
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 402 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Stony Brook, New York, United States
The local time in Stony Brook, New York, United States — in the America/New_York time zone (−5) — is shown on this page.
Stony Brook, United States
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Stony Brook
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Stony Brook, New York.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:28 AM Solar noon 11:37 AM Sunset 4:47 PM Daylight 10 h 19 min Night 13 h 41 min Civil twilight 5:59 AM – 5:15 PM
Weather in Stony Brook right now
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Stony Brook and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 11790
- 11794
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in New York
- New York City 8 804 190
- Brooklyn 2 736 074
- Queens 2 316 841
- Manhattan 1 487 536
- The Bronx 1 385 108
- Staten Island 468 730
Other places named Stony Brook
- Stony Brook Pennsylvania, United States
Same time zone — America/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Setauket — 2.2 km
- Head of the Harbor — 2.9 km
- South Setauket — 3.2 km
- Setauket-East Setauket — 3.3 km
- East Setauket — 3.4 km
- Old Field — 3.9 km
Stony Brook: clock, sun and surroundings
Close to Stony Brook, the towns of Setauket and Head of the Harbor show the same time.
The postal system lists 2 codes for Stony Brook.
The time zone in effect for Stony Brook is America/New_York, at UTC−5. Daylight saving time observed: No.
Sunrise today is 6:28 AM in Stony Brook, with sunset at 4:47 PM. That works out to 10 h 19 min of light.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is assigned to Stony Brook?
- Stony Brook is assigned to the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −5.
- What time zone rules apply in Stony Brook — does the clock change for daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Stony Brook: No.
- Can you tell me the sunset time in Stony Brook?
- In Stony Brook the sun sets at 4:47 PM.