New York State Route 110
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New York State Route 110 (NY 110) is a major north–south state highway
along the western border of Suffolk County, New York
. It runs between the Village of Amityville
in the Town of Babylon and Halesite
in the Town of Huntington. Only NY 108
runs closer to the Nassau–Suffolk Border.
in Amityville
, Suffolk County
, where it also intersects with Oak Street (County Road 12), Old Sunrise Highway (NY 900D), the Babylon Branch
of the Long Island Rail Road
, and Dixon Street (CR 2), before the unnumbered cloverleaf interchange
with NY 27
. After running through North Amityville
, it crosses over another cloverleaf interchange with the Southern State Parkway
, which includes CR 1. It then crosses over the Bethpage–Babylon Central Branch
of the Long Island Rail Road
and another unnumbered interchange with NY 109
, in a town that used to be called Maywood, which was eventually swallowed by nearby East Farmingdale
. Within East Farmingdale, Route 110 passes by the Republic Airport
, which in 1941 cut NY 24
off from an eastern segment in Calverton
. North of the eastern terminus of the western segment of NY 24, it crosses under the main line of the Long Island Rail Road, then after passing by an industrial section, it takes motorists to the State University of New York at Farmingdale
, as well as an amusement park called Adventureland.
Between the Republic Airport Zone and the Long Island Expressway, NY 110 is primarily lined with industrial buildings and office parks. It connects to the Northern State Parkway
in Melville
, a hamlet within the town of Huntington
, by way of an interchange. Farther north, in South Huntington
, NY 110 intersects NY 25
. North of NY 25, NY 110 joins New York Avenue, then intersects with Pulaski Road in Huntington Station
and NY 25A
in Huntington Village
as it heads towards the north shore, as the easternmost non-limited-access state highway that goes north of NY 25A
. State maintenance, and thus NY 110, ends at Youngs Hill Road in Halesite
.
Route 110 had a trolley line along it. It also had a spur from the Long Island Rail Road
that led to Huntington Village.
. In between, a third former segment exists as Amityville Road, located north of the Northern State Parkway.
The Melville section of Walt Whitman Road goes from what is now Duryea Road to a dead end between Old Country Road
and the Northern State Parkway
. The realigned segment is on the former right-of-way for the Huntington Railroad
Trolley line. The South Huntington section runs between Overhill Road and Livingston Street.
attempted to turn NY 110 into a limited-access highway. Business groups thwarted the project, especially those in the vicinity of NY 110 and NY 25 in South Huntington.
State highway
State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...
along the western border of Suffolk County, New York
Suffolk County, New York
Suffolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York on the eastern portion of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,493,350. It was named for the county of Suffolk in England, from which its earliest settlers came...
. It runs between the Village of Amityville
Amityville, New York
Amityville is a village in the town of Babylon in Suffolk County, New York, in the United States. The population was 9,441 at the 2000 census.-History:...
in the Town of Babylon and Halesite
Halesite, New York
Halesite is a hamlet in Huntington on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York, United States. Named after Nathan Hale, a captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War who was captured at a tavern in Halesite. There is a rock with a tribute to him at the...
in the Town of Huntington. Only NY 108
New York State Route 108
New York State Route 108 is a long north–south state highway located on the Suffolk County side of the Suffolk-Nassau county line on Long Island, New York, United States. It is a spur route connecting NY 25A in Cold Spring Harbor to the Cold Spring Harbor station on the Long Island Rail...
runs closer to the Nassau–Suffolk Border.
Route description
NY Route 110 starts along Broadway at NY 27ANew York State Route 27A
New York State Route 27A is a state highway extending from Massapequa in Nassau County to Oakdale in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York in the United States...
in Amityville
Amityville, New York
Amityville is a village in the town of Babylon in Suffolk County, New York, in the United States. The population was 9,441 at the 2000 census.-History:...
, Suffolk County
Suffolk County, New York
Suffolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York on the eastern portion of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,493,350. It was named for the county of Suffolk in England, from which its earliest settlers came...
, where it also intersects with Oak Street (County Road 12), Old Sunrise Highway (NY 900D), the Babylon Branch
Babylon Branch
The Babylon Branch is a rail service operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The term refers to the trains serving Montauk Branch stations from Valley Stream east to Babylon. The Babylon Branch is a rail service operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of...
of the Long Island Rail Road
Long Island Rail Road
The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR is a commuter rail system serving the length of Long Island, New York. It is the busiest commuter railroad in North America, serving about 81.5 million passengers each year. Established in 1834 and having operated continuously since then, it is the oldest US...
, and Dixon Street (CR 2), before the unnumbered cloverleaf interchange
Cloverleaf interchange
A cloverleaf interchange is a two-level interchange in which left turns, reverse direction in left-driving regions, are handled by ramp roads...
with NY 27
New York State Route 27
New York State Route 27 is an east–west long state highway extending from Interstate 278 in the New York City borough of Brooklyn to Montauk Point State Park on Long Island, New York, United States...
. After running through North Amityville
North Amityville, New York
North Amityville is a hamlet and census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York, United States. Located on Long Island in the Town of Babylon, the population of the CDP was 16,572 at the 2000 census. The area is served by the Amityville Postal District, the Amityville Union Free School...
, it crosses over another cloverleaf interchange with the Southern State Parkway
Southern State Parkway
The Southern State Parkway is a long limited-access highway on Long Island, in the U.S. state of New York...
, which includes CR 1. It then crosses over the Bethpage–Babylon Central Branch
Central Branch (Long Island Rail Road)
The Central Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York, extending from just east of Bethpage to just west of Babylon. It was built in 1873 as part of the Babylon Extension of the Central Railroad of Long Island , which was owned by...
of the Long Island Rail Road
Long Island Rail Road
The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR is a commuter rail system serving the length of Long Island, New York. It is the busiest commuter railroad in North America, serving about 81.5 million passengers each year. Established in 1834 and having operated continuously since then, it is the oldest US...
and another unnumbered interchange with NY 109
New York State Route 109
New York State Route 109 , also known as the Babylon–Farmingdale Turnpike, is a four-lane state highway on Long Island in New York in the United States. It runs from Farmingdale in the Nassau County town of Oyster Bay to the village of Babylon in Suffolk County...
, in a town that used to be called Maywood, which was eventually swallowed by nearby East Farmingdale
East Farmingdale, New York
East Farmingdale is a hamlet and a census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population of the CDP was 5,400 at the 2000 census...
. Within East Farmingdale, Route 110 passes by the Republic Airport
Republic Airport
Republic Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located in East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York, United States. The airport is on Long Island, one mile east of the central business district of Farmingdale....
, which in 1941 cut NY 24
New York State Route 24
New York State Route 24 is an east–west state highway on Long Island in New York in the United States. The route is split into two segments, with the longest and westernmost of the two extending from Interstate 295 and NY 25 in the Queens Village section of the New York City...
off from an eastern segment in Calverton
Calverton, New York
Calverton is a hamlet in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 5,704 at the 2000 census.The community is on the border of the Town of Riverhead and the Town of Brookhaven.-History:...
. North of the eastern terminus of the western segment of NY 24, it crosses under the main line of the Long Island Rail Road, then after passing by an industrial section, it takes motorists to the State University of New York at Farmingdale
State University of New York at Farmingdale
Farmingdale State College, formerly the State University of New York at Farmingdale or SUNY Farmingdale, is a college of the State University of New York that is located on Long Island in East Farmingdale, New York, with a small section in Old Bethpage.The college dates from 1912 as a school of...
, as well as an amusement park called Adventureland.
Northern State Parkway
The Northern State Parkway is a long limited-access state parkway on Long Island in the U.S. state of New York. The western terminus is at the Queens-Nassau County line, where the parkway continues westward into New York City as the Grand Central Parkway...
in Melville
Melville, New York
Melville is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Huntington in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, 14,533 people resided there.-Location:...
, a hamlet within the town of Huntington
Huntington, New York
The Town of Huntington is one of ten towns in Suffolk County, New York, USA. Founded in 1653, it is located on the north shore of Long Island in northwestern Suffolk County, with Long Island Sound to its north and Nassau County adjacent to the west. Huntington is part of the New York metropolitan...
, by way of an interchange. Farther north, in South Huntington
South Huntington, New York
South Huntington is a hamlet in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 9,465 at the 2000 census....
, NY 110 intersects NY 25
New York State Route 25
New York State Route 25 is an east–west state highway in downstate New York in the United States. The route extends for just over from east midtown Manhattan in New York City to the Cross Sound Ferry terminal at Orient Point on the end of Long Island's North Fork...
. North of NY 25, NY 110 joins New York Avenue, then intersects with Pulaski Road in Huntington Station
Huntington Station, New York
Huntington Station is a hamlet in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 29,910 at the 2000 census....
and NY 25A
New York State Route 25A
New York State Route 25A is a state highway on Long Island in New York in the United States. It serves as the main east–west route for most of the North Shore of Long Island, running from the Queens Midtown Tunnel in the New York City borough of Queens at its western terminus to...
in Huntington Village
Huntington (CDP), New York
Huntington is a hamlet located in the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The Census Bureau has also defined a census-designated place with the same name that corresponds to the most densely populated area, however local understanding of the hamlet may differ somewhat...
as it heads towards the north shore, as the easternmost non-limited-access state highway that goes north of NY 25A
New York State Route 25A
New York State Route 25A is a state highway on Long Island in New York in the United States. It serves as the main east–west route for most of the North Shore of Long Island, running from the Queens Midtown Tunnel in the New York City borough of Queens at its western terminus to...
. State maintenance, and thus NY 110, ends at Youngs Hill Road in Halesite
Halesite, New York
Halesite is a hamlet in Huntington on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County, New York, United States. Named after Nathan Hale, a captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War who was captured at a tavern in Halesite. There is a rock with a tribute to him at the...
.
Route 110 had a trolley line along it. It also had a spur from the Long Island Rail Road
Long Island Rail Road
The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR is a commuter rail system serving the length of Long Island, New York. It is the busiest commuter railroad in North America, serving about 81.5 million passengers each year. Established in 1834 and having operated continuously since then, it is the oldest US...
that led to Huntington Village.
History
The entirety of NY 110 was assigned as part of the 1930 renumbering.Former segments
In Melville and South Huntington, two former segments of NY 110, both named Old Walt Whitman Road, run parallel to the route along the west side of the road. The northern segment in South Huntington is home to the Walt Whitman BirthplaceWalt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site
The Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site is a state historic site in New York in the United States, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The site preserves the birthplace of American poet Walt Whitman.-History:...
. In between, a third former segment exists as Amityville Road, located north of the Northern State Parkway.
The Melville section of Walt Whitman Road goes from what is now Duryea Road to a dead end between Old Country Road
Old Country Road
Old Country Road is a major east–west thoroughfare through central Nassau County and extending into western Suffolk County on Long Island, New York. It serves many of the major shopping centers in central Nassau County including Roosevelt Field Mall...
and the Northern State Parkway
Northern State Parkway
The Northern State Parkway is a long limited-access state parkway on Long Island in the U.S. state of New York. The western terminus is at the Queens-Nassau County line, where the parkway continues westward into New York City as the Grand Central Parkway...
. The realigned segment is on the former right-of-way for the Huntington Railroad
Huntington Railroad
The Huntington Railroad was established on July 19, 1890 with a trolley line between Huntington Village and Halesite. It was eventually extended to Huntington Railroad Station, then along what is today mostly NY 110 through Melville, Farmingdale, and as far south as the docks of Amityville...
Trolley line. The South Huntington section runs between Overhill Road and Livingston Street.
Broad Hollow Expressway
During the 1960s and 1970s, the New York State Department of TransportationNew York State Department of Transportation
The New York State Department of Transportation is responsible for the development and operation of highways, railroads, mass transit systems, ports, waterways and aviation facilities in the U.S...
attempted to turn NY 110 into a limited-access highway. Business groups thwarted the project, especially those in the vicinity of NY 110 and NY 25 in South Huntington.
Split in Amityville
In the early 1980s, the state considered re-routing southbound traffic in Amityville onto Park Avenue. This too was another proposal killed off by public opposition.Major intersections
External links
- NY 110 (Greater New York Roads)
- NY 110 @ L I Roads.com
- Huntington Railroad Spur (LIRR History.com)
- Arrt's Arrchives: