Our organization, The Historical Conservation Society of Wheatley Heights and Wyandanch, was created in 2025, in response to overdevelopment and environmental injustice practices in the Town of Babylon, on Long Island, New York. Our most important issue right now is an industrial park the Town of Babylon wants to build in the middle of our communities.

In spite of strong community opposition (we have a change.org petition with almost 3,000 signatures that you can sign HERE ), the Town of Babylon has chosen to move forward with a zoning change. Rather than leave the land zoned as residential or even reclassifying it as parkland, the Town has chosen to acquiesce to a California-based developer, as well as the landowner, Pinelawn Cemeteries, and rezone the area for industrial use.

Our organization, along with other civic associations in the area, have asked the Town to reconsider the plans for this land and put either a park or a botanic garden there instead of the planned industrial park. The land, currently zoned as residential cemetery, also houses Greenlawn, an historic cemetery where Civil War veterans from the United States Colored Troops have their final resting place, along with many Native Americans and formerly enslaved African Americans.

Our organization is planning to file an Article 78 lawsuit against the Town of Babylon, the California-based developer The Bristol Group, and Pinelawn Cemeteries. We have spoken with an attorney who is willing to represent us. We are looking for at least 600 community members and/or supporters who are willing to donate $50 each to our case. While this is our goal, please note we will take ANY AMOUNT you are able to donate.

Residents who live in Wheatley Heights and Wyandanch, along with Dix Hills, Melville, East Farmingdale, and North Babylon should know that this industrial park is going to compromise our environment, cause major traffic headaches, disrespect the historic Greenlawn Cemetery (that Pinelawn does not even properly maintain), and disrupt a pristine forested area that houses a portion of Long Island's endangered Pine Barrens. With two warehouses built less than five miles to the east and to the north of the site, there is absolutely NO NEED for this ridiculous project of nine large warehouse buildings dropped into the middle of two small bedroom communities.

Please help us save our communities and fight this project!