The line expanded to Farmingdale in 1841, after a delay caused by the depression that had begun with the Panic of 1837. In 1854, the station gained a line known as the Hicksville and Syosset Railroad that later became the Port Jefferson Branch of the LIRR.
The railroad route was prolonged to Farmingdale in 1841 because of economic hardship caused by the Panic of 1837. In 1854, the station received a new line called the Hicksville and Syosset Railroad that would eventually become part of the Port Jefferson Branch of the LIRR.