Suffolk Meadows property (New York, Brookhaven, Stony Brook: legal, shop, safe)

[Johninwestbury]

Is this public county parkland? Its in Yaphank and there's an abandoned LIE service road. I took a trip over there but the signs on the service road off E.Main say NO TRESSPASSING.
From what I understand it used to be a county owned horse track, but is now abandoned. It'd be cool to see how nature is "reclaiming" the track.

This is the only site I could find with info Suffolk Meadows

Looks scenic!

[OhBeeHave]

The last I remember, the property was bought by a developer who had planned on building a large mall or shopping area. From what I've found, I can only say it is safe to assume that this is private property.

Surfing around I found this legal document:
880 F.2d 1540

Once I read that, I saw the name of the original developer, Parr -- it was Parr Meadows way back when. Googling Parr Meadows I found the name of the developer - Wilbur Breslin.

Breslin had started bulldozing the property and made a huge mess of things:
Plans for Yaphank Mall Put Builder Under Fire - New York Times

And some Wikipedia about Breslin:
Wilbur Breslin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Johninwestbury]

So that's where they want to put the new mall, it was downsized but it's called Welcome to Brookhaven Walk.
Well that's a shame, I guess the site I listed earlier isn't up to date and should mention it's owned by a developer. I thought they used to have some county fairs there, I remember going to one in the 80s.
Bad enough they got to develop it, and you can't even go in there. Enjoying nature shouldn't be a crime.

[OhBeeHave]

So Breslin still has the land. I had to laugh when I read the demographics section because it lists the St James/Stony Brook area as being 15 miles = 18 minutes away. There are days it takes 18 mins to get from Museums at Stony Brook to the Port Jeff. Forget about Yaphank!

[Kbinspections]

Originally Posted by OhBeeHave

The last I remember, the property was bought by a developer who had planned on building a large mall or shopping area. From what I've found, I can only say it is safe to assume that this is private property.

Surfing around I found this legal document:
880 F.2d 1540

Once I read that, I saw the name of the original developer, Parr -- it was Parr Meadows way back when. Googling Parr Meadows I found the name of the developer - Wilbur Breslin.

Breslin had started bulldozing the property and made a huge mess of things:
Plans for Yaphank Mall Put Builder Under Fire - New York Times

And some Wikipedia about Breslin:
Wilbur Breslin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Got to love the internet.....very cool research!

[brassbin]

OhBeeHave, that's some impressive digging

[OhBeeHave]

Thanks brassbin. I can lose hours doing such things if I am not careful.