Nassau County evacuation routes

Nassau County has predetermined routes for evacuation in case of hurricanes. Follow the routes listed here if you need to evacuate.

Courtesy Nassau County

In case of evacuation, Nassau County has set up Nassau Community College, SUNY Farmingdale and Locust Valley High School as evacuation centers for Hurricane Irene. Residents on the South Shore should head to Nassau Community College. Here are the routes, depending on where you are coming from:

ROUTE - 1

Starting at the Atlantic Beach Bridge:

1. Northbound on Nassau Expressway (Rt. 878)

2. Exit at Burnside Avenue East

3. Turn Left onto Rockaway Turnpike

4. Turn Right onto Peninsula Blvd.

5. Remain on Peninsula Blvd. until it becomes Fulton Avenue in the incorporated village of Hempstead

6. Continue eastbound on Fulton Ave., which will become Hempstead Turnpike at the Hempstead/Uniondale border

7. Continue eastbound to Earl Ovington Blvd. and make a left

8. Proceed northbound on Earl Ovington Blvd. into the Nassau Community College American Red Cross Evacuation Center

ROUTE – 2

Starting at the Long Beach Bridge:

1. Northbound via Austin Blvd., which will become Long Beach Rd. in northern Island Park

2. Continue northbound on Long Beach Rd. to Sunrise Highway, Rockville Centre

3. Make a right onto Sunrise Highway and proceed eastbound to Grand Ave Baldwin

4. Left turn going northbound on Grand Ave across Southern State Parkway, which then turns into Baldwin Road

5. Then turns into Henry Street in the Incorporated Village of Hempstead. Right turn on Peninsula Blvd

6. Remain on Peninsula Blvd. until it becomes Fulton Avenue in the Incorporated Village of Hempstead

7. Continue eastbound on Fulton Ave., which will become Hempstead Turnpike at the Hempstead/Uniondale border

8. Continue eastbound to Earl Ovington Blvd. and make a left

9. Proceed northbound on Earl Ovington Blvd. into the Nassau Community College American Red Cross Evacuation Center

ROUTE - 3

Starting at Lido Blvd:

1. Eastbound Lido Blvd. to the Loop Parkway and make a left

2. Proceed northbound to the Meadowbrook Parkway

3. Continue northbound on Meadowbrook Parkway exiting at Exit-M2 Charles Lindberg Blvd.

4. Which will lead into the Nassau Community College American Red Cross Evacuation Center

ROUTE - 4

Starting at Merrick Road:

1. Northbound on the Seaford Oysterbay Expressway (RT. 135)

2. Exit at Hempstead Turnpike (RT. 24) Eastbound

3. Hempstead Turnpike becomes Conklin Street

4. Left turn on Clinton Street

5. Clinton becomes Melville Road

6. Melville Road into SUNY Farmingdale American Red Cross Evacuation Center