Overview
- Riverhead and the owner of 400 David Court LLC reached a court-ordered, short-term plan on Wednesday that bars car parking on the 16-acre easement while allowing shuttle buses carrying some U.S. Open attendees to use the site.
- The owner filed a lawsuit this week saying the October 16, 2001 easement permits only aircraft parking and taxiway use and is seeking to stop the town and USGA from staging tens of thousands of cars there.
- The complaint says USGA crews trespassed, spray-painted property and damaged concrete blocks during preparations, citing two police reports and court filings.
- Riverhead has asked the court for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to prevent the owner from blocking access and says the town needs the site for ADA access and first-responder routing.
- While immediate parking logistics appear managed for the short term, the underlying legal fight over easement scope will be decided in Suffolk County court and could change how remote parking and shuttle operations run for the June U.S. Open.