What Happened
A minor crash blocked the right shoulder of northbound NY 135 in Nassau County on Thursday, September 17, 2026. No lane closures beyond the right shoulder were reported. Nassau County authorities have not yet confirmed the number of vehicles involved or released any names.
The incident left the right shoulder unusable while responders worked the scene. Travel lanes on northbound NY 135 remained open. A separate minor crash on the same corridor had been recorded the previous day, September 16, 2026.
Location & Road Context
NY 135, the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway, runs north-south through Nassau County connecting the Southern State Parkway near Seaford to the Northern State Parkway near Plainview. It carries heavy commuter and commercial volume through central Nassau.
Thursday’s crash is the 9th incident recorded on NY 135 in the past 30 days, according to Long Island Traffic’s incident registry. It is the 17th on the corridor in 2026. The most recent prior fatal crash on NY 135 occurred on July 2, 2026. September 17 also saw concurrent incidents on the Northern State Parkway, the Southern State Parkway, and the I-495 corridor in Nassau County.