Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway (NY 135) accidents in Hempstead, NY

What our records show

The Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway (NY 135) runs through Hempstead as one of the 10.8-mile primary expressways serving Nassau County, carrying roughly 90,000 vehicles per day. The posted speed limit is 55 mph. The route stretches from Merrick Road (Seaford) to Jericho Turnpike / NY 25 (Syosset), with Hempstead sitting along that spine. Locally, drivers know it as Route 135 or NY 135 or NY-135 or Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway or SOB Expressway or Ralph J. Marino Expressway.

Our database has logged 2 incidents on Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway within Hempstead, including 1 moderate cases. No fatalities have been recorded in the incidents we track for this stretch. The most recent report we published involved Left-Shoulder Closure Reported on Northbound NY 135 in Nassau County on July 2, 2026. On average, we've seen roughly 2.0 reported crashes per month on this stretch during the period covered by our archive.

Inside Hempstead, Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway intersects with or runs parallel to several other high-volume routes — Hempstead Turnpike, Southern State Parkway, Meadowbrook Parkway — so many crashes on this corridor originate at exits and interchanges rather than along open stretches. That pattern matches what we see in the incident reports below, which cluster around entry and exit ramps feeding those surface streets.

Town context matters because accidents here don't unfold in isolation. Hempstead is home to about 55,247 residents and falls under NCPD 5th Precinct. Serious injuries from Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway crashes are typically triaged to Nassau University Medical Center. Below you'll find every incident on this stretch we've covered, newest first.