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Governor Announces Improvements to South Fork Train Infrastructure

August 26, 2026September 1, 2026 East End Beacon

Governor Kathy Hochul announced a series of service and infrastructure improvements on Tuesday for the Long Island Rail Road’s Montauk Branch. The upgrades will come in two phases. In the first, the track siding at the Amagansett station will be extended, and in the second a permanent second platform will be constructed at the Hampton Bays station. Pictured Above: Workers installed a temporary second platform in Hampton Bays this spring

Community Greenport Transit

An Overnight Roundabout at Greenport Intersection

September 22, 2025October 2, 2025 Beth Young

When flashing highway department signs recently began advertising "Traffic Circle Ahead: Begins 9/22/25" at the intersection of County Road 48 and Route 25 in Greenport, they weren't kidding. Pictured Above: The Greenport intersection Monday afternoon. After a lengthy hiatus, the New York State Department of Transportation resumed work Monday on the new roundabout at the intersection that had long been controlled by a blinking light at the north end of

Greenport Shelter Island Top Stories Transit

New Greenport Ferry Queue Opens Ahead of Memorial Day Weekend

May 30, 2025May 30, 2025 Beth Young

The renovated queue for the North Ferry to Shelter Island in Greenport opened to the public just in time for Memorial Day Weekend, after several months of construction and nearly a decade of planning. In addition to the Village of Greenport's construction of the new queue, the North Ferry company has been changing the grade at the entrance to one of its ferry slips this spring, putting it out of

East Hampton Infrastructure Transit

Suffolk Transit On Demand Comes to East Hampton

May 16, 2024May 20, 2024 East End Beacon

Pictured Above: (l-r) Carl Irace, Kathee Burke-Gonzalez, Zach Minskoff and Ann Welker. The Suffolk Transit On-Demand service, an initiative of former Suffolk County Legislator Bridget Fleming that first launched in Southampton Town in 2021, has expanded to East Hampton Town, with on-demand buses now replacing the 10B and 10C bus routes. Riders can hail the bus through a smartphone app anywhere within the zone from the East Hampton Railroad Station

Greenport Infrastructure Transit

State Announces Start of Work on East End Traffic Projects

April 25, 2024May 17, 2024 Beth Young

Pictured Above: The planned work at the Greenport intersection of Route 25 and Route 48. | New York State Department of Transportation image Governor Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday that construction is getting underway on several East End infrastructure projects, with a total cost of $10.9 million. The projects include the installation of a roundabout of the intersection of Route 25 and Route 48 in Greenport (at the north end of

Environment Top Stories Transit

A Greenway Planned To Traverse Long Island

February 16, 2023February 16, 2023 Beth Young

Back in 2017, New York State embarked on ambitious plan to create the Empire State Trail — a 750-mile network of multipurpose biking and hiking trails crossing the state from Buffalo in the west and Plattsburgh in the north to New York City. It’s no small feat that this trail network was completed in just three years, but there is one glaring omission — none of these trails are on Long

Government Top Stories Transit

Suffolk Bus System Redesign Expands South Fork On-Demand Service

December 7, 2022December 8, 2022 Beth Young

Suffolk County has completed its final redesign plan for its transit bus system, which includes several changes on the East End slated to take effect in the fall of 2023, announced Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone on Tuesday. The changes include making an on-demand pilot microtransit system implemented in Southampton in 2021 permanent, and introducing a new on-demand zone for East Hampton, Amagansett and Montauk to replace underutilized bus lines

Environment Transit

Bike Sharing Pitched on the North Fork

November 23, 2021January 15, 2022 Beth Young

Pictured Above: Pedal Share bikes at EPCAL in Riverhead Town, which has become the most-used location of the service in Suffolk County. Pedal Share, the Suffolk County bike sharing program that is spreading across the county and may soon expand to Nassau, could be coming to locations in Southold Town as well. The company, which began serving Southampton Village in 2018, took over the county’s bike sharing program in 2020,

South Fork elected officials at the Aug. 27 announcement of the reinstatement of the South Fork Commuter Connection

Commuter Connection to Return Tuesday

September 3, 2021September 3, 2021 Beth Young

The South Fork Commuter Connection, providing regular Long Island Rail Road train service and connecting busses in Southampton, Bridgehampton, East Hampton Village, Amagansett and Montauk, is returning Sept. 7 after a hiatus since March of 2020 due to the pandemic, which wreaked budgetary havoc on the Metropolitan Transit Authority. The program, originally made possible by state funding advocated by South Fork State Assemblyman Fred Thiele, began in the late winter

Government Transit

Summer Brings More Transportation Options

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Beth Young

Pictured Above: Transit advocates and riders on the inaugural June 16 run of the new Suffolk Transit On Demand bus route. | photo Legislator Bridget Fleming's office. Innovative alternative transportation solutions are coming to the South Fork this summer, just in time for the summer crush of traffic on the East End. On June 16, Suffolk County launched “Suffolk Transit On-Demand,” a new pilot project which provides on-demand bus service

Environment Riverhead Transit

Bike Sharing Comes to Riverhead

May 19, 2021June 20, 2021 Beth Young

Riverhead Town launched its Pedalshare bike sharing program, originally scheduled in 2019 but delayed due to several issues related to the pandemic, on May 17. Bicycles are available to share through an app at the Riverhead Train Station, Town Hall, the EPCAL recreational path and two locations alongside the Peconic River. The program, in conjunction with Suffolk County and sponsored by Bethpage Federal Credit Union, is also available in Hampton