Starbucks on Sunrise Hwy.

Just west of Wendy's on Sunrise Highway, Seaford, a construction fence has enclosed two properties available for development. At 3870 Sunrise Highway is a frame house built in 1933 as a residence; this property includes a second, smaller house of the same era, behind the first. They were converted to business use, most recently as Ray the Plumber.  If Sunrise Highway was constructed from Wantagh about 1928, these two may be the oldest structures on the short Seaford portion of Sunrise Highway.
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Also enclosed by the fence is what was Kelley Flooring, a warehouse and sales office, built in 1956 at 3860 Sunrise Highway, listed on the Nassau County property site as a 6,171 sq. ft. building.
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Each of the properties has 80-foot frontage on the highway.
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In late November, 2017, a sign declared that Starbucks was seeking to built on these lots. Clicking on any photo will enlarge it.

Sunrise Highway construction, 1928

I have been puzzled about the date of the construction of Sunrise Highway through Seaford. This 1914 map in the collection of the New York Public Library shows Rail Road Avenue running east from Seaman's Neck Road (not west) on what appears to be the current alignment of Sunrise Highway.
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I have now chanced upon a brief news story in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle of May 13, 1928, "To Start Seaford Section of Sunrise Boulevard." The announcement was made by August Weber, jr., the realtor developing Seaford Manor north of the tracks.  Laying the foundation for the highway had already begun, and streets in the Seaford Manor development had been started.
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That news story may imply the Sunrise Boulevard connection from Wantagh, but it does not prove it.
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The aerial photo below was taken before the rectory of St. William's parish was built in 1940. Note a narrower Sunrise Highway in the upper left. The photo may be enlarged by clicking on it, but the quality of this snapshot of a glossy on display at St. William's (2.12.2016) is poor. The view is east. Jackson Avenue crosses the foreground. Washington Avenue can be seen crossing Sunrise Highway.

Eight talking arrows, for safety's sake

The New York State Department of Transportation must be commended for installing loudspeakers in the button boxes of the eight pedestrian signals at Sunrise Highway and Washington Avenue, Seaford. Each emits softer beeps to help direct visually handicapped people to the button. When the large button is pressed, a loud speaker commands "Wait" and identifies which street one has requested to cross. When the visual walk signal appears (a white figure), the loudspeaker announces the street name ("Route 27" or "Washington Avenue" and declares "Walk sign is on the cross." Immediately, loud count-down beeps begin, which soften when the pedestrian signal reaches zero. 

Because there are four corners and a walker may cross in two directions from each corner, there are a total of eight buttons at this intersection.

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In my experience, in Seaford it is safer to cross Sunrise Highway (at signals maintained by the N.Y. D. of T.) than at the pedestrian signals along Merrick Road (maintained by Nassau County).  For some reason, drivers have more flagrantly cut in front of me, a pedestrian, at the Merrick Road crosswalks than along Sunrise. 

Taco Bell demolished and rebuilt

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The week of July 20, 2014, saw the destruction of the closed Taco Bell restaurant at 3950 Sunrise Highway, Seaford.  As of August 25, 2014, the signs indicate that a new Taco Bell is under construction.  Edit: a new building was opened for breakfast, lunch, and "dinner" a few days before Christmas, 2014.
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The county tax records state that the building was built for Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips in 1972.  Please see the comment from a man who worked there.  Recent assessments were for $591,000. What was there in the 1950's?