22-513: Ronkonkoma may refer to the following places in Long Island, New York: Ronkonkoma, New York , a hamlet. Ronkonkoma station Ronkonkoma Branch (Long Island Railroad service) Lake Ronkonkoma (lake) Lake Ronkonkoma, New York , a census-designated place. [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with
44-871: A household in the CDP was $ 114,216, while the per capita income for the CDP was $ 41,792. About 3.5% of the population were below the poverty line . Vitamin maker The Bountiful Company is based in Ronkonkoma. Northrop Grumman has a hypersonic test and manufacturing facility adjacent to the Long Island MacArthur Airport. Almost all of Ronkonkoma CDP is in Connetquot Central School District . Three public elementary schools are in Ronkonkoma, with one middle school, and high school students attend Connetquot High School in Bohemia. A portion of
66-421: A limited presence in the lake. Bites that have been reported on feet and the lower body in shallow water are likely to have been caused by turtles , which also have a moderately strong presence in the lake and may have a tendency to bite when threatened or irritated. Lake Ronkonkoma was a popular Long Island summer resort in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. There were a few boarding houses in town. One of
88-555: A sleepy farming hamlet. The lake was created by a retreating glacier. Portions of its irregular basin are unusually deep for Long Island, but most of the lake is less than 15 feet (4.6 m) deep. As a rule of thumb, it is unproductive to fish deeper than 15 feet (4.6 m) in Lake Ronkonkoma because there is seldom enough dissolved oxygen to sustain fish beyond this depth. The primary gamefish are largemouth and smallmouth bass. Lake Ronkonkoma holds large bass but locating them
110-588: Is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) mostly in the Town of Islip , with a small eastern portion in the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County , New York , United States. The population was 18,955 at the time of the 2020 census. The Ronkonkoma post office has the ZIP Code 11779, and serves parts of several hamlets and CDPs adjacent to Ronkonkoma. The hamlet is also home to Long Island MacArthur Airport , which
132-408: Is a challenge due to the scarcity of natural structure to attract these fish. Chain pickerel are extremely rare. In the last two decades, white perch and yellow perch populations have increased to the point of upsetting the ecological balance of the lake. There have been unsubstantiated rumors of piranha being caught in the lake over the past two decades. The idea that schools of piranha are ravaging
154-653: Is known as the Ronkonkoma Branch . In 2017, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the groundbreaking of a new $ 650 million development to create a Ronkonkoma Hub near the LIRR Line, similar to the hub in neighboring Brookhaven . Ronkonkoma was the terminus of the first road in the United States designed exclusively for automobiles, the Vanderbilt Motor Parkway , constructed by a consortium of investors called
176-640: Is owned and operated by the Town of Islip. The New York Air Route Traffic Control Center is located at the airport. The name "Ronkonkoma" comes from the nearby Lake Ronkonkoma , which in turn comes from an Algonquian expression meaning "boundary fishing-lake", also earlier written as "Raconkumake" and "Raconkamuck." Since 1988, Ronkonkoma has been the end of electrification along the Long Island Rail Road 's Main Line . The track between Hicksville and Ronkonkoma
198-642: Is owned by the Town of Islip under the terms of the Nichols Patent. The land around it is controlled by three town governments – Smithtown , Islip and Brookhaven . The separation originated because three different Native American communities claimed lands on different shores, and these claims continued when the tribes gave separate deeds to the land under their control. The name Ronkonkoma comes from an Algonquian expression meaning "boundary fishing-lake", also earlier written as Raconkumake and Raconkamuck. Smithtown founder Richard Smith's original holdings included
220-552: The Long Island Motor Parkway was completed from Queens to Lake Ronkonkoma. Traveling the winding Motor Parkway to reach the lake in those days was an adventure in itself. Lake Ronkonkoma became an exclusive summer enclave for the wealthy and famous from New York City. All summer long there was boating and swimming at the lake. While the area's population peaked during the summers, fall activities such as hunting were also popular, although hunting activity began to decline in
242-456: The 1930s. During the winters, skating parties were often arranged. A favorite game on the ice was Crack the Whip . The perimeter of the lake itself began to change from residential to commercial usage. As the lake front became less exclusive, many longtime residents began to leave the area. In the 1950s, the original owners began to sell their beaches to others. George Raynor, whose family had lived at
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#1732848646517264-779: The CDP to the east is in Sachem Central School District . The CDP area also extends into Central Islip Union Free School District to the west, but that portion is taken up entirely by parts of the Connetquot River State Park . Prior to 1960, the Connetquot School District portion of the area belonged to the Ronkonkoma School District. After a vote, the district merged with the Oakdale-Bohemia School District in
286-399: The CDP. The racial makeup of the CDP was 77.7% White , 4.5% African American , 7.7% Asian , 5.1% from other races , and 5.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 20.9% of the population. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 20.1% under the age of 18, 6.1% under the age of five, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median income for
308-550: The Long Island Motor Parkway, Inc. led by William Kissam Vanderbilt II . According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 8.1 square miles (21.1 km ), of which 0.35 square miles (0.9 km ), or 4.07%, is covered by water. The community is adjacent to Lake Ronkonkoma . As of the 2020 United States Census , there were 18,955 people and 6,150 households residing in
330-409: The depths of Lake Ronkonkoma is unfounded and highly unlikely, as there undoubtedly would have been more attacks on bathers and more evidence of devoured fish. Actual specimens "caught" in the lake (or at least presented by people in a glass jar in the mid-1990s) have been either proven to have not come from the lake, or have been pacu , a different species that looks very similar but is harmless and has
352-521: The headwaters of the Nissequogue River east to a "freshwater pond called Raconkamuck," which translates as "the boundary fishing place" in the Algonquian language. What is now known as Lake Ronkonkoma served as a boundary between lands occupied by four Native American communities: Nissequogues, Setaukets, Secatogues and Unkechaugs. The Smithtown side of Lake Ronkonkoma was settled by the 1740s, but it
374-476: The hotels on the lake was the Lake Front Hotel situated on twenty-four acres of land on the lake's shore. Most of the original settlers and local residents chose to live away from the lakefront. The land one half mile or so beyond the lake was flatter and better suited for farming. Little by little, the lakefront developed into a fashionable haven for the wealthier people who had summer estates there. In 1911,
396-443: The lake since the 1840s, owned a parcel of land which later became Raynor Beach. Many of the beach front pavilions, which were left unattended, burned down. On October 4, 1962, Brookhaven Town purchased land for the first town-owned beach on the lake. The unattended sections of beaches began to deteriorate. Rubbish, tin cans and bottles lined the shores in many places. Since the shoreline lay in between three townships, no single entity
418-439: The neighboring communities of Oakdale and Bohemia, New York , to create the Connetquot School District. Lake Ronkonkoma (lake) Lake Ronkonkoma is a freshwater lake in Suffolk County , New York . It is a kettle lake formed by retreating glaciers and is the largest freshwater lake on Long Island ; it has a circumference of about 2 miles (3.2 km) and is 0.65 miles (1.05 km) across on average. The lake
440-541: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ronkonkoma&oldid=1034152041 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ronkonkoma, New York Ronkonkoma ( / r ɒ n ˈ k ɒ ŋ k ə m ə / ron- KONG -kə-mə )
462-442: Was not until the late 1890s that the area gained widespread public attention. That's when boarding houses and hotels were erected to accommodate a growing number of tourists drawn by claims that the lake's waters had special healing powers. By the 1920s, beach pavilions had sprung up. The Long Island Rail Road , which was completed to nearby Lakeland in 1842 (the depot was moved to Ronkonkoma in 1883), helped transform what had been
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#1732848646517484-466: Was willing to take responsibility. A Tri-Town Committee for the Preservation of Lake Ronkonkoma has been formed. The committee has agreed that the three towns would treat the pollution problems as a single problem, affecting all local residents. Long Island folklore attributes many drownings in the lake to an alleged Native American spirit residing in the water. Local artisans have created murals and
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