Cannabis Regulations in Brookhaven, NY (2026)
2 verified cannabis regulations for Brookhaven, New York, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Dispensary Zoning
Brookhaven did not opt out of retail cannabis: § 85-564 lists a cannabis retail sales establishment and a cannabis indoor smoking establishment as Board of Appeals special permit uses in Industrial Districts, and § 85-569S layers on 500-foot residential and school buffers plus a one-mile spacing rule between dispensaries.
Brookhaven Cannabis Retail Zoning and Buffers
Significant RestrictionsBrookhaven Code §§ 85-564L, M and 85-569S
L. Cannabis retail sales establishment. M. Cannabis indoor smoking establishment. ... S. Cannabis retail sales establishments and cannabis indoor smoking establishment. (1) The above uses are prohibited within a 500-foot radius of any residential use or zone. Lands owned by public utilities, publicly owned rights-of-way, railroad rights-of-way, and lands owned by New York State, Suffolk County ...
Buffer Zones
Cannabis retail sales establishments and cannabis indoor smoking establishments need a Board of Appeals special permit in Brookhaven's L Industrial 1 District, and must sit outside 500-foot residential and school/park/worship buffers plus a one-mile spacing rule from any other such establishment.
Brookhaven Cannabis Retail Buffer Distances
Significant RestrictionsBrookhaven Code §§ 85-564L, 85-564M, 85-569S
Cannabis retail sales establishments and cannabis indoor smoking establishment. (1) The above uses are prohibited within a 500-foot radius of any residential use or zone. Lands owned by public utilities, publicly owned rights-of-way, railroad rights-of-way, and lands owned by New York State, Suffolk County or the Town of Brookhaven, other than parkland, shall be excluded from the radius calcula...
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