Real Estate
Townhouse apartments planned for E. Second St. site of home destroyed in 2021 fatal fire
Eight new townhouse apartments are planned for the East Second Street site of a historic home destroyed in a 2021 fire that killed five people.
Government
Hearings on 2024 budget, tax cap override, and proposed West Main Street apartment building set for Thursday afternoon at Town Hall
The Riverhead Town Board is seeking public comment on its proposed 2024 operating budget, requiring the board to override the 2% tax levy cap, as well as on a site plan for a five-story mixed-sue apartment building on West Main Street, during Thursday afternoon's board meeting.
Government
Hearing on proposed 165-unit apartment building on E. Main Street set for this evening at Town Hall
Plans for Main Street's largest new multi-story apartment building so far will be the subject of a Town Board public hearing tonight at Riverhead Town Hall.
Government
Town Board presented revised plans for large Main Street apartment complex
The five-story, mixed use building at 203-213 East Main Street, proposed by applicant Robert Muchnick, owner of Metro Group Properties of Long Island, has “changed significantly." since last presented, said town planners, who advocate starting the environmental review process from scratch.
Government
Library, school district and residents voice objections to proposed apartment building on Osborn Avenue
A proposed five-story, 37-unit apartment building on Osborn Avenue and Court Street drew criticism from Riverhead Free Library, Riverhead Central School District and others at a town board public hearing Tuesday.
Guest Column
We need closer scrutiny, not fast-tracking, of new apartment building plans
Riverhead Town needs to more closely review applications for multistory apartment buildings instead of fast-tracking their approvals. Guess column by former supervisor Laura Jens-Smith.
News
New apartment building approved by town board
The proposed four-story apartment building approved by the town board last week will be built on the site of the circa 1855 home of a Riverhead blacksmith, most recently occupied as a Subway restaurant. Photo Denise Civiletti
News
Developer presents plan for four-story apartment building on East Main Street
Huntington developer G2D Group is proposing 36 one- and two-bedroom, market-rate rental apartments and 37 parking spaces.
News
Pondering the future of Riverhead’s Main Street: Town officials convene public forum to gather community input
A forum on Main Street zoning might not sound like something that would draw a crowd on a bitter cold winter night. But it did.
Denise Civiletti
No more wishful thinking: town board has the power — and responsibility — to act
Sure, you can hope developers will scale back plans. And yes, you can use the environmental review process to make sure they demonstrate their proposals will mitigate adverse impacts. But hoping and SEQRA will only go so far. You are a legislative body. DO SOMETHING about it.