County Route 93 (Suffolk County, New York)

County Route 93
Route information
Maintained by SCDPW
Length:	5.45 mi[1] (8.77 km)
Existed:	1955(1964) – present
Major junctions
South end:	NY 27 in Bohemia
	NY 454 in Bohemia Smithtown Avenue(Former CR 29) in Bohemia I-495 in Lakeland CR 67 in Lake Ronkonkoma
North end:	CR 16 in Lake Ronkonkoma
Highway system
Numbered highways in New York Interstate • U.S. • N.Y. (former) • Reference • County (Suffolk) ← CR 92 CR 94 →

Suffolk County Route 93 is a major county road entirely within Central Suffolk County, New York, primarily in eastern Town of Islip and partially in southeastern Town of Smithtown. It runs north and south from New York State Route 27 in Bohemia near Sayville to Suffolk County Road 16 in Lake Ronkonkoma. Names of the route include Lakeland Avenue, Ocean Avenue, and Rosevale Avenue.

Lakeland Avenue

Lakeland Avenue actually begins at Suffolk CR 85 in Sayville, New York as Railroad Avenue and leaves downtown Sayville at a northwesterly direction. Among the locations within this section are Sayville (LIRR station), Johnson Avenue, Tariff Street, and the Island Hills Golf & County Club. Only when Lakeland Avenue encounters the interchange with New York State Route 27 at exit 49 does the road acquire it's designation as Suffolk County Road 93. This segment was the first to be widened from two to four lanes.

Between the intersections of New York State Route 454 and Smithtown Boulevard(former Suffolk CR 29), you'll find the end of Runway #6 for the Long Island MacArthur Airport. At the intersection with Pond Road and Locust Avenue, Suffolk CR 93 enters the Pond Road Business District, an industrialized section of Pond Road. Pond Road once stretched from Lake Ronkonkoma to Oakdale, near what is today the Oakdale Merge at Sunrise and Montauk Highways.

Ocean Avenue

Lakeland Avenue terminates at the at-grade interchange with Ocean Avenue, and Suffolk CR 93 becomes Ocean Avenue north of there. South of the interchange, Ocean Avenue once went as far south as Montauk Highway, then was rerouted toward Locust Avenue by developers and in recent years was terminated at the westbound service road of Sunrise Highway. North of the interchange the last section to be widened was between Peconic Street and Johnson Avenue due partially to the crossing of the Ronkonkoma Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. The southwest corner of Ocean and Johnson Avenues was the original site of Lakeland (LIRR station).^[2] North of there, CR 93 crosses Interstate 495 (New York) at exit 59, and then the Long Island Power Authority power line right of way. At the intersection of Woodlawn Avenue & Ontario Street, Ocean Avenue curves to the right and starts to go downhill as it apporaches Lake Ronkonkoma.

Rosevale Avenue

Ocean Avenue terminates at the at-grade interchange with Rosevale Avenue, and then Suffolk CR 93 head northwest along Rosevale Avenue, around the western edge of Lake Ronkonkoma. Rosevale Avenue extends east as a Town of Islip street, where it becomes Church Street as it crosses the Islip-Brookhaven Town Line. After passing by a Town of Islip Beach for the lake, CR 93 dips towards the Vanderbilt Motor Parkway. The eastern terminus of Vanderbilt Motor Parkway was truncated at Suffolk CR 93. Originally intended to be extended towards The Hamptons, possibly using Rosevale Avenue as a segment, Vanderbilt Motor Parkway was stopped at the former Petit Trianon Hotel, which was burned down in 1968.

After the Motor Parkway intersection, and the nearby intersecion with Central Islip Boulevard, CR 93 climbs back up another hill as it approaches Richmond Boulevard, which leads to Old Nichol's Road. Just as the road crosses the Islip-Smithtown Township Line, it finally terminates at Smithtown Boulevard in Lake Ronkonkoma. Work was done recently to eliminate the two separate intersections at the terminus of CR 93; formerly Gibbs Pond Road intersected CR 16 just east of CR 93, but these intersections have been made into one by using the property on which an abandoned building once stood.

References

1. ^ "County Road System – County of Suffolk, New York" (PDF). Suffolk County Department of Public Works. December 29, 2005. http://www.greaternyroads.info/pdfs/suffcr.pdf. Retrieved April 2, 2010. 
2. ^ "Lake Road Station, Hermanville Station, Lake Station, Lakeland Station, and Lakeland Farms". Arrt's Arrchives. http://arrts-arrchives.com/hermannville.html. Retrieved April 1, 2010. 

External links

• Suffolk CRs 76–100 @ NYC Roads.com
• Lakeland Avenue, Ocean Avenue, Rosevale Avenue - Suffolk CR 93 (Greater New York Roads)