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06-12-2008, 10:23 PM
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Location: Westbury,NY
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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 (http://www.lioddities.com/Bygone/horsetrack.htm - broken link)
Looks scenic!
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06-12-2008, 10:40 PM
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Location: Inis Fada
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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 |
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06-12-2008, 11:31 PM
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Location: Westbury,NY
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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.  |
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06-13-2008, 10:15 AM
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Location: Inis Fada
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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!
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06-13-2008, 10:23 AM
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Location: Kings Park & Jamesport
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Quote:
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! |
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06-13-2008, 10:33 AM
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OhBeeHave, that's some impressive digging
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06-13-2008, 11:46 AM
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Location: Inis Fada
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Thanks brassbin. I can lose hours doing such things if I am not careful.
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