The Shore Road Mystery

Man, I was reading a copy of the Sag Harbor Express yesterday, and the Ferry Road Condo's project was again on the front page. Dr. Harry Diner of Noyac owned this property for years, after buying it from the Remkus family in the 1980's. The Remkus's owned the Seaside Restaurant and the Fishing Station at the base of the North Haven bridge. Dr. Diner ran the old restaurant as the Harbor Professional Building for years, until he passed away a few years back. The Diner family sold it to East End Ventures who are hoping to build another big condo complex on the property.
That is a brief history of the project, however a new development has arisen. it concerns a abandoned cement road that runs from the base of the present day bridge to the fishing station. Back it the summer of 1964, my cousin and I would walk along this abandoned road, which led to where the the old wooden bridge to North Haven once stood, a few hundred feet west of the present day bridge. We would get a soda at the machine at the fishing station and walk along the abandoned road back to the foot of the bridge by the flagpole. The road is still there. Look in front of the old Harbor Professional Building next time you come over the bridge and you will see it.
Now there is a dispute on who actually owns this abandoned road. The Long Island Railroad who owned the property in the late 1800's granted an easement to the Village of Sag Harbor, to build this road to the North Haven Bridge. The Save Sag Harbor group had a title search done and it appears the Village of Sag Harbor owns the road and all waterfront property west of the bridge. East End Ventures claims they own at least half the road, and must do so in order to fulfill the necessary setback requirements to build the project as planned.
So where does this stand? I side with the Save Sag Harbor group. They did their homework, studied the history of the site and invested money for title searches. I for one would like to see the Village buy this property and make it into a park. However, I doubt they have that kind of money. They do however as of this date, appear to own the cement road, which is called Shore Road on old postcards, and the associated waterfront property. Who owns Shore Road may be in dispute, but appears to be no longer a mystery. It will not be easy for East End Ventures to claim this road, and will no doubt end in court for several years. And you know something? Tough shit guys!
This is the Sag Harbor side of the old North Haven
bridge where it once terminated by this abandoned
fishing station.(1989 photo)