A $3,737,276 contract awarded in August to rebuild curbs, sidewalks, drainage, street lighting and roadway along Westbury Avenue is finally bringing a two-decade-old neighborhood demand to life in Carle Place, even as the hamlet's modest home prices continue to lag the region's median. Westbury-based Stasi General Contracting won the job as the lowest bidder by roughly $91,000, with construction expected to run through May 2027.
The project covers new sidewalks, curbs, drainage and repaved roadway stretching from Jamaica Boulevard to Carle Road.
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The project includes town investment in the corridor.
Funding for the work is split between governments: Nassau County is providing $3 million under an intermunicipal agreement, with the Town of North Hempstead contributing $2 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funds, according to Nassau County Government.
A Joint Town-County Project
The reconstruction is a joint project involving Nassau County and North Hempstead.
Once finished, the corridor will have rebuilt sidewalks, drainage and repaved roads. For Carle Place, the streetscape overhaul is a visible payoff for decades of patience.
Old Country Road Retail and a Shuttered Banquet Hall
A few blocks away, the former Chateau Briand site on Old Country Road is proposed for redevelopment as a multi-tenant retail and dining space with a drive-through bank. Scotto Brothers Inc., which acquired the 21,300-square-foot banquet hall in 1978, submitted a site plan in March 2024 to redevelop the 5.5-acre parcel into 35,558 square feet of new retail construction, plus a 2,804-square-foot Raising Cane's restaurant and a separate 3,015-square-foot drive-thru bank, according to Newsday's earlier coverage. The proposal reuses the site adjacent to an existing DSW shoe store at 357 Old Country Road.
Chateau Briand closed permanently in December 2022 after 50 years in business, laying off 112 workers amid economic pressures, as Greater Long Island reported at the time. The venue had hosted decades of weddings and community galas before its shutdown, making its redevelopment into fast-casual retail a notable shift for the corridor.
Parks and Local Improvements
Infrastructure spending in Carle Place has extended beyond its commercial strips. In November 2022, North Hempstead allocated federal infrastructure funds toward a $9 million local improvement initiative that funded the completion of Charles J. Fuschillo Park, Patch reported at the time. The 2023 renovation of Fuschillo Park added a new spray pad and an accessible playground.
Transit connectivity got a boost when the Carle Place LIRR station was upgraded to accommodate a full-length 12-car train. A monthly LIRR ticket from Carle Place currently runs $299.75, per Newsday's report, and the hamlet is also served by the Westbury Memorial Public Library and Nice Bus routes 22, 27 and 43x.
Associate broker Nancy Jarvis of Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty told Newsday that Carle Place is close to the railroad and has its own fire department, water district and civic association. She described the hamlet as having good sports programs and a community where residents support one another — a draw reinforced by a school system where all three Carle Place Union Free School District schools sit on a single campus. That district posts a 96 percent graduation rate, Newsday noted.
Homes Selling Below List
Despite the investment pouring into the hamlet, home sales data shows Carle Place buyers are still finding deals relative to list prices. A four-bedroom, two-bathroom Cape Cod on Wright Avenue, built in 1948 on a 0.14-acre lot, sold for $805,000 after 91 days on the market — $24,000 below its list price — per Newsday's review of OneKey MLS figures.
Not every recent sale undercut expectations by that margin. A five-bedroom, four-bathroom craftsman-post modern home on Curtis Avenue, built in 2025, sold for $1.6 million after 108 days on the market, still $99,999 below its list price. Across the hamlet, 21 homes sold in the twelve months ending September 29, 2025, at a median sale price of $800,000, matching the median from the preceding year when 25 homes changed hands, according to OneKey MLS data cited by Newsday.
Current listings in Carle Place range from $639,000 for a condo to $1.688 million, with five properties on the market as of Newsday's report. Newsday pegs Carle Place's overall median home value at $750,000, with most housing stock made up of capes, colonials and split levels — styles that trace back to a defining chapter in the hamlet's history.
From Frog Hollow to Levitt's Prototype
Carle Place's roots run deep. Captain Thomas Carle purchased land in the area in 1656, and the hamlet was previously known as Frog Hollow before being renamed for a house built around 1830 by Silas Carle, a successful New York City pharmaceuticals merchant who returned to Long Island and built a family home on 220 acres, per Newsday's historical account. That house became a local landmark known as the Carle Place, lending its name to the surrounding community, which opened its first post office in 1916 and gained its own LIRR station in 1923.
The hamlet's modern housing stock dates largely to 1946, when William J. Levitt built 600 low-cost houses on 19 acres in Carle Place, a development Newsday describes as the prototype for Levittown, which began construction the following year. The hamlet's population reportedly increased fivefold within five years of that housing construction — a growth spurt whose modern echo now shows up not in new subdivisions, but in rebuilt sidewalks, a reimagined banquet hall site, and a long-delayed road finally getting fixed.
