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 extended to Farmingdale in 1841 due to economic difficulties triggered by the Panic of 1837. Two years later, the station received a new line known as the Hicksville and Syosset Railroad, which would eventually become part of the Port Jefferson Branch of the Long Island Rail Road.