strip, intersecting with CR 67 (the Long Island Motor Parkway). Further to the north, NY 231 enters a partial cloverleaf interchange with the Northern State Parkway, where the NY 231 designation terminates. At its northern terminus, Deer Park Avenue forks into two Suffolk County routes, continuing northwest as CR 35 (Deer Park Road, and later, Park Avenue), and northeast as CR 66 (East Deer Park Road). History The entirety of Deer Park Avenue and Deer Park Road was originally designated as part of CR 35 on February 24, 1930. Governor of New York Nelson Rockefeller announced in 1961 funding would be allocated for the reconstruction and widening of Deer Park Avenue. The project would help reduce congestion along the southern section of Deer Park Avenue during commutes and travel on weekends. The project would also help the ability to reduce flooding along Deer Park Avenue, which was a significant problem even during the lightest of rains. To relieve this issue, a system of drainage pipes would be constructed underneath the roadway. In the 1960s, there were plans to upgrade the entirety of NY 231 into a limited-access highway (see the "Plans for the Babylon-Northport Expressway" section below), leading to much of CR-35 being transferred to the State of New York. However, only a short segment of this route was ever upgraded to a limited-access highway. Plans for the Babylon-Northport Expressway As suggested by its name, the Babylon-Northport Expressway was originally intended to be a north-south expressway spanning most of the width of Long Island, between the NY-27A in the village of Babylon on Long Island's south shore and the intersection of Elwood Road, Fort Salonga Road (NY-25A), and Reservoir Avenue at the southern edge of Northport village on its north shore. However, local opposition to the expressway eventually resulted in the cancellation of the project before anything more than the existing 2 mile stretch could be constructed. Despite this, roughly 40% of properties along the proposed expressway's right-of-way were acquired by NYS for the unbuilt extension, including along Elwood Road, in the vicinity of Northport. In 1962, the New York State Department of Public Works announced that Deer Park Avenue would be widened for a fourteen-mile stretch from Montauk Highway and NY 25A. The road would be expanded from a two-lane boulevard to a four-lane boulevard, at a cost of about $20 million (1962 USD) with a slated completion of