Rental board denies permit for 39 Arcadia Drive after neighbors report overcrowding, traffic and debris

The Town of Babylon Rental Board on Feb. 2025 denied a rental permit for 39 Arcadia Drive in Deer Park after neighbors and board members raised repeated quality-of-life concerns, including heavy vehicle traffic, unlicensed vehicles, debris and apparent transient occupancy. Board Chair Sal Mangano, addressing the applicant, said the board would not issue the permit “before you reapply” until required corrections were completed, and told the applicant the board expects a local contact in Suffolk County for compliance and complaints. The denial followed multiple neighbors’ accounts during the public-comment portion. Ovidio Adam, who said he lives on the same street, told the board that after the property changed hands “they start to throw garbage on the street” and that cars were parked “against the traffic…