nassau county NY (Long Island) announces its 50 new red light cameras today

50! Boy they don't screw around, Where I live, that would put about ten cameras on each stop light.

I live in Suffolk and they are also getting them, not sure when. Going to have keep my 750 on all the time soon.

Today's Newsday lists the proposed intersections for Nassau and Suffolk.

Now all they need to do is put up some Speed Cameras

With that kind of investment, I wonder how much they will shorten the yellow lights so they can recoup some funds! Heck, just remove the yellow lights altogether and go directly from green to red, that'll rake in the dough.

i made a file of the new cameras, suffolks red light cameras have not gone to legislation yet, nassaus were approved today and will be in place by sept. i am sending the file to miss poi so she can update the red light file. i agree, i will be driving every where with my gps on now

Anyone wishing to take a peek at the Nassau County New York RedLight Camera list here is the published link.

http://burm.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/nassauredlightcam...

It should make for some interesting commuting!

Thanks for the list!
I will certainly be surrounded by a few on my regular commutes and meanderings!

Nassau County will be installing 54 red light cameras shortly. ...

Albertson

I.U. Willets Rd., Willis Ave.
I.U. Willets Rd., Roslyn Rd.

Baldwin

Atlantic Ave., Grand Ave.
Grand Ave., Seaman Ave.
Grand Ave., Stanton Ave.
Grand Ave., DeMott Ave.

Bayville

Bayville Ave., Ludlam Ave.

Bellmore

Jerusalem Ave., Newbridge Rd.
Bellmore Ave., Newbridge Rd.
Bellmore Ave., Beltagh Ave.
Bellmore Ave., Jerusalem Ave.
Jerusalem Ave., Bellmore Rd.

Bethpage

Central Ave., Stewart Ave.
Central Ave., Broadway
Stewart Ave., Cherry Ave.

Carle Place

Glen Cove Rd., Old Country Rd.
Glen Cove Rd., Westbury Ave.

Cedarhurst

Peninsula Blvd., Rockaway Turnpke.

East Garden City

Charles Lindbergh Blvd., Earle Ovington Blvd.

Stewart Ave., Merhcants Concourse

East Meadow

Merrick Ave., Front Street
East Meadow Ave., Front Street

East Rockaway

Atlantic Ave., Ocean Ave.
Atlantic Ave., Main St .

Elmont

Elmont Rd., Dutch Broadway
Elmont Rd., Linden Blvd.

Franklin Square

New Hyde Park Rd., Tulip Ave.
Franklin Ave., Corona Ave.

Glen Head

Glen Cove Rd., Glen Head Rd.

Great Neck

Middle Neck Rd., GreatNeck Rd.
Cutter Mill Rd., Great Neck Rd.

Greenvale

Glen Cove Rd., Helen Street

Herricks

Herricks Rd., Shelter Rock Rd.

Hicksville/Plainview

Old Country Rd., South Oyster Bay Rd.
Old Country Rd., Levittown Parkway
Old Country Rd., Jerusalem Ave.
Old Country Rd., Division Ave.

Inwood/Lawrence

Nassau Expressway, Bay Blvd.
Nassau Expressway, Burnside Ave.

Levittown

Loring Rd., N.Jerusalem Rd.

Lido Beach

Lido Blvd., Greenway Rd.
Lido Blvd., Loop Parkway

Massapequa

Carmans Rd., Louden Street
Broadway, Clark Blvd.

Mineola

Mineola Blvd./Franklin Ave., Old Country Rd.

Roslyn Rd., Old Country Rd.

Oceanside

Long Beach Rd., Mott St .
Long Beach Rd., Daly Blvd.

Syosset

Jackson Ave., Convent Rd.

Uniondale

Uniondale Ave., Front St .
Uniondale Ave., Nassau Rd.

Westbury

Post Ave/Merrick Ave., Old Country Rd.
Old Country Rd., School St.

Woodmere

Woodmere Blvd., Peninsula Blvd.

"and bring in 4 million in revenue."
Enough said!

it is against the law for the county to put up red light cameras to generate revenue (yea right) they are being put up to try and reduce the mount of accidents in dangerous intersections!!! and if you believe that, i have a bridge in brooklyn for sale

I live 1 1/2 blocks from one of the new camera locations and 1/2 mile from another.

I would be the first to complain about unsafe intersections but they are not unsafe. People do not openly run red lights and there have not been any accidents that I am aware of.

Everybody knows the cameras are to raise money. Why don't they just admit it?

The cameras are mostly at major intersections. The red light running usually occurs at the smaller intersections where there are no cameras.

they're always on screwed up intersections too

Hello. Thanks for the info. I was hoping by now the new file would be ready for the 50 new camera's being installed. If it is not posted yet, what would the file name be? I am a paid registered user. Thanks.

Once the cameras go live, they will be combined into the database that can be downloaded here.
http://www.poi-factory.com/poifiles/us/red-light-cameras

i believe the update is aval and includes all the nassau county cameras, thanks again to miss poi for adding my file to the datatbase

I have not gotten word that these are active yet, so they have not been added yet.

Miss POI

Looks like it is going to take up to 18 months to install all of these cams.

http://www.pr-inside.com/new-york-s-nassau-county-selects-am...

The plan is to have the first cameras installed by September, with the balance by the end of the year or early 2010.

ETA: Per today's (June 29) Newsday, the first 20 cameras should be installed by September 1, with the balance by February 2010.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--red...

In a separate story on Sunday, Nassau officials said no intersections have been chosen, but at least 45 of the 50 sites originally proposed by the county will probably stand.

long island doesnt mess around...i hate driving there

Please update the nassau POI.
Thanks

Have you confirmed locations that are not listed in the file? As I said in the other thread you posted in, the locations listed in the file are those that are shown on the county web site, as well as those confirmed and reported to Miss POI.

Sept 3rd. The additional red light camera intersections were announced late Wednesday and will become operational at 12:01 a.m. Friday, authorities said.The 13 new intersections are:

BALDWIN Grand Avenue & Merrick Road

BELLMORE Newbridge Road & Bellmore Avenue

HICKSVILLE Broadway/ Hicksville Road & Old Country Road

HICKSVILLE Old Country Road & Jerusalem Avenue
connections

HICKSVILLE/PLAINVIEW Old Country Road & South Oyster Bay Road

INWOOD/LAWRENCE Nassau Expressway & Rockaway Turnpike

ISLAND PARK Long Beach Road & Austin Boulevard/Empire Boulevard

MASSAPEQUA PARK Merrick Road & Park Boulevard/Harbor Lane

NORTH WANTAGH Wantagh Avenue & Old Jerusalem Road

OCEANSIDE Long Beach Road & Daly Boulevard

OCEANSIDE Long Beach Road & Mott Street

UNIONDALE Earle Ovington Boulevard & Charles Lindbergh Boulevard

WOODMERE Peninsula Boulevard & Woodmere Boulevard

All of these have been added to this Wednesday's update.

Miss POI

I can confirm that I've seen a number of these cameras and flash units already in place in and around Oceanside and Island Park.

I noticed a first...at least for the NYC area.

At the location of a new Nassau County Red-Light camera (Long Beach Road and Mott Street) there is a sign on a post indicating red-light enforcement.

I was just the latest victem of the new red light cameras in nassau county. Well any way hope i can help us out here....

Yes, that was part of the legislation authorizing the RLCs in Nassau. All intersections with RLCs should have a sign - it's the standard diamond traffic signal warning sign with "Photo Enforced" added".

Should have downloaded the RLC file - and not run the light...

How do you know you were caught?

Oh...you know!!!

It is usually the realization that the light just turned red after a now shortened yellow and you were in the intersection while your mind finally processed the "photo enforced" sign just before the intersection- plus (if it is dark outside) that flash of light that says, "smile"!

The special letter that comes in the mail a few weeks later further feeds your suspicion and seals your fate!

(A bit tongue in cheek- but perhaps all likely!)

Of course your mileage may vary.

It amazes me that Nassau county can afford all these cameras but cannot add a 4way stop sign on my corner in Freeport. There have been at least two deadly accidents on this corner. There is a stop sign on the side street but none on the main street.
The main street is the only cross street on the end of a long canal and gets heavy use. Most of the cars go way over the speed limit (25mph) and when there is an accident it is usually pretty bad. One of the problems is the amount of elderly people living in this area.

I could be wrong but the cities/counties putting these in don't pay a dime. All the money comes from the people who run the red lights and speed, There in lies the problem. The company has to make sure the money is flowing and the maximum # of tickets are written daily.

What is not reported is that if a camera does not make its "revenue target" the city has to make up the difference. But other than that, you are correct. They aren't put in for free. Cities are finding local drivers are learning quickly which intersections and stretches to avoid leaving the visitors to pick up the slack. With the POI files as good as they are, even that revenue is dropping as an expected source.

It is the same thing here in Long Beach where not every approach to the intersection has a stop sign. On a stretch of Boulevard some corners have three-way stops (not 4 way due to one street being a one way) while other intersections on the same Boulevard have two-way stop signs with one of the three direction not having to stop at all. I am told that there are good reasons for this, but to some motorists this becomes confusing. Distracted motorists and those in a rush to go nowhere only make it more dangerous in my observations.

I am not sure about what REAL standards were applied by Nassau County- to chose the most dangerous intersections or those with highest volume and greater likelihood of generating revenue.

I know that on Lido Boulevard it is a bit of both. That roadway has historically been treated like a speedway with many fatalities. They narrowed it from three lanes to two, make a center barrier between both directions, have long posted radar to display driving speed and added strobes to the red lights near the school streets. Now it also will have a red-light camera.

Rob

The one on Jerusalem and Old country road is crazy.....as soon as it turns yellow it almost instantly turns to red so be careful there.

Boy am I glad I moved to North Carolina from Suffolk County. I was a life long resident for 56 years and moved to NC in 2004 when I retired from my job. Over the years I watched both Nassau and Suffolk change from a peaceful island to live on to a traffic congestion and overpopulated area. I watched the corrupt politicians both on the local and county level constantly and systematically ruin the residents way of life by overbuilding and over taxing. Now they are using red light cameras to fund their useless and wasteful pet projects. It doesn't suprise me and nothing ever changes for the better there.

Just my two cents.

I loaded the Beta file on my Nuvi 205; looks like there are 16 cameras in the file for Nassau. Does that sound correct?

There's 17 now active.

According to the Nassau County RLC web site, there are 18 cameras active. I think they are all in the file, they have been active for a month now, and I think we got all the updates to Miss POI.

http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/TPVA/rlc-intersection...

ETA: I just downloaded the current RLC files, and the Beta file does list 18 locations in Nassau County.

When I am in NY I have to worry about drivers running stop signs, and when I am in Florida I find that only a few drivers know what the small lever on the left side of the steering wheel is for.
They think it is for hanging things on.

My late father in law told my son it was alright to back out of his driveway doing 40 miles and hour and without looking. He said he earned that right because he was 80 years old. We took his license and car away.

I lived for three and a half decades in Brooklyn, NY. I didn't really see all of the problems with blowing stop signs and driving through solid reds as much as I immediately experienced when I moved to Long Beach, NY (Nassau County) in 2000.
Now I see it all of the time and even if you are already stepping into an intersection (with a baby carriage too) an oncoming car will often not stop at their crossing or will ceremoniously tap the brake without slowing down- causing you to have to step back.

A friend who holds a 30+ year civilian code enforcement (non-moving violation stuff) position with the local Police Department feels that the right-on-red allowances may have contributed to the tendency of some drivers to not make full and complete stops. In Brooklyn there is rarely a right-on-red- and if so is allowed when a sign indicates that it is so.

the island has gotten so overcrowded with cars, I am kinda glad they are doing enforcement, I drive a car and ride a motorcycle (safely), people are always blowing lights and stop signs, I am glad they are doing the enforcement....flame on.....

I've seen some in LI the past few days. noticed the flash last night while someone turned right on a red.

As I understand it, Right on Red should be fine as long as you came to a complete stop before proceeding.

Two years ago I was driving the course of the NYC Marathon. I am a Senior Official and have clearance to drive my personal after the street closings but ahead of the runners. Course vehicles simply traveled up the course since all other vehicular traffic has been stopped and side streets barricaded. There is no need (or time) to stop for traffic signals- On 1st Avenue (or so) I got hit by a red light camera which reported that I crossed the intersection 23 seconds after the red.

I don't know if there are special sensors or standards for intersections where Right on Red is allowed. In the above situation (where there is no Right on Red in NYC) anyone crossing into the intersection would have obviously been pegged.

You need to come to a full stop before making a right on red, and you should be fine. I read that in Nassau County, in addition to taking photos, the camera will also record video, so it can be determined if you rolled through or not when making your right turn. Quite a few of the first round of Nassau RLC tickets came from people rolling through on a right turn - one woman interviewed in Newsday even admitted it to the reporter, but was still upset she was ticketed!

In NYC, there is at least one intersection I know of that has both an RLC and a "Right on red permitted" sign. If I get a ticket in a couple of weeks, I'll know the system is screwed up, because I waited an extra-long time before making the right.

That is interesting to know. It can be helpful either way...to show one's declared innocence (if so) or their guilt!

When they put it at every intersection, the POI file will be useless!

The best revenge is to obey the rules & have the company & municipality go bankrupt!

Fred

Nassau is activating 5 new RLCs on Monday, 1/4/10. They are listed on the County website, and from driving around today, I see they are also in the latest POI update. Driving down the road, my Nuvi said "Caution, now approaching a red light camera" when I wasn't expecting it to, and sure enough, there was the camera on a pole near the corner!