That building should be bulldozed

I agree, nothing but trouble for us!!!

never any problems at tommy
's---wonder what the difference coulds be

Unbelievable.....this place is ruining our town.....never any issues at Tommy's is right or any other place. Time to shut this guy town and push away the clientale it is attracting. That is not a fair representation of Rocky Point.

Rocky Point really has so much to offer. This place has nothing good to offer. It is not representative of the majority of Rocky Point residents, yet it gets bad press that sends the wrong message about our town, killing our property values (and thus, the tax revenue tied to it, politicians!) It's time for our elected and civic officials to do everything within their legal authority to shut this place down.

If it were not for the "old" people working and paying taxes, respecting the rights of others and providing
for their families, "youz guyz" would not have any place to call home. But no respect is no respect and it
is obvious that there is a failure on the part of many people to allow this community to go down the tubes. When the priority is getting high and partying.. with out consequence..
People care when they see others caring.. You go to bed with the dawgs you get up with the fleas..
I have reason to believe that many of
the business owners do not live in Rocky Point but suck the revenue from it and go home elsewhere. Try to open a similiar youth oriented bar in any of their communities and see what happens..
The pine barrens would certainly be remote enough.

Agreed, as I understand it the owner, Bobby Gerson has been dumping on Rocky Point from the bluffs of Miller Place for years.

Bottom line, thats just wrong and I am furious with our electeds for not pulling the liquor license or having the SCPD shut this turd down sooner once they saw that his intentions were poor.
The only one I dont completely fault on this is Jane...she lives here (and like her or not) is as invested in Rocky Point as we are. The rest of them suck and are as lazy as the day is long. Blatantly exploiting us via indirect campaign contributions from the comforts of Shoreham, Mount Sinai or the Three Villages is just plain wrong.

As anyone whos lost an election here will tell you, lose Rocky Point and you'll lose the race.
We will see the dead wood at the polls again shortly and I am certain we wont forget whos let us down.

Time to shine team lazy.Theres still time to redeem yourselves. Anything less than immediate closure will be viewed as YOUR failure in RP.

Theres way too many good things happening and positive business momentum here to allow one idiot to spoil.

Get it done.

time to bulldoze this place down. in the old days this would have been done already and answer to no one, some of our men are ready to level this place at a time when no one will be hurt, and send the africans brought here from other towns directly to bobbys house for their drug escapades and hip hop b.s. we are the white militians from the midwest America and will show you how it will be done stand up all you people from rocky point, now is the time

Thanks Localmom,

Yes, they have a choice, its called "Hero or Zero". They'll either get on or go under the Bus.
We know exactly who these Politicians are and (thanks to the internet) we now know who they aren't.

This is absolutely no time for lazy, old guard career politicians ducking and weaving in and out of stupid little league, eagle scout, ribbon cutting photo ops and fund raisers. We see right though that BS in Rocky Point, we vote on results and we need real action RIGHT NOW.

My message to team lazy is get it done (you can even spike the ball at the end) or better be prepared to suffer dire political consequences and significant public embarrassment.

I promise you...we are not screwing around with this.

Oh yes we vote Localmom, and to Billy's point...you're damn right we care.
We care a lot.

Why if that building(as a bar) has been trouble before, would we allow it to be opened again, as a bar? It keeps re-opening, with a new name, same trouble. Why not make it something that would bring life to the area, during daylight hours, instead of when most of us are asleep?

RP does have a lot to offer, but it's being overshadowed by negativity. There is nothing that the Hamptons has on Rocky Point, except for the "town" itself. Our beaches are just as beautiful, and our vibe here is warm are welcoming. Our town commerce, however, isn't beautiful or inviting. Tattoo parlors, bars and nail salons aren't enough to encourage people to visit and shop.

Sayville would never allow a bar like Oxygen to exist on Main St., so why are we allowing such a place to exist on our Main St? Because we set the standards low for ourselves and our town, and we accept what is really unacceptable(Oxygen).

It's time to expect and demand more. We can do better.

I speak not for Port Jeffersn, Miller Place, Mount Sinai, Sound Beach or Shoreham. I speak of Rocky Point. Granted, there are problems..But, Rocky Point has sadly neglected it's youth and their needs, to focus on the me's of this community.
Read in between the lines of the Grafitti on every stop sign. Are the words of the profits written on subway walls..What was once a sleepy summer community has evolved into a forceful community on the North Shore. A community to be reckoned with, a community that votes and a community, certainly with a voice.
We indeed have a much coveted resourse in beach, a natural treasure. It is really up to us to keep this place, our place. to keep it for the generations of today and tomorrow.. No one, No one I say, to whom I have spoke too, wants to see this place not succeed. A way to do that, is for us to meet the needs of our community collectively. Voice on I say.

The 1 % of our country, namely today's youth are those that serve and protect the very ideals and beliefs
we take for granted here on the sleeply little north shore community to which you refer. I am talking about young people in service to this nation, by the way, it is they, who listen to hop hip or hip hop music. Why do we gotta say that they are not entitled to have a place, have a say. Might it be becasue they don't
vote and they don't pay taxes. Is it because they can't find work.. or is it that you just think they
want to be burdens to their family and cause problems for your town. Hear That..

I don't think it's fair to label people as not respectable because they frequent Oxygen. People like different styles of music and I'm sure many were there that night to hear the artist perform, not to make trouble. Some, were there for trouble, obviously, but not all.
And it's also not fair to blame everything on parents either. People are people. You can raise your child in the hopes that they will be who you hope them to be, and they may decide to be someone very different. Everyone does the best they can.
That building is not working out to be a safe club, so make it something else. Whatever is going on there, isn't safe. Let's face it, someone walked into that building with a loaded gun. If your going to run a club, maybe you need to also run the crowd through a metal detector.
Whatever is going on there, isn't working. Stop blaming, and start thinking of a better plan.

Having grown up and been a member of SWR's first graduating class of 78. I as a whole generation of McCarricks my age have witnessed the decline that has become Broadway in Rocky Point. The Oxygen Bar is just the straw that is breaking the camel's back. Broadway used to be a spot of local small business pride. Let's not just blame Oxygen Bar. From the old Drugstore (post office) from the North to the Oxygen Bar to the South the whole main street is a mess. The 25A bypass did a lot of damage to the Rocky Point main street area. If you are going to want to straighten out the problem on Main Street the whole street needs to be changed to bring in the "desirable" patrons. Need I point out that the Tattoo Parlor and the Deli (Bogeda) on Main street have had problems just as bad as Oxygen Bar. Wake up Rocky Point. It's not just Oxygen bar that is the problem. It's all of Main Street.

Ken....thank you!.....nsyc. kids... thank you.all for protecting our community....

Working as one ... for all...nsyc

C-mon cris Rock said it. There are black people and there are n-words. He said the later can't even keep a disco open 2 weeks remember, grand opening grand closing! It's not the bus drivers or civil servents and such in this club at 4 in the morning but rather the gun toting knife weilding have too much to prove degenerates that society will be paying for now and when they are old. Close the club, I said earlier but my post disapeared I leave for work at 4am and have seen fights a bottle being thrown at a car and also see the police babysitting the place (while there resources could be better used protecting our homes at night wich by the way this club doesn't help.

Local Mom, I was responding to your comment about the needs of youth.

And I agree to fix the problem, we need to find the cause. Someone agreed to let that place open and it wasn't the people that frequent it. That's alot of the problem. And I agree, Howard, it's not just Oxygen. Just because a business is willing to pay rent does not mean they are a good fit for our store fronts.

Thanks for the acknowledgement Jenn. The really sad part is that there are still decent businesses around main street that are struggling to make it. They deserve a better "downtown" community support. Guess it's two years ago now when during a great summer "Big Shot" concert with a huge crowd in the church parking lot that the Hells Angels road into town did "their business" on main street and left. Wouldn't it have been nice if that huge crowd were have been able to walk main street that night and boosted the local economy with nice shops there? I don't know the answer to the problem but I do know that main street needs a make over or the nonsense that occurred at Oxygen bar and on main street will not go away.

Nice work Councilwoman Bonner, Senator LaValle, Supervisor Lesko and Legislator Anker

Really...nice work.
Thank you all so very much for this "all hands on deck" 48 hour miracle.

Special thanks to Jane Bonner for taking the lead(and the heat on this)....Solid work, I love it!

I contend that, despite some minor disagreements (and with the exception of those who posted some ridiculous, racist comments), we are pretty much all on the same page. That is to say that we want the best for our community and aren't afraid to speak our minds about it. Kudos goes to all the elected officials who jumped on this to rectify the problem quickly.

My question than is Rocky Point going to be a "pro-active" community" toward the revitalization of Main Street or a (as is now and has been for the last few years) a "reactive community" who is blind to the problems right under you nose and claims victory after a set of criminal events?

Howard, what do you mean by did their business? Was there trouble? I remember those summer concerts going on and there as quite a lot of excitement(positive) about it. That's the kind of thing we need. There are a lot of unrecognized good businesses in RP. Sadly, it's not those businesses that are making the front of Newsday.

I don't know the answer either. But, I don't consider the shut down a victory as much as I see it as a necessity. I think it's a very smart move, don't get me wrong, but I don't think it's a step in the direction towards progress.

We need to step backward to see where we went wrong, in order to step forward.

Nice to see our elected offical, Jane Bonner standing in from of Oxygen this afternoon giving a press
conference.. I am sure she was not waiting for the bus.. Warms our heart to know we have a proactive
member representing us at local government.

Before this community applauds our representatives for their 'action' with regard to the closure of Oxygen, please note that Oxygen was NOT the first club opened by the very same management. When Ms. Bonner was campaigning for election, I specifically asked her if my vote will ensure that the club (possibly when it was the Edge) be closed and the property be used to benefit the community. Ms Bonner had very positive things to say about the manager, Bobby Gerson, and his 'strong' desire to 'clean the place up' ..... that 'clean up' resulted in the OXYGEN CLUB. As long as the current manager and owner retain the property and the State Liquor Board does not act to recind the license (originally given for a previous club on the same site, i.e. Sundance) there is no way to block the opening of yet another club by the same team who have run Sundance, Edge and Oxygen (yes, all run by under the SAME original license(!). As regards Sen. LaValle's action in contacting the State Liquor Board requesting update on the original complaint filed 11/10, why did it take the shooting of 4 patrons to trigger Sen. LaValle's 'interest' in the plight of his constituents. We have been complaining for YEARS! I placed a call to the Police the Thursday night just prior to the shooting incident, complaining of crowds milling and the potential risk of accident with patrons running into 25A. There should be no applause until the building is torn down (and the ground salted!)

Reading the previous comments was really an eye opener for me. We are fairly new to the area (purchased our home in June 2010). The small town feel is what attracted us to the neighborhood, but I have to say that I don't like what I've been seeing lately. Hope they don't let this guy re-open under a different name. Why does Rocky Point need a night club in their midst anyway? I'm hoping to see a nice "Mom & Pop" store or something for the kids in it's place!

In response to Kim, I as well am new to rocky point- moved in Oct. 2010. I had the same good feelings as you, and again like yourself I am becoming concerned that the area is not what I thought it to be, not only because of the comments concerning to the bar but the overall comments about the area and how it is not what it used to be. Kind of making me second think my decision on purchasing a home here.

I've been here for almost five years. I don't regret buying here, but I do feel RP needs attention, before things take a turn for the worst. I also didn't realize the "rep" RP was getting until after I moved here. But, I also must say, I didn't realize how much I could love a town either or defend it. Rocky Point is home.

The town has the power to be amazing. There is so much charm here. The beaches, the trails and the history are to be proud of, but a shooting like the the one at Oxygen, negates it all for many.

And, there are lots of amazing people here in RP. Loyal residents who want the best for their community. You can see that from these posts.

Doesn't negate it for me in the slightest. Rocky Point is a great community with plenty to offer.
The fact that this nonsense was rectified in 48 hours should speak to the content of its character.
At very least, its certainly more than a bunch lowlife Club patrons who came in from out of town to raise hell.Were very happy with our choice to move here.Welcome to the community.

As for the proactive comment, its easy to be successful when you offer nothing in terms of a Downtown.Try keeping your head above water when your facing the worst economy in 20 years.All in all RP is looking pretty good. We got rid of the Bikers, the Bodega and now have many new businesses opening and succeeding in the community.This town has come an awfully long way since the 80s.Its amazing to me that you cant see it.

I do not regret buying a home here-yet, but I am asking myself if I made the right decision... It is to soon for me to have regrets yet just concerns...I love the area, community, schools and beaches as well as the people- that is not my worries, my concerns are for the future of my kids here and weather or not this area will contiune to go down hill or will pick up???? I will have to wait and see...and thank you DMRP it not that I can not see it, unless your comment was not directed at me. Its just that I would have no comparison b/c I am new here.

I'm pretty sure you did Diana. I can remember Miller Place being an awful lot like this years ago.
We're here for the long haul.
Get involved.

Thanks for the response Diana. I still love the area, but I am now afraid since we bought our home planning to be here for the next 25 yrs at least. I have 4 boys & want RP to remain a nice place to raise my kids. My husband is a detective in Queens & all he wants is to leave all of the crap of the job over there when he comes home. He doesn't want to see it here too. I plan to get involved as much as I can, just a little nervous about the possible future of RP.

When I said negates it, I didn't mean for us. I meant for the people who are looking at the Newspaper. They never read, it's a beautiful, sunny day and the people in Rocky Point are at the beach. What they are reading is, four people were shot in a club in Rocky Point. It doesn't negate it for me. As I said, I don't regret moving here.

Artie, I was born & raised in East New York, Brooklyn...On Crescent St., right next to the "J" train & I went to Lane High School...I'm no where near a wash woman. My point is that if I wanted to live in a place w/crime & gunshots, I would have never moved out of the city. I refuse to conform if it means living in a neighborhood that is going down hill. Trust me, I'm very street wise & have grown up all around that stuff, but it doesn't mean that I want the same for my children.

Kim I agree, I as well just moved from brooklyn- bensonhurst where I was raised all of my life... I have seen and been through it all- that is the point why move from one area to another where you hear the same things going on, when planning a future for your children you hope it to be a positve move. In saying that I happen to love it here as I have mentioned earlier. I am just concerned by the previous comments I have read not only pertaining to this bar but in total... I am fine with diversity and a little reality for my kids to know that life is not all peaches and cream yet there is a line of it that I would hope to not be crossed, and shooting and stabbings is one of them.

Absolutely Diana. I myself, am Puerto Rican. My husband is your typical blond hair blue-eyed "white boy", so we're the perfect example of a diverse family. I just want the previous posters to understand that one can come from the "hood" w/o being OF the "hood". I love RP....I want it to stay the neighborhood I fell in love with. We're all on the same side in that we want whats best for our neighborhood, but to say that we can just conform to a "little bit of violence" is bogus to me...

Conform? I think not. Not to gunshots. Backing down isn't part of my nature, Artie. And I'll fight for the birds before I put bars on my windows.

IVE BEEN GOING TO OXYGEN FOR ABOUT 3 NIGHTS A WEEK SOMETIMES 2; SINCE EARLY FEBURARY AND IVE SEEN ITS SHARE OF BETTER DAYS SUCH AS THE ST PATTYS DAY PARADE THAT WAS IN RP,THEY HAD BIG SHOT PLAYING THEY HAD OLD AND YOUNG IN THERE AND IT WAS A GREAT DAY AND NIGHT THEY CLOSED BY 1AM AND EVERYONE WAS HAPPY. YES THERES ALWAYS GOING TO INCIDENTS AND IM NOT CONDONING IT, ITS NOT FAIR FOR THE COMMUNITY I LIVE IS MASTIC BEACH IVE HAD MY SHARE OF BS AROUND MY HOME.THIS WASNT A LITTLE INCIDENT BUT 2 OF THE PEOPLE SHOT WERENT IN THE CLUB IT WAS IN ONE OF THE PARKING LOTS. I DONT LIKE THAT THE PERMITS WERE EXPIRED OR THE FACT THE SECURITY DIDNT HANDLE IT BETTER I DO AGREE THE BAR ISNT IN THE RIGHT PLACE. AND IT BRINGS THE WRONG CROWD.

Amen Jenn!

I admit my comment was a bit heated but I just came off a 16 hour shift. I am glad to see the place is gone and feel bad for the people who live in the town that has the club that the degenerates will now frequent instead of Oxygen. Funny Kim that right under Cypress Hills J train station I was mugged by what the Police say was 18 to 25 black Males. I was 16 and couldn't have been more than a hundred pounds. They beat me until I was unconcious and if not for a passing patrol car I guess they would have kicked me until I was dead (you know the tough guys that are real tough at 20 to 1) so sorry if I am jaded but Passing that club ona a weekend at 4am just reminded me of East New york in the summertime where I used to carry a fake gun and had to pull it out on countless occasions to scare off opportunistic scumbags who would try to rob me just for walking homefrom my girlfriends house (who lived in cypress hills). Oh yea and Kim I went to Lane HS too, do you know that because of the Latin Kings (street gang) Lane had to close down and is now a Trade scool . Scary but if it happened there could it happen here? Evidently not seeing that they took a stand an closed down that life threatening getto cancer called O2. Lastly my comments are not racial as I look up to ANYONE that cares for his or her family, works hard and avoids assinine bullshit, but I also have no problem saying what I see either!

@ Artie...OK, I understand your passionate comments...small world, I too was robbed @ Cypress Hills train station & it was MY stop everyday!!! lol...yeah, I know that Lane was shut down, but it was a long time coming. That whole neighborhood is straight ghetto (wasn't really like that as a kid...only got bad when I was in my teens)...I'm worried because I waited so long to buy a house in a good neighborhood & I'm just afraid that it will become another "ghetto" if these places are allowed to operate. Downtown RP is too small for a nightclub that will attract idiots who don't know how to act or who have to put a bullet in someone because they" looked at them wrong". Like I said, we're definitely all on the same side....just happy that the place is closed. Now can we get some more shops open here?

thankfully the bullet didn't pass through one of them and end up going through a window into a sleeping baby's head like happens soo often in the five borous that it is hardly even newsworthy

All of you people from RP who have such an issue with Oxygen:
Is it because of the ethnic group of people that it attracts? Because on Thursday nights it's a bunch of white teeny boppers (mind you I myself am caucasian) from your town who all go there to link up for sleazy one night stands. I my self have a child and went there with a few of my girl friends to see the artist performing that night, and I saw a 12 year old boy who was local out side the club trying to bum a cigarette off of me at 2 AM. Perhaps if you people invested your time into your town and your own children rather then on this web site you could then better your town and yours and your children's life's.

I dont think it was an ethnic group as much as it was the gunfire, drugs and neglect. I can only assume you proofed that 12 year old before giving him a smoke?.I noticed you didnt care to share from where you came from to cast your judgments upon our town but thanks for dropping by playing the race card.

SM, It isn't about any ethnic group, It's about safety. And how do you know the 12 year old wasn't from the town you live in? Did you proof him/her and check the address? We are on this board discussing it, because we are invested in making the change. And, I doubt you and your friends were the only people there for the artist. I'm sure most people were there for the performance, not a one night stand.

It's not about judging the people that were there or the performer. It's about making the changes to avoid this happening again.

yea it is strange that the ethnic club is the center of all this violence. It's probably white people going there dressed in make up and hip hop clothes firing guns and stabbing people and like I said I saw the one guy throw a bottle at a passing car just to give minorities a bad name. Why I bet when the people up at Tommy's are going to get violent with each other they say "wait, lets wait till 4 am and have our fight down by that Oxygen bar so as to make it look like the minorities are the problem". Please!

I live in RP, I am 21 years old, I have been to (what I still call "Club Blue") a few times for events such as shows. Lately, the recent "parties" they have been promoting have been attracting all of these lowlife characters (such as drrrrty hip hop events). I do agree they should finally knock this thing down and make a park or something.

Kids in RP need something to do, badly. I know three kids that have died from drug overdoses. Dont fool yourself, parents, RP has a drug problem. Even heroin is around, and if they're not finding that, they're slipping pills and smoking a lot of weed. Please open up SOMETHING...an arcade, a park, maybe a new bowling alley?

It's hard to believe it's almost been a year.

That Lesko, Anker and of course the Ever Vigilant "Campaign 'Bundler'" Jane Bonner had the collective "Nerve" to show up for a "photo op" at this "Train Wreck That Was Bound To Happen", when it is These Very People who are charged by Voters to keep our...ahem..."Quality Of Life", In Order, locally, is no surprise...after all it was an election cycle...Gotta Campaign, even in the face of a PR Disaster for them...It's called The Arrogance of Power !

But then we LURVE these Lurve-Able Lunk Heads don't we ?