Editing Atlantic Beach, New York (section)

=== Resistance to development ===
Many of the beach club's owners have tried to buy additional lots in the village, however, most attempts have been rebuffed by the village board; the residents are staunchly opposed to any development that is not in-line with the character of the village, even until this day.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Devlrn |first=John C. |date=December 21, 1975 |title=Proposal for Park at Silver Point Being Studied |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/21/archives/proposal-for-parkat-silver-point-being-studied-plan-for-development.html |access-date=February 23, 2020 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="NYT-1990-05-27">{{Cite news |last=Monahan |first=Sharon |date=May 27, 1990 |title=Atlantic Beach Upset By Beach Club Project |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/27/nyregion/atlantic-beach-upset-by-beach-club-project.html |access-date=February 24, 2020 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bessen |first=Jeff |date=January 30, 2020 |title=Sparks fly over new Atlantic Beach club |url=https://www.liherald.com/stories/sparks-fly-over-new-atlantic-beach-club,121873 |access-date=March 22, 2020 |website=Herald Community Newspapers |language=en}}</ref> A relatively recent attempt to develop beachside condos was supported by former [[Al D'Amato|Senator D'Amato]] – although this attempt, too, failed.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lambert |first=Bruce |date=August 26, 2007 |title=D'Amato a Heavyweight in Condo Plan Dispute |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/26/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/26mainli.html |access-date=February 24, 2020 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Additionally, residents have opposed the construction of an [[Eruv]], since Atlantic Beach residents did not want Atlantic Beach to be as filled with Orthodox Jews as the neighboring towns of Lawrence and Cedarhurst had become. In 1989, one resident told the New York Times that they thought the eruv would encourage the "ghettoization" of the community. As of 2020, there is an eruv in Atlantic Beach, which is fully operational and checked weekly.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Monahan |first=Sharon |date=November 26, 1989 |title=Atlantic Beach Split By Sabbath Border |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/26/nyregion/atlantic-beach-split-by-sabbath-border.html |access-date=April 8, 2020 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Eruv Map - Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach |url=https://www.jewishcenterofatlanticbeach.org/eruv-map.html |access-date=September 10, 2020 |website=www.jewishcenterofatlanticbeach.org}}</ref>