BACKGROUND: 
​The Gyrodyne real estate company is seeking Town of Smithtown's approval to subdivide Flowerfield, the 68-acre former horticultural site it owns in St James. The site is on Historic 25A (North Country Road) between Mills Pond Road and Stony Brook Road. The proposed 9-lot subdivision calls for construction of:

• 150 room hotel
• 125,00 square feet of medical office space
• 220-bed assisted living facility
• 7-acre regional sewage plant

​This commercial development will reverse decades of carefully-researched policy recommendations by planners, officials, environmental advocates & civic leaders and open the door to similar development along historic Route 25A. If Smithtown permits, Gyrodyne will TRANSFORM our community’s look and character:

• Increase traffic congestion on over-burdened historic 25A & side roads.
• Send more traffic onto Stony Brook Road, already used by 22,000+ vehicles daily.
• Open University Heights Drive feeding onto Stony Brook Road.
• Stick Brookhaven taxpayers with paying for infrastructure upgrades, road maintenance, quality of life and safety concerns (emergency service vehicles, etc).
• Create expansive 7-acre regional sewage treatment plant designed to service future high-density development along 25A.
• Subject groundwater flowing into Stony Brook Harbor with nitrogen-laden waste water and toxins such as Methyl Bromide* & Lead Arsenic*, fouling swimming, fishing, boating & other recreational uses. 

• Destroy our community’s historic rural character (see Jericho Turnpike)

• Ignore traffic & environmental impact of Stony Brook University growth plans & other envisioned planned projects

• Lower property values in our area, causing “family flight”
• Trigger developer demand for light-industrial “Me-Too” projects on remaining farmland, nurseries etc along 25A corridor.
  
  

* Use of these toxins at Flowerfield has been documented. Cleanup has not been documented.

CONTACT THE SMITHTOWN PLANNING BOARD NOW

Tell the Planning Board your concerns. Contact:


Peter Hans, Planning Board:

Phans@smithtownny.gov

631.360.7540

Or use this online form:
https://www.smithtownny.gov/FormCenter/Contact-us-2/Contact-Us-34

It's important the Smithtown Town Supervisor and Town Board know about your concerns.
Email or call EACH of them as follows:

Supervisor Ed Wehrheim:  supervisor@smithtownny.gov

Town of Smithtown Town Council:

Tom McCarthy, Smithtown Councilperson - tmccarthy@smithtownny.gov
Lynne Nowick, Smithtown Councilperson - lnowick@smithtownny.gov
Lisa Inzerillo, Smithtown Councilperson - linzerillo@smithtownny.gov
Tom Lohmann, Smithtown Councilperson - twlohmann@smithtownny.go

Ph: (631) 360-7600
Fax: (631) 360-7668