Board holds decision on Valvoline drive‑through oil change in Mastic after traffic, parking and environmental questions

The Town of Brookhaven Board of Zoning Appeals on Wednesday closed the public hearing and put off a decision on an application from EXPNY LLC to convert an existing motor‑vehicle service building at 1650 Montauk Highway in Mastic into a Valvoline Instant Oil Change drive‑through.

The applicant requested variances from multiple zoning and design rules, including relief for substandard lot area and frontage, front‑yard setbacks and compliance with the town’s Main Street Business District Design Manual. The applicant’s attorney, Andrew Levitt, told the board the 3,491‑square‑foot parcel is improved with an existing 1,617‑square‑foot building that has a certificate of existing use dating to the 1950s and that the conversion would not enlarge the building footprint.

“We are proposing to use the three existing service bays and construct a lubrication pit,” Levitt said, adding that staff and the applicant have prepared façade and landscaping improvements for the downtown district and that the Chamber of Commerce of Mastic and Shirley sent a support letter.…