Downtown revitalization

The Long Island Science Center’s president says Riverhead officials are obstructing the organization's plans to build a new museum on East Main Street, as the Town Board moves a step closer towards taking the nonprofit's property using eminent domain.

Riverhead Town has cut ties with the master developers tapped in 2022 to redevelop the blighted area near the Long Island Rail Road station with housing and shops. 

Three years after developers debuted a plan to transform the area around Riverhead’s Long Island Rail Road station into a pedestrian-friendly center with apartments and shops, the project is being reworked and might finally be getting on its feet.

Construction of a hotel, playground and amphitheater at the Riverhead town square could start by next summer, the town’s top planning and economic development official told the Town Board at Thursday’s work session.

As the Riverhead IDA warns G2D Group about potential default in agreement with the agency, the Huntington developer's legal woes continue to grow.

Riverhead officials are gearing up to implement paid parking downtown as they prepare for development of the town square and a multi-story garage in the First Street lot.

A new “family-friendly, casual” restaurant is now open across from the Long Island Aquarium in Riverhead, offering a menu with "a little bit of everything for everyone."

Takkii Ramen, which focuses its menu on the popular noodle and broth based dish, opened in June on West Main Street just west of Griffing Avenue.

Consultants hired this spring to design the town square, riverfront park and streetscape improvements — the centerpiece of Riverhead Town’s massive downtown revitalization effort — presented plans and drawings at a public information meeting at Riverhead Town Hall Wednesday night.

The public is invited to an information session about the amphitheater proposed as part of the Riverhead town square.