Ambulance Center / Mobile Stroke Unit Base
Town of Riverhead
Description
The owner of the former Big Lots space wanted to lease part of it to Stony Brook for an ambulance center with a mobile stroke unit, asking the board to rule the use permitted or grant a use variance. The board denied both.
Impact summary
The Zoning Board of Appeals denied it on May 14, 2026.
The unit would respond to about three stroke calls a day and ambulances would store overnight without dispatching from the site, adding minimal traffic — but opponents warn about emergency vehicles navigating tight rear drive lanes near shoppers.
Applicant
- Name
- 1099 Royal LLC
- Address
- 1087 Old Country Road, Riverhead (Suite 1103)See this on the map
At a glance
- Hearings
- 2
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 2
Last vote · Zoning Board of Appeals
Last discussed May 14, 2026.
Meeting timeline (2)
Zoning Board of Appeals - May 14, 2026
The owner of the former Big Lots space wanted to lease part of it to Stony Brook for an ambulance center with a mobile stroke unit, asking the board to rule the use permitted or grant a use variance. The board denied both.
Zoning Board of Appeals - Apr 9, 2026
The owner of Staples Plaza wants to convert about 14,000 square feet of the former Big Lots into an ambulance center with nine bays for Stony Brook's mobile stroke unit and ambulance fleet, asking the board to either interpret it as a permitted use or grant a use variance.
Related issues (1)
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