Sunrise Highway (NY 27) accidents in Merrick, NY

What our records show

The Sunrise Highway (NY 27) runs through Merrick as one of the 100-mile primary corridors serving Nassau County, carrying roughly 80,000 vehicles per day. The posted speed limit is 55 mph (limited-access sections); 40–45 mph (signalized commercial corridors). The route stretches from Valley Stream (Nassau County) to Montauk Point (Suffolk County), with Merrick sitting along that spine. Locally, drivers know it as Sunrise Hwy or Route 27 or NY-27 or NY 27 or State Route 27 or Sunrise or state-route-27 or ny-route-27 or route-27.

Our database has logged 3 incidents on Sunrise Highway within Merrick, including 3 critical cases. No fatalities have been recorded in the incidents we track for this stretch. The most recent report we published involved Joshua Alvarado, of Queens, pleads not guilty in crash that killed Nassau crossing guard John Miro on March 31, 2026. On average, we've seen roughly 3.0 reported crashes per month on this stretch during the period covered by our archive.

Inside Merrick, Sunrise Highway intersects with or runs parallel to several other high-volume routes — Merrick Road, Meadowbrook State Parkway, Merrick Avenue — 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. Merrick is home to about 22,000 residents . Below you'll find every incident on this stretch we've covered, newest first.