The bus service is hourly and it operates everyday except Sunday and major holidays. For information, call 852-5200. Get off at the Stony Brook Coventry Mall stop, cross the street, and find the store behind the Hess gas station. It is, however, much better if you can find someone to take you there, especially on your first trip. Chinatown in downtown Manhattan and Flushing in Queens.
Many Chinese students go there for weekly or monthly shopping.
The train operates roughly every hour. Normally one will need to change at the Huntington Station. Just wait on the platform for the other train to pull in behind the train you just get off. The fare for an off-peak round trip is about 14 dollars. Tickets sales at the SB station are performed by ticket machines.