Strathmore Ridge Dr area in Ridge(south of 25)

[Crookhaven]

Originally Posted by LongIslandCitizen

Maybe someone can answer this. I was driving through Panamoka the other day, the sun was out, the lake was iced over, and I noticed all the boats, canoes etc around the shore. A buddy said that the lake was contaminated with sewage runoff and other chemicals since it was in a depression. He went on to say that it wasn't clean enough to swim in. I found that hard to believe. Anyone have any insight.

Its more than clean.

[KellyFG]

Originally Posted by LongIslandCitizen

Maybe someone can answer this. I was driving through Panamoka the other day, the sun was out, the lake was iced over, and I noticed all the boats, canoes etc around the shore. A buddy said that the lake was contaminated with sewage runoff and other chemicals since it was in a depression. He went on to say that it wasn't clean enough to swim in. I found that hard to believe. Anyone have any insight.

your buddy is smokin something funny. I live in Panamoka & the residents here OWN the lake. We pay a private lab to test water samples weekly from May till September every year. When the south shore beaches(like robert moses) are closed after heavy rains and the fecal counts is a couple of hundred thousand parts per million, our fecal count is around EIGHT, yes the single number 8.
A friend of my neighbors works for the Suffolk County Water Authority & a few summers ago he brought his water testing kit from work for giggles.
According to him if you run the lake water through a coffee filter to remove the sand its clean enough to drink.
The lake is spring-fed, is loaded with bass, perch, pickerel, sunnies, catfish and even fresh water clams. The ecology is perfect.
With the exception of the volunteer fire dept doing drills with their boat & special motor there are no powerboats of any kind. Town of Brookhaven installed new run-off filters a few years ago.
And I'm too young to know what happened here around the depression but the lake and all of the surrounding property belonged to the Boy Scouts until 1946. I doubt they made enough sweage at their campground to contaminate it. If you've heard its tainted by BNL, That's a myth too. Its been proven the waste from BNL went southeast.

Come back and visit in the Summer, if you think its pretty now, you'll be amazed by how pretty it is in the summer. I'm looking out at it as we speak

[S.I.B.]

Originally Posted by KellyFG

your buddy is smokin something funny. I live in Panamoka & the residents here OWN the lake. We pay a private lab to test water samples weekly from May till September every year. When the south shore beaches(like robert moses) are closed after heavy rains and the fecal counts is a couple of hundred thousand parts per million, our fecal count is around EIGHT, yes the single number 8.

they often close the bay beaches and even some of the north shore beaches after heavy rains but when's the last time they closed a south shore ocean beach due to bacteria?

[Crookhaven]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Fecal Counts!

[LongIslandCitizen]

Originally Posted by KellyFG

your buddy is smokin something funny. I live in Panamoka & the residents here OWN the lake. We pay a private lab to test water samples weekly from May till September every year. When the south shore beaches(like robert moses) are closed after heavy rains and the fecal counts is a couple of hundred thousand parts per million, our fecal count is around EIGHT, yes the single number 8.
A friend of my neighbors works for the Suffolk County Water Authority & a few summers ago he brought his water testing kit from work for giggles.
According to him if you run the lake water through a coffee filter to remove the sand its clean enough to drink.
The lake is spring-fed, is loaded with bass, perch, pickerel, sunnies, catfish and even fresh water clams. The ecology is perfect.
With the exception of the volunteer fire dept doing drills with their boat & special motor there are no powerboats of any kind. Town of Brookhaven installed new run-off filters a few years ago.
And I'm too young to know what happened here around the depression but the lake and all of the surrounding property belonged to the Boy Scouts until 1946. I doubt they made enough sweage at their campground to contaminate it. If you've heard its tainted by BNL, That's a myth too. Its been proven the waste from BNL went southeast.

Come back and visit in the Summer, if you think its pretty now, you'll be amazed by how pretty it is in the summer. I'm looking out at it as we speak

Thanks for the clarification. The lake looked absolutely pristine and I thought that it must be fantastic to have that in your own backyard. I'm sure there are lots of memories to be made during summertime.

[AreaExpert007]

Originally Posted by Lancet71

Does anyone have info on this area?Strathmore and Valley Forge ct area. Is it safe? I know that it is longwood which is okay.

Longwood SD is excellent
The development has come along way and 70% of the community are working middle class or hard working lovely section 8 families.
By 2020 it will be 100% thriving community
Know anyone who wants to move in to a fully renovated unit? Know a homeowner there in need of selling? Any questions let me know. I represent the best A+ landlords in there with tenants to back up this statement & we want more positive change.

[NDONLI]

Strathmore Ridge was a nice place 30 years ago. It was a good community for first time owners.


It does not seem that way now.