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A tract of land just south of the Boys & Girls Club in North Bellport will soon give way to 32 new single-family homes — each with a legal one-bedroom accessory apartment, town officials have announced.
Each home will be sold to first-time homebuyers through the Long Island Housing Partnership Community Land Trust program.
It’s just the latest piece in the revitalization puzzle for the area, which in the last decade has seen new development at the prominent corner of Station Road and Montauk Highway, abandoned buildings razed and, most notably, a 70-unit apartment complex built by D&F Development Group go up in the heart of the hamlet. The group is also reportedly proposing more development.
“Back when I was president of the Housing Partnership, no one believed that North Bellport would be revitalized overnight,” said Jim Morgo, the state-appointed co-chair of the New York Forward North Bellport Local Planning Committee. “Fortunately, under Town Supervisor [Dan] Panico’s administration it is clearly committed to continue making North Bellport the best community it can be.”
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North Bellport is one of two Long Island neighborhoods previously granted $4.5 million for downtown improvements through the state’s New York Forward Initiative for revitalization purposes that’s helping in the building efforts.
“The Ecke Avenue development creatively combines affordable home ownership and rental options,” Morgo said.
The new homes will be going up on Ecke Avenue, between Atlantic Avenue and Montauk Highway, on parcels that have been over the years acquired by the Housing Partnership through purchase or with the help of town condemnation. They are expected to be completed sometimes in 2027, officials said.
The efforts come as a partnership between the state, town and Housing Partnership, which are combining resources and grant money to undertake the project.
“The people of North Bellport have a friend, supporter and advocate in their town supervisor,” Panico said. “I have made it a priority to help create a better tomorrow and better future for the communities in Brookhaven that have faced substantial issues for far too long. This new housing will complement our past and future efforts and will be by no means our last. Whether it be true transit-oriented development and revitalization in the area, improving the park system, and access to housing, we are making real differences for the people.”
Brookhaven Town Councilman Michael Loguercio, who represents the area, said the development will provide for affordable homes and help create jobs, which he said is all “paramount as we strive to find ways for residents to live and work in the community that they wish to remain in, and not have to move out of state just because their own neighborhood has become unaffordable.”
The Housing Partnership is currently preparing a budget, as the project’s cost is not yet known, along with an RFP (request for proposals) for potential developers.
This buildout will be done in phases. The goal is to have shovels in the ground in the fall of 2025.
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