New York State Route 27A (NY 27A) is a
state highway extending from
Massapequa
Massapequa (, ) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered the anchor community of the Greater Massapequa area. The po ...
in
Nassau County to
Oakdale in
Suffolk County on
Long Island,
New York, in the United States. Its two most prominent components are
Merrick Road
Merrick Road is an east–west urban arterial in Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties in New York, United States. It is known as Merrick Boulevard or Floyd H. Flake Boulevard in Queens, within New York City.
Merrick Road runs east from the Quee ...
and
Montauk Highway
Montauk Highway is an east–west road extending for across the southern shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York, in the United States. It extends from the Nassau County line in Amityville, where it connects to Merrick Road, to Montauk ...
.
Route description
NY 27A begins at a large junction between
NY 27 (the Sunrise Highway) in front of the former
Sunrise Mall site in the town of
Oyster Bay, just east of
Massapequa
Massapequa (, ) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered the anchor community of the Greater Massapequa area. The po ...
. NY 27A proceeds east along Old Sunrise Highway for one block, turning south on Carman Mill Road (former NY 276), which consists of several blocks of residential homes and passing a local school. Several blocks to the south, NY 27A intersects with
Merrick Road
Merrick Road is an east–west urban arterial in Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties in New York, United States. It is known as Merrick Boulevard or Floyd H. Flake Boulevard in Queens, within New York City.
Merrick Road runs east from the Quee ...
at a t-intersection. At Merrick Road, NY 27A turns east off Carman Mill and onto Merrick, a four-lane boulevard through the town of Oyster Bay and the hamlet of
East Massapequa. NY 27A is commercial for a long distance across East Massapequa, soon bending northeast into an intersection with
County Route 1 (County Line Road).
At the intersection with CR 1, NY 27A and Merrick Road cross into
Suffolk County and the village of
Amityville
Amityville () is a village near the Town of Babylon in Suffolk County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York. The population was 9,523 at the 2010 census.
History
Huntington settlers first visited the Amityville area in 1653 due ...
in the town of Babylon. Now just a two-lane arterial through Amityville, NY 27A crosses east through a commercial section, intersecting with the southern terminus of
NY 110 (Broadway) and bending southeast at an intersection with Richmond Avenue. Crossing over a small waterway that drains into the
Great South Bay
The Great South Bay is a lagoon situated between Long Island and Fire Island, in the State of New York. It is about long and has an average depth of 4 feet 3 inches and is 20 feet at its deepest. It is protected from the Atlantic Ocean by Fire ...
, the route passes south of
Amityville Memorial High School. After crossing another waterway, NY 27A crosses into the town of
Babylon. Now in the
Copiague section of Babylon, the route proceeds northeast through Copiague, intersecting with the southern end of
CR 47 (Great Neck Road). Once again a four-lane boulevard, NY 27A crosses into the village of
Lindenhurst, now boasting the West Montauk Highway moniker.
NY 27A through Lindenhurst remains commercial, passing several ocean-side marinas on the eastbound side of the highway. At the intersection with the southern terminus of
CR 3 (South Wellwood Avenue), the name flips to East Montauk Highway as NY 27A continues northeast through Lindenhurst. At Park Avenue, the route passes south of a long strip mall along the north side of the roadway, crossing into the village of
Babylon. Now in Babylon, the route switches back to West Montauk Highway once again, crossing an intersection with
CR 96 (Great East Neck Road) and through the Bergen Point Golf Course. At Beachwood Drive, the route bends further towards the northeast, becoming a residential street through Babylon.
Now in the Deer Pen section of Babylon, NY 27A changes monikers to West Main Street, crossing into Argyle Park and an intersection with the eastern terminus of
NY 109 (Little East Neck Road North). Bending a little to the east, NY 27A becomes a four-lane boulevard across the southern end of Argyle County Park. Crossing into downtown Babylon, NY 27A becomes a two-lane commercial street, flipping to East Main Street at Deer Park Avenue. After bending eastward, the route runs along the southern end of Hawleys Lake Park and the southern terminus of
NY 231 (the Babylon–Northport Expressway). The interchange with NY 231 divides the eastbound and westbound lanes of NY 27A, which crossed into the town of
Islip
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*Islip, Oxfordshire
United States
*Islip, New York, a town in Suffolk County
** Islip (hamlet), New York, located in the above town
**Central Islip, New York, a hamlet and census-d ...
.
Now named Montauk Highway, NY 27A bends southeast past an intersection with the southern end of
CR 82 (Higbie Lane). The route crosses east through Islip, passing south of Lake Capri, and bending northeast at Everdell Avenue. After passing Captree Elementary School, NY 27A enters exit RM2 of the
Robert Moses Causeway
The Robert Moses Causeway is an parkway in Suffolk County, New York on Long Island. The parkway, originally known as the Captree Causeway, connects West Islip on Long Island to the barrier beach islands, such as Captree Island, Jones Beach I ...
, crossing into West Bay Shore on the other side of the parkway. At Lake View Road, the route changes monikers to South Country Road and passing north Gardiners County Park. Running northeast for a short distance through West Bay Shore, NY 27A winds past Southward Ho Country Club as a two-lane residential road. The route crosses into
Brightwaters before passing back into Bay Shore.
In Bay Shore, NY 27A crosses an intersection with the southern terminus of
CR 13A (Clinton Avenue) and soon
CR 13 (Fifth Avenue). Now known as West Main Street, NY 27A crosses through downtown Islip, changing to East Main at Fourth Avenue. The route soon bends eastward past Orowoc Lake, passing several commercial businesses in both directions. The route intersects with Nassau Avenue in front of Islip Town Hall before intersecting with the southern terminus of
NY 111 (Islip Avenue). Passing Brookwood Hill Park, the route crosses into East Islip, retaining the West Main Street name, remaining a two-lane commercial street. Crossing the southern terminus of
CR 17 (Carelton Avenue), NY 27A changes names to East Main Street, crossing through the Country Village section of East Islip.
After Country Village, NY 27A bends northeast into exit 45 of the
Heckscher State Parkway
The Heckscher State Parkway (formerly known as the Heckscher Spur) is an parkway on Long Island, New York, in the United States. The parkway is located entirely within the Suffolk County town of Islip. Although it officially begins at the ...
, a
cloverleaf interchange and into the
Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park
Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park is a state park located in the hamlet of Great River, New York, on Long Island. The park includes an arboretum designed by Frederick Law Olmsted for William Bayard Cutting in 1886, as well as a mansion designe ...
. Now in
Great River, NY 27A bends northeast as Montauk Highway, junctioning with the eastern terminus of
CR 50 (Union Boulevard). After crossing into North Great River, the route winds through the park as a two-lane roadway, paralleling the
Montauk Branch
The Montauk Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The branch runs the length of Long Island, 115 miles (185 km) from Long Island City on the west to Montauk on the east. Howe ...
of the
Long Island Rail Road. Crossing into Central Islip, NY 27A enters exit 46 of NY 27 (the Sunrise Highway). At this interchange, NY 27A terminates, while
CR 85 continues east along Montauk Highway.
History
Designation and initial extension
The entirety of modern NY 27A east of Carman Mill Road was originally designated as part of
NY 27 in the mid-1920s. West of Carman Mill Road, NY 27 followed
Merrick Road
Merrick Road is an east–west urban arterial in Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties in New York, United States. It is known as Merrick Boulevard or Floyd H. Flake Boulevard in Queens, within New York City.
Merrick Road runs east from the Quee ...
through southern
Nassau County to the
New York City
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line, where it ended.
Carman Mill Road was originally designated as NY 276 from c. 1941 until the late 1940s. NY 27 was realigned between New York City and
Oakdale to follow the
Sunrise Highway
New York State Route 27 (NY 27) is a long state highway that runs east–west from Interstate 278 (I-278) in the New York City borough of Brooklyn to Montauk Point State Park on Long Island, New York. Its two most prominent com ...
. The
Suffolk County portion of its former alignment on Merrick Road and
Montauk Highway
Montauk Highway is an east–west road extending for across the southern shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York, in the United States. It extends from the Nassau County line in Amityville, where it connects to Merrick Road, to Montauk ...
was designated as NY 27A. At the Nassau–Suffolk county line, NY 27A turned to follow County Line Road north to NY 27.
NY 27A was one of a handful of routes that was extended into New York City in mid-December 1934. Following the extension, it began at
NY 1A (
Varick Street
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) in
Lower Manhattan and followed Broome, Kenmare, and
Delancey Street
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Delancey Street is one of the main thoroughfares of New York City's Lower East Side in Manhattan, running from the street's western terminus at the Bowery to its eastern end at FDR Drive, connecting to the Williamsburg Bridge and Broo ...
s east to the
Williamsburg Bridge
The Williamsburg Bridge is a suspension bridge in New York City across the East River connecting the Lower East Side of Manhattan at Delancey Street with the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn at Broadway near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressw ...
leading to
Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
. After crossing the
East River
The East River is a saltwater tidal estuary in New York City. The waterway, which is actually not a river despite its name, connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates the borough of Quee ...
, it went generally southeastward through Brooklyn on Grant Street, Bushwick Avenue, Highland Boulevard, Force Tube Avenue, Ridgewood Avenue, and
Rockaway Boulevard
Rockaway Boulevard is a major road in the New York City borough of Queens. Unlike the similarly named Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Rockaway Freeway, it serves mainland Queens and does not enter the Rockaways.
Route description
It begins as an u ...
. Force Tube and Ridgewood Avenues, both one way, eastbound-only streets, made up half of a
one-way couplet
A one-way pair, one-way couple, or couplet refers to that portion of a bi-directional traffic facilitysuch as a road, bus, streetcar, or light rail linewhere its opposing flows exist as two independent and roughly parallel facilities.
Descripti ...
that also utilized the westbound-only Eldert Lane and Etna Street. As a result, Force Tube and Ridgewood Avenues carried NY 27A eastbound while Eldert Lane and Etna Street handled NY 27A westbound.
In
Queens
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, NY 27A was routed on Rockaway, Baisley, and Merrick Boulevards to the eastern borough line, where it continued eastward into Nassau County on the original alignment of NY 27 on Merrick Road.
The route remained on Merrick Road to the Suffolk County line, where it joined its original alignment. NY 27 and NY 27A crossed paths in
Rockville Centre
Rockville Centre, commonly abbreviated as RVC, is an incorporated village located in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 24,023 at the 2010 census.
Histo ...
, where the Sunrise Highway intersected Merrick Road.
New York City
In the mid-1940s, NY 27A was rerouted within Brooklyn and Queens. It now began at the junction of Tillary Street and Flatbush Avenue (NY 27) in Brooklyn and followed Tillary, Jay, and Smith Streets to Atlantic Avenue, then continued on Atlantic Avenue and Hicks Street to the
Gowanus Parkway
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. NY 27A was then routed on the Gowanus,
Shore
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and
Southern Parkways through southern Brooklyn and Queens. NY 27A, concurrent to NY 27 from the western extent of the Southern Parkway, continued to follow NY 27 and the Sunrise Highway to Rockville Centre in Nassau County, where it split from NY 27 to follow Merrick Road.
NY 27A was re-extended into
Manhattan
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in the 1950s. Instead of leaving the Gowanus Parkway at Hicks Street, it continued north on the Gowanus Parkway and passed through the
Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel
The Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel, officially the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel and commonly referred to as the Battery Tunnel or Battery Park Tunnel, is a tolled tunnel in New York City that connects Red Hook in Brooklyn with the Battery in Manhatta ...
under the East River. Once in Manhattan, it followed the
West Side Elevated Highway
The West Side Elevated Highway (West Side Highway or Miller Highway, named for Julius Miller, Manhattan borough president from 1922 to 1930) was an elevated section of New York State Route 9A (NY 9A) running along the Hudson River in the New ...
through the borough's
West Side to the
Holland Tunnel
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, where the Elevated Highway became
NY 9A.
On January 1, 1970, NY 27A was truncated to its current western terminus in
Massapequa
Massapequa (, ) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered the anchor community of the Greater Massapequa area. The po ...
. The portion of NY 27A's former routing north of the interchange between the Gowanus and
Prospect Expressways became an extension of NY 27.
Suffolk County
East of Oakdale, NY 27 originally followed Montauk Highway to
Montauk Point
Montauk ( ) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of East Hampton in Suffolk County, New York, on the eastern end of the South Shore of Long Island. As of the 2020 United States census, the CDP's population was 4,318.
The ...
.
NY 27A was extended eastward along Montauk Highway to
Patchogue in the early 1950s after NY 27 was realigned to follow a new highway between Oakdale and Patchogue.
A
limited-access highway
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extension of NY 27 to
Shirley
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* ''Shirley'' (1922 film), a British silent film
* ''Shirley'' (2020 film), an American film
* ''Shirley'' (album), a 1961 album by Shirley Bas ...
opened to traffic in the late 1950s, at which time NY 27A was extended eastward along NY 27's former routing to meet NY 27 in Shirley.
Construction on a new alignment for NY 27 between
NY 24
New York State Route 24 (NY 24) is a east–west state highway on Long Island in the U.S. state of New York. The highway is split into two segments, with the longest and westernmost of the two extending from an interchange with ...
in
Hampton Bays and Montauk Highway near Water Mill began by 1961 and was completed . The former routing of NY 27 between the two locations became part of NY 27A, even though it did not connect to any other part of the route.
Work was underway by 1962 on an extension of the Patchogue–Shirley limited-access highway to the vicinity of
Eastport.
This roadway was completed as a realignment of NY 27 by 1964, allowing NY 27A to be extended once more along NY 27's old routing. NY 27A was also extended east along NY 27 to connect to the segment of NY 27A between Hampton Bays and Water Mill.
Ownership and maintenance of Montauk Highway between Oakdale and the
town of Southampton was gradually transferred from the state of
New York to
Suffolk County during the 1960s and 1970s. The portion from the Patchogue village line east to NY 24 in Hampton Bays was turned over to the county on October 6, 1966, while the segment between NY 24 and Knoll Road was given to Suffolk County on February 15, 1968.
Although most of Montauk Highway between Patchogue and the
village of Southampton was now maintained by the county, NY 27A continued to follow the road eastward to NY 27 northeast of Southampton.
It was finally cut back to its current eastern terminus in Oakdale on March 29, 1972, after ownership and maintenance of Montauk Highway between Oakdale and Patchogue was transferred from the state to the county. NY 27A's former routing is now
CR 80 from the east village line of Patchogue to Knoll Road,
CR 85 from Oakdale to the west village line of Patchogue,
and
NY 900W, an unsigned
reference route, from Knoll Road to the west village line of Southampton at Tuckahoe Lane.
In 1969, the Suffolk County Department of Planning proposed a major reconstruction project of downtown
Bay Shore
Bay Shore is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Islip, New York, United States. It is situated on the South Shore of Long Island, adjoining the Great South Bay. The population of the CDP was 29,244 at the time of the 2020 ...
in cooperation with the
New York State Department of Transportation. The project, dubbed the "Bay Shore Split", would reroute eastbound and westbound traffic on new alignments running to the north and south of Main Street (NY 27A) and convert Main Street into a pedestrian mall with parking garages at key locations.
The plan was cancelled as a result of public opposition.
NY 27A Truck
NY 27A Truck was a
truck route
A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo, carry specialized payloads, or perform other utilitarian work. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration, but the vast majority feature body-on-frame constructi ...
of NY 27A in that bypassed the
hamlet
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of Center Moriches to the north. It followed the Moriches Bypass (Frowein Road) between
Moriches and
East Moriches and was co-designated as
CR 98 by
Suffolk County. NY 27A Truck ceased to exist after NY 27A was truncated on its eastern end to
Oakdale in 1972.
The NY 27A Truck designation partially resurfaced during the early 1970s as "Temporary NY 27A Truck". It was routed along
NY 24
New York State Route 24 (NY 24) is a east–west state highway on Long Island in the U.S. state of New York. The highway is split into two segments, with the longest and westernmost of the two extending from an interchange with ...
,
NY 27, and North Shore Road and served as a bypass for trucks around a reconstruction project along NY 27A between
Hampton Bays and
Shinnecock Hills.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
Oakdale Merge @ Empire State Roads.comNY 27A (Greater New York Roads)
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Roads on Long Island
Transportation in Nassau County, New York
Transportation in Suffolk County, New York