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Report: Brookhaven Won't Touch 'O' Street Traffic Patterns in Stony Brook

Residents have complained about cut-through traffic.

Despite resident complaints about traffic safety on Olney Way in Stony Brook, Brookhaven town said it has not found changes are necessary, according to a report published in Newsday.

Residents have said that residential street is often used as a cut-through between Hallock Rd. and Stony Brook Rd., and some have asked the town to make that road a dead-end road. However, the town said it has conducted studies of the neighborhood and found drivers to exhibit "minimal noncompliance" with existing traffic patterns and signs, according to Newsday.

There are no sidewalks in the 'O' section, which is a residential neighborhood whose streets have a few curves and a speed limit of 30 miles per hour. The town said as many as 575 cars pass through Olney Way each day with no accidents reported in the past three years, though Newsday reports that the Suffolk police have responded to three accidents there between Sept. 22, 2011 and Sept. 21, 2012.

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Sycamore Senior May 19, 2013 at 12:38 pm
So, essentially that first residential home is being written off as the price of doing business.Read More There goes that property value. Other than as a professional residence, who would want to live by a driveway for that traffic? As for the entrance Village Automotive, that will bring even more traffic to an already busy intersection nearby. 25A is impassable/impossible in that area for large chunks of the day now.
K. B. May 19, 2013 at 08:16 am
The rezoning is for the acres of undeveloped residential land across from Ann Maries Farm stand,Read More extending down to the wooded area on 25A. A one way entrance would be placed by Village Automotive and a one way exit would come out on N. Country Rd. adjacent to the first residential house.
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K. B. May 19, 2013 at 08:15 am
The rezoning is for the acres of undeveloped residential land across from Ann Maries Farm stand,Read More extending down to the wooded area on 25A. A one way entrance would be placed by Village Automotive and a one way exit would come out on N. Country Rd. adjacent to the first residential house.
jeanne austin May 19, 2013 at 07:01 am
Can you tell us where this property is? An address or street name?
justme May 19, 2013 at 05:45 pm
I the BOE and Union didn't allow the majority of the budget be spent on benefits and salaries maybeRead More there would be money left for supplies. With declining enrollment and cuts to programs for our kids they only ones making out are teachers and staff with too generous salaries and benefits. Vote no on Tuesday!
EG May 18, 2013 at 11:00 pm
Seriously? We are asked to send in enough supplies per kid each year to supply 5 kids. Where does itRead More all go? It gets lost, thrown out, or ends up back in the students home via backpack. The problem is not the lack of supplies, but a lack of personal responsibility. But if we send in enough supplies each year for ten or fifteen students, then we might be able to avoid the underlying problem.
Joe Monopoli May 16, 2013 at 09:53 am
Giveaways, Snacks, Refreshments, Activities for kids, and No cost to attend.
mneary May 16, 2013 at 08:49 pm
everyone should research what all the school administrators are raking in and the multple levels ofRead More staff that exists at TVCSD. It is beyond reasonable to have salaries at that level and multiple administrators and assistants and directors and assistant directors and chairman etc. Teachers earn their fair share!
Reality Check May 15, 2013 at 08:01 pm
Last year we lost 20 staff...this year we are losing over 50 meanwhile the remaining staff isRead More getting a 6% raise...the UNION is eating itself and ruining our school and the BOE is not dealing with the situation..the benefits are up nearly 13% this year...what do you think will happen next year? Another 60,70,80 to be laid off? My vote is NO!!!!
prof mom May 15, 2013 at 10:05 am
I will be giving my "YES" vote next week.