Summary
Stony Brook Medicine wants to base a mobile stroke unit — an ambulance with a built-in CAT scanner — in the back of the Old Country Road shopping center. Riverhead's volunteer ambulance corps says it would dramatically speed stroke care for the whole East End, at no cost to taxpayers.
At a glance
- Total mentions
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Last discussed May 14, 2026.
Impact analysis
No taxpayer cost — Stony Brook is spending about $2 million of its own money.
Stroke victims across Riverhead and the North and South Forks, who'd get faster diagnosis and treatment.
Stony Brook's stroke program loses its proposed Riverhead base, delaying the unit's availability to North and South Fork residents.
Mentions & discussions (2)
Zoning Board of Appeals - May 14, 2026
Stony Brook wanted to base its one-of-a-kind mobile stroke ambulance — with an onboard CT scanner — in the former Big Lots space on Old Country Road. The board said the Shopping Center zone is for stores open to the public, not ambulance storage, and denied the request even while praising the medical technology.
Zoning Board of Appeals - Jan 8, 2026
Stony Brook Medicine wants to base a mobile stroke unit — an ambulance with a built-in CAT scanner — in the back of the Old Country Road shopping center. Riverhead's volunteer ambulance corps says it would dramatically speed stroke care for the whole East End, at no cost to taxpayers.
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