 Browncroft Boulevard was upgraded into a four @-@ lane divided highway between the Sea Breeze Expressway ( NY 47 ) and Blossom Road during the mid @-@ 1960s . Some parts of the highway were upgraded on the spot ; others were bypassed and are now known today as Old Browncroft Boulevard . As a result of the upgrade , the alignments of NY 286 and NY 286A west of Blossom Road were flipped , placing NY 286 on Browncroft Boulevard and NY 286A on Blossom Road . The NY 286A designation was removed in the early 1970s and replaced with NY 941V , an unsigned reference route 2 @.@ 20 miles ( 3 @.@ 54 km ) in length . Reference markers along Blossom Road still read " 286A " . 
