Station Yards Draws Holiday Crowds as Long Island Small Businesses Bet on the Season

Station Yards in Ronkonkoma was featured by Long Island Business News as a prime example of downtown revitalization supporting local small businesses heading into the holiday season.

• Foot traffic: weekly visits to 3 Hawkins Avenue grew from 2,000 in the first week of August 2024 to 15,000 in the last week of July 2025
• Full build-out: 53 acres, 1,450 residential units, 360,000 square feet of commercial/office space, 190,000 square feet of retail and 60,000 square feet of community space
• Turkey drive: November 14, 2025, with the MacArthur Business Alliance, the Ronkonkoma Chamber of Commerce and Sachem High School; the 2024 drive donated 117 turkeys and about 2,000 pounds of food to Long Island Cares
• Holiday season: tree lighting on December 6, 2025, followed by holiday markets on the green every Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. until Christmas

Tenants include Toast Coffee + Kitchen, Vespa Italian Kitchen, Cornucopia Natural Foods, Great South Bay Brewery, Tap Room, Playa Bowls and Lucharitos.

“It’s really transformed the area,” said Chris Kelly, senior vice president of TRITEC.

Read the full story: How Long Island’s small businesses are betting on the holidays, Long Island Business News