East Setauket, New York

40°56′23″N 73°5′56″W / 40.93972°N 73.09889°W / 40.93972; -73.09889CountryUnited StatesStateNew YorkCountySuffolkTownBrookhavenArea • Total6.08 sq mi (15.74 km²) • Land6.02 sq mi (15.60 km²) • Water0.06 sq mi (0.15 km²)Elevation20 ft (6 m)Population • Total10,998 • Density1,826.30/sq mi (705.18/km²)Time zoneUTC−05:00 (Eastern Time Zone) • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00ZIP CodeArea code(s)631 / 934FIPS code36-22964GNIS feature ID2805098^[2]

East Setauket is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) on Long Island, in the town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. Before that it was part of the Setauket-East Setauket CDP.

The community is in northwestern Suffolk County, in the northwest part of the town of Brookhaven. The hamlet of East Setauket is at the northern edge of the CDP, at the head of Setauket Harbor, an arm of Long Island Sound.The East Setauket CDP is bordered by Setauket to the northwest, Poquott to the north, Port Jefferson to the northeast, Port Jefferson Station to the east, Terryville to the southeast, Centereach to the south, Stony Brook to the southwest, and Stony Brook University to the west.

Notable residents

• Dee Snider, singer-songwriter, screenwriter, radio personality, and actor; most famous for his role as the front man of the heavy metal band Twisted Sister

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