Mastic Beach: Brookhaven Hearings Begin on $500M Plan to Remake Downtown

"Supporters of the plan, which includes many Mastic Beach residents, say it will help revitalize the hamlet's business district by bringing in hundreds of new residents while adding the kind of amenities such as pubs and shops that have helped nearby villages like Patchogue thrive," reported Newsday.

"The town in 2023 named Jericho-based The Beechwood Organization as master developer for a plan calling for about 600 new homes, including townhouses and rental apartments, and a total of 130,000 square feet of retail space. Plans also include new sewers and storm drains, and underground electrical service to replace overhead power lines, officials said."

"The community of 15,300 people has struggled with vacant houses, absentee landlords, and overcrowded homes occupied by people on public assistance. 'The objective is to write a new, positive chapter in the history of Mastic Beach [and] to turn vagrancy and vacancy into vibrancy,' Brookhaven Supervisor Dan Panico (R) said on Aug. 18 in a telephone interview. 'Mastic Beach and the good people who reside there deserve a downtown that they can be proud of.'"

A series of public hearings to discuss downtown rezoning and a land use plan are scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Thursday at Brookhaven Town Hall in Farmingville."

LIBOR has previously gone on the record in support of a new Mastic Beach plan.