Jericho Turnpike (NY 25) accidents in Brookhaven, NY

What our records show

The Jericho Turnpike (NY 25) runs through Brookhaven as one of the 30-mile primary corridors serving Suffolk County, carrying roughly 40,000 vehicles per day. The posted speed limit is 30–45 mph (30 mph through village business districts). The route stretches from Queens border at Floral Park (continues west as Hillside Avenue) to Smithtown (NY 25 continues east as Middle Country Road), with Brookhaven sitting along that spine. Locally, drivers know it as Route 25 or NY 25 or NY-25 or Jericho Tpke or the Turnpike.

Our database has logged 2 incidents on Jericho Turnpike within Brookhaven, including 1 major cases. No fatalities have been recorded in the incidents we track for this stretch. The most recent report we published involved Minor Crash Reported on NY 25 in Suffolk County, Tuesday Aug. 18 on August 18, 2026. On average, we've seen roughly 0.7 reported crashes per month on this stretch during the period covered by our archive.

Inside Brookhaven, Jericho Turnpike intersects with or runs parallel to several other high-volume routes — LIE, Sunrise Highway, Montauk Highway — so many crashes on this corridor originate at exits and interchanges rather than along open stretches. That pattern matches what we see in the incident reports below, which cluster around entry and exit ramps feeding those surface streets.

Town context matters because accidents here don't unfold in isolation. Brookhaven is home to about 486,040 residents and falls under SCPD 5th Precinct. Serious injuries from Jericho Turnpike crashes are typically triaged to Stony Brook University Hospital. Below you'll find every incident on this stretch we've covered, newest first.