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Neighbors press developer for bigger buffer and no balconies as Fortwood Estates wins approval
Summary
The Town of Brookhaven planning board approved the site plan for Fortwood Estates — a 45-unit senior housing development in Port Jefferson Station — after neighbors demanded larger year‑round screening and the removal of balconies that would face private yards.
The Town of Brookhaven planning board approved the site plan for Fortwood Estates — a 45-unit, 6-building over-55 residential development in Port Jefferson Station — after residents pressed developers for stronger screening, removal of rear balconies and other changes meant to protect neighbor privacy.
The approval, reached in the planning portion of the Jan. 9 meeting, adds conditions requiring a 25-foot “natural and supplemented evergreen” buffer along the north property line (subject to the planning commissioner’s approval), privacy slots for the six-foot fence along the same boundary, and revised elevations removing balconies on Buildings 1 and 3 before building permits for those units are issued.
The project site, a 5.62-acre PRC-zoned parcel at the northeast corner of Terryville Road and Old Town Road, was rezoned to PRC years earlier…
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