Amazon Distribution Center Coming To Holbrook

HOLBROOK, NY — The Islip Planning Board on Wednesday approved a special permit for an Amazon distribution center in Holbrook at the northeast corner of Veterans Memorial Highway and Broadway Avenue. The distribution center does not need Town Board approval.

Some nearby residents are concerned about noise, traffic and lighting.

Matthew and Nicole Grucci own a neighboring home and are organizing the local opposition. They created an online petition outlining the issues they have with the center. According to the Gruccis, delivery vehicles — "Amazon shared that there will be approximately 20 18-wheelers, [over] 200 delivery vans, and [75] to 100 [additional] drivers" — are a major concern.

The couple also worries how close the center's proposed 3,600 lights will be. There is a FedEx warehouse at the site; the Amazon center would be bigger and closer to their property line, they said.

"The plans don't show how close the facility will be to the residents' homes...about 250 feet away," the Gruccis said in an email to Patch.