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One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 2020 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Cerny's Bakery
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1902.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 1165 Smithtown Ave., Bohemia, 11716
- When was it listed? August 2020
- Category. building
- Town. Islip town
- National Register reference number. 100005450 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
1,279 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,279 fires within 5 miles of Cerny's Bakery between 1992 and 2020, burning about 814 acres in total. 77 started naturally. 184 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 911 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 184 |
| Natural | 77 |
| Smoking | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge | NYWHR-FY20-WF-SAYVILLE 6 |
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge | NYWHR-FY20-WF-SAYVILLE 5 |
Mines and quarries near this property
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cerny's Bakery: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nassau Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Nassau Clay Mine | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bohemia, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bohemia | $4,000 | A large tree down at Sayville Middle School. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bohemia | $4,000 | A large tree down on Locust Avenue and Brooktreet Court. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bohemia | $4,000 | Multiple trees down on Walnut Avenue. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bohemia | $1,000 | Power lines were reported down on Broadway Avenue in the Town of Islip. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Bohemia | - | Video showing an SUV with floodwaters up to the windows in a parking lot. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bohemia | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was reported. |
Maps showing this location
16 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1902 USGS Setauket quadrangle1:62500
- 1904 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000 - 5 printings
- 1904 USGS Setauket quadrangle1:62500 - 7 printings
- 1919 USGS Setauket quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Patchogue quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Patchogue quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Setauket quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Patchogue quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Davis Field | 0.8 miles | 2008 |
 | Jacob Ockers House | 2.3 miles | 1992 |
 | St. Johns Episcopal Church and Cemetery | 2.5 miles | 1994 |
 | Southside Sportsmens Clubhouse | 2.6 miles | 1973 |
 | Sayville Congregational Church | 2.8 miles | 2005 |
 | John Ellis Roosevelt Estate | 3.0 miles | 1987 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100005450 in Record Group 79. |
| Suffolk County | All 338 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.