Patchogue planning board reviews developer’s proposal for 4‑story hotel with rooftop restaurant

Patchogue’s Planning Board and Architectural Advisory Committee held a special meeting June 10 to review a site‑plan application from West Avenue Partners LLC for a mixed‑use, four‑story hotel and rooftop restaurant at 138 West Avenue, the developer said.

The applicant, Larry Davis, told the board the property — the former bowling alley — has already been rezoned for hotel use and the meeting was to secure planning‑level approvals for the proposed building. “We’re here tonight asking for permission from this board to move forward with the approval of the hotel,” Davis said.

The project team presented detailed plans and technical reports to the board and the public. The design professional described a 96‑room hotel with a rooftop restaurant and spa, a ground‑floor event room and two retail/tenant spaces. The team said the building would have roughly 105,288 square feet on a 2.19‑acre site, a 62‑foot height and 119 on‑site parking stalls (including six ADA stalls and 13 land‑banked stalls). The architect and engineers said the hotel portion would include about 70 parking spaces and the apartments about 31; the village code requirement cited in the hearing was 101 stalls.

Traffic study and public concerns

Ethan Chkoski of TPD Engineering (formerly Atlantic Traffic) summarized a traffic study last revised October 2024 and said the project’s parking and access layout reduces the number of site driveways and moves them away from the signal. He said trip generation estimates using Institute of Transportation Engineers data show the hotel would produce lower peak‑hour trips than a fully revived bowling‑alley use and that the site would see an anticipated peak parking demand of about 96 vehicles on the busiest Saturday period. “We…