The majority of the land near the Rowe Industries site is used for residential housing. Most private residences are year round, single family homes. Several of the homes on Carroll Street have gardens and small numbers of farm animals. Only a few commercial buildings are near the site. North of the site is a small commercial bakery which was formerly a gasoline station.
Further north are several more gasoline stations.
West of the site is a New York Telephone Company building. Natural Resource Use The entire area, aside from houses supplied with public water due to site contamination, is served by private wells and on-site sewage disposal systems. The only stream in the area is Ligonee Brook. Ligonee Brook normally is dry until it reaches Sag Harbor Turnpike, at which point discharging groundwater causes it to flow. These basins are used on Long Island to increase groundwater recharge rates.