East Shore Road Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.

From the record

“East Shore Road Historic District is a national historic district located at Halesite in Suffolk County, New York. The district has 21 contributing buildings, one contributing site, and one contributing structure.”
Wikipedia article East Shore Road Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 338 National Register listings published here for Suffolk County · listed in 1985 · category: District.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. East Shore Rd., Halesite, 11743
When was it listed? September 1985
Category. district
Also known as. Huntington Town MRA
Town. Huntington town
National Register reference number. 85002521 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

264 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 264 fires within 5 miles of East Shore Road Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 153 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 59 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	138
Arson/incendiarism	59
Natural	24
Smoking	12
Debris and open burning	11
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Recreation and ceremony	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	3

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
7 September 2007	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
5 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.3 acres	Fire Department of New York	N/A
5 September 2010	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
4 September 2004	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
24 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
23 September 2019	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
21 September 2010	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
20 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA

Every fire recorded in Suffolk County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of East Shore Road Historic District: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	West Hills Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	West Hills Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary

Every working recorded in Suffolk County

Storms near this property

18 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Halesite, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 16 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 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
July 2008	Lightning	Halesite	$100,000	A lightning strike resulted in a major house fire in Huntington. All family members escaped unharmed.
August 2024	Flash Flood	Halesite	-	Water rescue due to stranded motorist in flood waters on New York Ave.
September 2023	Flash Flood	Halesite	-	NY 110 is closed due to flooding between Mill Lane and Prime Avenue and near Madiosn Street at Heckscher Park.
July 2019	Flash Flood	Halesite	-	Route 110 closed in both directions due to flooding between Park Avenue (CR-35) and Prime Avenue in Huntington.
December 2018	Flash Flood	Halesite	-	All lanes of Route 110 were closed in both directions due to flooding between Prime Avenue and Anchorage Lane in Huntington.
August 2017	Flash Flood	Halesite	-	A car was stuck in water up to its' hood in Halesite.
August 2016	Flash Flood	Halesite	-	Route 25A was flooded and impassable from Prime Avenue to Sabbath Day Path in Huntington with cars stuck in flood waters.
August 2016	Flash Flood	Halesite	-	Creek Road was flooded and impassable in Huntington.
August 2016	Flash Flood	Halesite	-	Madison Street by New York Avenue was closed due to flooding in Huntington.
June 2013	Flash Flood	Halesite	-	In Huntington, the intersections of Rt. 110 at Pulaski Rd. and Mill Dam Rd. at Park Ave. were closed due to flooding.
March 2010	Flood	Halesite	-	Route 110 in Halesite was closed in both directions between Mill Dam Rd. and Prime Avenue.
May 2008	Flash Flood	Halesite	-	Flooding was reported along Route 110 near Park Avenue in Halesite, NY. Water was up to the car bumpers.
August 2008	Flash Flood	Halesite	-	Route 110 was closed in both directions at Creek Rd. due to flooding.
August 2008	Flash Flood	Halesite	-	A car was stranded in high waters on New York Ave. near Creek Rd. in Huntington. The 2 passengers inside the vehicle were rescued by fellow citizens.
September 2008	Flash Flood	Halesite	-	Four people had to be rescued from their SUV at the intersection of New York Ave. and Creek Rd. in Halesite after it became stranded in 4 ft. of standing water. The intersection was then closed off to traffic.
August 2008	Flash Flood	Halesite	-	New York Ave. was closed in Halesite due to flooding.
August 2008	Flash Flood	Halesite	-	A school bus became stuck in high waters (up to the bumper) at the intersection of Creek Rd. and New York Ave. in Halesite. At least 4 children were rescued by the local fire department.
March 2007	Flash Flood	Halesite	-	Multiple Roads Closed.

Every storm recorded in Suffolk County

Maps showing this location

13 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

1901 USGS Northport quadrangle1:62500
1903 USGS Northport quadrangle1:62500 - 8 printings
1904 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000 - 5 printings
1942 USGS Islip quadrangle1:125000
1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Lloyd Harbor quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1967 USGS Lloyd Harbor 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 miles

Other 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
William Wooden Wood House	0.5 miles	1985
Daniel Smith House	0.5 miles	1985
John P. Kane Mansion	0.5 miles	1985
House at 200 Bay Avenue	0.6 miles	1985
John Green House	0.7 miles	1985
C. A. O'Donohue House	0.7 miles	1985

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 85002521 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
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.