Planning board hears plan to convert West Babylon auto shop at 270 Wyandanch Ave. into 24-hour gas station and convenience store

The Town of Babylon Planning Board on March 24 held a public hearing on an application to redevelop 270 Wyandanch Avenue in West Babylon from an auto repair shop into a gasoline filling station with a 2,792-square-foot convenience store, applicant representatives said.

The proposal would expand the existing 2,182-square-foot building to 2,792 square feet, add a canopy over four pump islands, install two double-wall fiberglass underground storage tanks and repave the property. Applicant representatives said the site would include new stormwater management, full ADA-compliant sidewalks, LED dark-sky lighting, a code‑compliant trash enclosure and new landscaping including dense evergreens and a six-foot PVC privacy fence at the rear. The operator would provide 14 code-mandated parking spaces overall; the plan as presented would build 10 stalls and “land bank” four additional stalls for future construction. The applicant said the store would operate 24 hours a day and that the CCTV system would be monitored on‑ and off‑site.

Why it matters: The project would reintroduce retail fuel sales at a site that historically operated as a gas station, and it includes underground fuel storage and tanker access that raised operational questions from the…