At Peconic Recreation Center, a day long in the making as 1,000 doses of vaccine administered Residents received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Thursday at the Peconic Recreation Center. (Credit: Steve Wick) For the hundreds of people who lined up at the Peconic Recreation Center Thursday morning to receive their first COVID-19 vaccination, the day was a miracle long in the making. In fact, “miracle” was a word used by several people who heard about Stony Brook Eastern Long Island Hospital doing a one-day, pop-up vaccination center in the town-owned site and were jubilant when they got an appointment.