For those familiar with Shoreham.... (Ridge, Rocky Point: houses, buy, school)

[corky101]

Which road is busier: Randall Rd. or Ridge Rd.?
Also, how busy are they?

[lialleycat]

I take Randall Road to and from work every day. I choose this instead of Ridge road for the light at 25A, so I'd think, but can't be sure, that others would do the same giving Randall slightly more traffic. I've never had a large amount of traffic to deal with on either road, except by the school, where if you are driving by at the beginning of the school day as parents are dropping off their kids, it can be rather busy.

That said, both roads are cut throughs from 25 to 25A and will have some traffic, the won't be as quiet as side streets or streets in a development, but it's not like living on 25 or 25A either.

[Crookhaven]

Originally Posted by corky101

Which road is busier: Randall Rd. or Ridge Rd.?
Also, how busy are they?

They both suck.

Randall(heading South from 25A) is a Highway/Cut thru for Wm Floyd.

Ridge is a nightmare too. People speed on it and just try heading west on 25A.

If you can only afford those roads....you cant afford Shoreham.
I'd either go for less house in SWR on a side street or I'd give Rocky Point a look.

Of the two...slight advantage to Ridge.

Crooks

[corky101]

Originally Posted by Crookhaven

They both suck.

Randall(heading South from 25A) is a Highway/Cut thru for Wm Floyd.

Ridge is a nightmare too. People speed on it and just try heading west on 25A.

If you can only afford those roads....you cant afford Shoreham.
I'd either go for less house in SWR on a side street or I'd give Rocky Point a look.

Of the two...slight advantage to Ridge.

Crooks

I had a feeling it would be like that. My problem is that we're very picky when it comes to houses and the houses we looked at so far were affordable and nice, but we want new. It's mostly my husband, I actually found a nice house in Shoreham that was great, but he is a perfectionist. This happened with our first house (and we ended up on a long straight road that links major roads - with a school on it -sounds like Randall...). But it's a great house and nice property - just the long road. My kids aren't little anymore - so it's not the outside playing issue - it's the issue with the "zoom" noise that you get on a cut thru road. Nothing is ever easy.

[Crookhaven]

Originally Posted by corky101

I had a feeling it would be like that. My problem is that we're very picky when it comes to houses and the houses we looked at so far were affordable and nice, but we want new. It's mostly my husband, I actually found a nice house in Shoreham that was great, but he is a perfectionist. This happened with our first house (and we ended up on a long straight road that links major roads - with a school on it -sounds like Randall...). But it's a great house and nice property - just the long road. My kids aren't little anymore - so it's not the outside playing issue - it's the issue with the "zoom" noise that you get on a cut thru road. Nothing is ever easy.

If its too good to be true....its too good to be true.
As it gets busier out here, you'll hate it, and it will be a nightmare to sell.

One cautionary note for SWR is the taxes, be sure that whatever you buy is in line with the current realitiy of the area (or at least be budgeted for it)10-15k plus. They spent money like a drunken sailor when they were subsidized by Lilco and the nuclear power plant but when that dried up the burden shifted hard to the homeowners. Just a heads up.

crooks

[Walter Greenspan]

This is the Village of Shoreham:



This is the Hamlet of East Shoreham:

[Johninwestbury]

I would prefer Ridge road, less traffic, no lights (north of Whiskey), and more scenic, save for the ugly McMansions across from the field toward 25A.
Randall is more of the "main" road, even the 5A uses it.

[Crookhaven]

Originally Posted by Johninwestbury

I would prefer Ridge road, less traffic, no lights (north of Whiskey), and more scenic, save for the ugly McMansions across from the field toward 25A.
Randall is more of the "main" road, even the 5A uses it.

it's better than Randall except if you ever need to go West on 25a, which will most likely be 90 percent of the time, then it's a deathtrap.

Crooks

[Crookhaven]

Originally Posted by Walter Greenspan

This is the Village of Shoreham:



This is the Hamlet of East Shoreham:

FWIW no one colloquially acknowledges East Shoreham.

Your either in Shoreham or Shoreham Village.

Just ask a local

Crooks

[rockypointny]

I heard of a large cancer cluster on Randall Road; which is something to think about. It's surrounded by sod farms.