Vanderbilt Parkway, Motor Parkway

Direction:

East/West

Western Terminus:

Deer Park Road (NY 231) in Dix Hills

Eastern Terminus:

Rosevale Avenue (CR 93) in Ronkonkoma

Distance:

12.66 miles

Signed:

Yes

The Long Island Motor Parkway was the first limited-access highway constructed in the United States. It opened in 1908 and was originally a private toll highway extending from Queens to Ronkonkoma. It was later rendered obsolete with the construction of the Northern Parkway and then the Long Island Expressway (I-495). Two sections of the Long Island Motor Parkway survive today. One is a bike path in Queens, extending from Peck Avenue to Winchester Boulevard. The second is a surface road in Suffolk County, extending from Half Hollow Road in Dix Hills to Rosevale Avenue (CR 93) in Ronkonkoma. It carries the designation of CR 67, except for the westernmost section west of Deer Park Road (NY 110). It has two lanes in most places, although there are some areas where it widens to four lanes. It is known as the Vanderbilt Parkway to the west of Brentwood and as the Motor Parkway to the east.

CR 67 was originally proposed to follow the entirety of the Vanderbilt Parkway and continues west along Half Hollow Road to have its western terminus at Pinelawn Road (CR 3). Prior to 2022, the entirety of the Vanderbilt Parkway was under county maintenance as CR 67. Half Hollow Road was one of a number of routes known as "county system roads" that were legally designated as county routes but remained under the jurisdiction of the towns. In 2010, the Town of Huntington successfully sued Suffolk County and obtained a court order for the county to take over maintenance responsibility for all of the county system roads within the town. In 2022, the town and county entered into a settlement in which they agreed to a series of maintenance swaps. As part of this, CR 67 was truncated to begin at Deer Park Road (NY 231).