Photo: Vitsuha · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Brookhaven, NY: what to set up and who to call
Power in Brookhaven comes from PSEG Long Island, a state utility rather than a private company. Brookhaven has its own drop-off, Manorville Compost Facility, on Papermill Road.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Brookhaven, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Brookhaven.
Power comes from PSEG Long Island
PSEG Long Island (Long Island Power Authority), a state utility, serves all of Brookhaven. Its homes paid an average of 26.2¢ per kWh in 2025, about $195 a month (its average across New York, for customers on its standard service). New York lets you buy power from another supplier; 0% of PSEG Long Island’s home customers do, and PSEG Long Island still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Suffolk County Water Authority
Suffolk County Water Authority supplies almost all of Brookhaven. It draws ground water and serves 1,100,000 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 82% of the 27 systems serving more than 1,000,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2025–Dec 2027, was 1.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 2.3 ppb. That’s lower than 60% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. NY5110526.
3 home internet providers serve Brookhaven
98% of 145,471 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 77% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimum | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 8,000/8,000 |
| Verizon | Fiber, Fixed wireless | 77% | 2,300/2,300 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 41% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Brookhaven depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Brookhaven, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayFind your street’s day on brookhavenny.gov →
- RecyclingEvery week, Wed
Town Solid Waste Management Facility
350 Horseblock Road, Brookhaven, NY 11719
- Mon7 am–3 pm
- Tue7 am–3 pm
- Wed7 am–3 pm
- Thu7 am–3 pm
- Fri7 am–3 pm
- Sat7 am–noon
Dual-stream recycling
Paper goes out separately from bottles and cans.
- Metal cans (tin, aluminum, bimetallic)
- Empty aerosol cans (caps removed)
- Aluminum trays & foil (clean)
- Plastics #1, #2, #5
- Newspaper, office paper, magazines
- Junk mail, catalogs, envelopes
- Paper bags
- Paperback books (kept intact)
- Cardboard (flattened)
- Corrugated (shipping boxes)
- Non-corrugated (cereal boxes)
From brookhavenny.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Most of Brookhaven (20%) is in Longwood Central School District; parts are in Eastport-South Manor Central School District (13%) and South Country Central School District (9%) and Three Village Central School District (8%) and William Floyd Union Free School District (6%) and Patchogue-Medford Union Free School District (6%) and Sachem Central School District (6%) and Middle Country Central School District (6%) and Rocky Point Union Free School District (4%) and East Moriches Union Free School District (3%) and Shoreham-Wading River Central School District (3%) and Brookhaven-Comsewogue Union Free School District (3%) and Miller Place Union Free School District (3%) and Mount Sinai Union Free School District (2%) and Center Moriches Union Free School District (2%).
BSchool gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Brookhaven spans 29 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Brookhaven residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Brookhaven | ZIP’s residents in Brookhaven |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11772 | Patchogue, NY | 9% | 99% |
| 11727 | Coram, NY | 6% | 100% |
| 11763 | Medford, NY | 6% | 100% |
| 11720 | Centereach, NY | 6% | 100% |
| 11967 | Shirley, NY | 5% | 100% |
| 11784 | Selden, NY | 5% | 100% |
| 11776 | Port Jefferson Station, NY | 5% | 100% |
| 11790 | Stony Brook, NY | 4% | 99% |
| 11779 | Ronkonkoma, NY | 4% | 50% |
| 11733 | East Setauket, NY | 4% | 100% |
| 11738 | Farmingville, NY | 3% | 100% |
| 11950 | Mastic, NY | 3% | 97% |
| 11949 | Manorville, NY | 3% | 98% |
| 11951 | Mastic Beach, NY | 3% | 100% |
| 11953 | Middle Island, NY | 3% | 100% |
| 11961 | Ridge, NY | 3% | 100% |
| 11764 | Miller Place, NY | 3% | 100% |
| 11778 | Rocky Point, NY | 3% | 100% |
| 11766 | Mount Sinai, NY | 2% | 100% |
| 11755 | Lake Grove, NY | 2% | 96% |
| 11713 | Bellport, NY | 2% | 100% |
| 11742 | Holtsville, NY | 2% | 76% |
| 11777 | Port Jefferson, NY | 2% | 100% |
| 11934 | Center Moriches, NY | 2% | 100% |
| 11789 | Sound Beach, NY | 2% | 100% |
| 11786 | Shoreham, NY | 1% | 100% |
| 11741 | Holbrook, NY | 1% | 20% |
| 11940 | East Moriches, NY | 1% | 100% |
| 11980 | Yaphank, NY | 1% | 100% |
A few homes fall in 11715, 11719, 11955, 11794, 11941, 11792, 11933, 11782, 11770, 11780, 11706, 11973.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
Train: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Brookhaven
Who supplies Brookhaven’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Suffolk County Water Authority (EPA ID NY5110526). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 82% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 1.2 ppb (Jan 2025–Dec 2027), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Brookhaven?
PSEG Long Island (Long Island Power Authority), a state utility. Its homes paid about 26.2¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Brookhaven?
Optimum, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Brookhaven?
11772 (9%), 11727 (6%), 11763 (6%), 11720 (6%), 11967 (5%), 11784 (5%), 11776 (5%), 11790 (4%), 11779 (4%), 11733 (4%), 11738 (3%), 11950 (3%), 11949 (3%), 11951 (3%), 11953 (3%), 11961 (3%), 11764 (3%), 11778 (3%), 11766 (2%), 11755 (2%), 11713 (2%), 11742 (2%), 11777 (2%), 11934 (2%), 11789 (2%), 11786 (1%), 11741 (1%), 11940 (1%), 11980 (1%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Brookhaven in?
Longwood Central School District. Parts of the city are in Eastport-South Manor Central School District and South Country Central School District and Three Village Central School District and William Floyd Union Free School District and Patchogue-Medford Union Free School District and Sachem Central School District and Middle Country Central School District and Rocky Point Union Free School District and East Moriches Union Free School District and Shoreham-Wading River Central School District and Brookhaven-Comsewogue Union Free School District and Miller Place Union Free School District and Mount Sinai Union Free School District and Center Moriches Union Free School District.
How do I register to vote in Brookhaven?
In New York you can register online until 10 days before Election Day, in person until 10 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before and received 10 days before). Elections here are run by the Suffolk County Board of Elections. Check your registration at voterlookup.elections.ny.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Brookhaven’s own website (brookhavenny.gov), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.