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Central Drive
Map
Central Drive (CR C36), highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by NCDPW
Length0.52 mi[1] (840 m)
Major junctions
West endMain Street in Baxter Estates
East endShore Road (CR E25) in Baxter Estates
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountyNassau
Highway system

Central Drive is a street located entirely within – and is the main thoroughfare through – the Incorporated Village of Baxter Estates in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is currently designated as one of two discontiguous segments of the unsigned Nassau County Route C36 (with Linden Boulevard / Central Avenue in Valley Stream being the other segment).

The road – in its entirety – is owned by Nassau County and maintained by the Nassau County Department of Public Works.[2][3]

Route description

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Central Drive at Woodcleft Avenue, 2022

Central Drive begins at Main Street, its eastern terminus.[2][4][5][6] From there, it runs north, reaching Locust Avenue one block later. Central Drive then continues north and descends a steep hill, curving to the west.[7] It crosses Baxter's Brook at the bottom of the hill, and the road then intersects Overlook Drive.[4][7]

From Overlook Drive, Central Drive continues west while paralleling Baxter's Brook, winding its way through the heart of (and as the primary thoroughfare through) Baxter Estates, eventually reaching an intersection with Tianderah Road and Woodcleft Avenue.[4][7] From this intersection, Central Drive continues meandering its way west through the village, forming the northern perimeter of Baxter's Pond County Park and Barbara Johnson County Preserve, to its intersection with Shore Road (CR E25); Central Drive and the CR C36 route designation terminate at this location.[4][7]

The road is classified as a local road by the New York State Department of Transportation.[5][6] The route is approximately 0.35 miles (0.56 km) in length.[2][5][6]

History

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The former shield for CR 15A

In 1673, the "Cow Neck" homestead settlement – also known as the Baxter Homestead – was established by John Betts and Robert Hutchings.[8] This settlement, located at the corner of Central Drive and Shore Road, was purchased by Oliver Baxter circa 1741, and it housed Hessian troops were during the American Revolutionary War.[8][9][10][11]

In 2017, the Baxter Homestead – by then a designated local landmark – burned down in a major blaze after its owner announced plans to demolish the structure for a new house.[12][13][14] The fire's cause was never determined.[15][16]

Route number

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In 1959, the Nassau County Department of Public Works created a numbered highway system as part of their "Master Plan" for the county highway system.[3][17] As part of this plan, Central Drive was originally designated as County Route 15A – a child route to County Route 15, which then ran between Old Northern Boulevard in Roslyn and Manhasset Bay in Manorhaven via West Shore Road, Beacon Hill Road, Main Street, Shore Road, Manorhaven Boulevard, and Orchard Beach Road; Central Drive then intersected at both ends with CR 15.[3][17]

As with all other county routes in Nassau County, CR 15A became unsigned in the 1970s, when Nassau County officials opted to remove the signs as opposed to allocating the funds for replacing them with new ones that met the latest federal design standards and requirements stated in the federal government's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.[18][19]

After the route numbers in Nassau County were altered, Main Street (once part of CR 15) was purchased by the Town of North Hempstead, and County Route 15 was truncated at Port Washington Boulevard (NY 101).[20] Central Drive was subsequently renumbered as one of two discontiguous segments of CR C36 – the other being Linden Boulevard / Central Avenue in Valley Stream.[20][21]

Major intersections

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The entirety of Central Drive is located within the Village of Baxter Estates.[2][5][6]

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Baxter Estates0.000.00Main StreetEastern terminus
0.070.11Locust Avenue
0.20.32Overlook Drive
0.240.39Tianderah Road / Woodcleft Avenue
0.350.56Shore Road (CR E25)Western terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "CR C36" (PDF). NYSDOT Local Highway Inventory. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d "Nassau County Road Jurisdiction Viewer" (Map). nassau-county.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Nassau County Department of Public Works (1959). "Master Plan for Nassau County". Nassau County Department of Public Works.
  4. ^ a b c d New York State Department of Transportation (2021). "County Roads Listing: Nassau County" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d "New York State Department of Transportation Functional Class Viewer". gis.dot.ny.gov. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  6. ^ a b c d "New York State Roadway Inventory System Viewer". gis.dot.ny.gov. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  7. ^ a b c d Mackay, Robert B. (2015). Gardens of Eden: Long Island's Early Twentieth-Century Planned Communities. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0393733211.
  8. ^ a b Winsche, Richard (October 1, 1999). The History of Nassau County Community Place-Names. Interlaken, New York: Empire State Books. ISBN 978-1557871541.
  9. ^ Loweree, H. W. (July 6, 1945). "Old Time Port Story". The Port Washington News. Retrieved 2025-07-23.
  10. ^ Campiello, Veronica (2017-03-04). "Who Is The Baxter Family Of The Historic Baxter House?". www.longislandpress.com. Retrieved 2025-08-11.
  11. ^ Claus, Christina (2019-04-17). "Baxter House Plan Presented To Village Commission". www.longislandpress.com. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  12. ^ Barron, James (February 8, 2017). "Something Rotten in East Egg? After Historic House Burns, Locals Wonder". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-07-13.
  13. ^ Rizzo, Frank (2017-08-02). "A Hole In The Heart Of Baxter Estates". islandpost.us. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  14. ^ Claus, Christina (2019-04-17). "Baxter House Plan Presented To Village Commission". www.longislandpress.com. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  15. ^ Chung, Christine (February 7, 2017). "Officials: Cause of Baxter House fire unknown". Newsday. Archived from the original on 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  16. ^ Bain, Christopher. "Baxter House, before". Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society. Retrieved July 13, 2023.
  17. ^ a b "Sea Cliff quadrangle, New York - Map Collections". Brooklyn Public Library. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  18. ^ "Nassau-Suffolk County Road History". 2009-01-03. Archived from the original on 2009-01-03. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  19. ^ Anderson, Steve. "County Roads on Long Island". NYCRoads. Archived from the original on January 3, 2009. Retrieved January 3, 2008.[self-published source]
  20. ^ a b "Sea Cliff quadrangle, New York - Map Collections". Brooklyn Public Library. Retrieved 2025-07-27.
  21. ^ New York State Department of Transportation (2021). "County Roads Listing: Nassau County" (PDF). New York State Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 2, 2023.
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