O-Co'Nee Estates Association

Formerly the summer estates of Thomas Garner, Sr. and Francis C. Lawrence, this area has since been subdivided into a private Association comprised of three parallel lanes, Garner Lane, Lawrence Lane, and West Lane, all spanning from Montauk Highway to the Great South Bay. There are restrictions on further subdivision and homes within the association fall under AAA zoning. The Association is home to many historic estates and mansions dating back to the early 20th century, and remains Bay Shore's most exclusive enclave.

This area and it's history was mentioned several times in Harry W. Havemeyer's "Along the Great South Bay: From Oakdale to Babylon, The Story of a Summer Spa, 1840-1940:"

"Thomas Garner, Sr. came to summer on South Country Road directly west of Bay Shore village and neighboring to the Francis C. Lawrance land. His property is marked today as Garner Lane, but then it extended from the railroad tracks right down to the bay, a distance of over two miles. After Garner’s death in 1867, the property was acquired by Lawrance. Garner, who was born in England, had made a large fortune in cotton milling after his arrival in New York. He and his sons became one of the biggest producers of printed cotton in the world. They were said to have an income of over $2,000,000 a year from their business. Garner married Frances M. Thorn, a descendant of one William Thorne (her branch of the Thorne family had dropped the final e) who was an original patentee of Flushing, Long Island, in 1645. Thomas and Frances Garner had two sons, Thomas Jr. and William Thorn Garner, and four daughters, the eldest of whom, Frances, married neighbor Francis Cooper Lawrance. The Garners, as well as the Lawrances, were avid yachtsmen and did much to bring that sport to the Great South Bay. Garner also became a warden of St. Mark’s Church in 1863."

Havemeyer, Harry W. "Along the Great South Bay: From Oakdale to Babylon, The Story of a Summer Spa, 1840-1940." Amereon Ltd., 1996.

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