Biohazard and Pathogen Disinfection in Riverside, NY

Riverside is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Southampton, Suffolk County - not the other New York community of the same name - and it takes its name from its position on the south bank of the Peconic River.

Riverside sits directly across the Peconic River from downtown Riverhead and shares Riverhead's ZIP code, 11901.

The Suffolk County government center and county jail are located in the Riverside area, even though they have been served since the 1960s by the neighboring Riverhead sewer system.

Riverside had 2,882 residents at the 2020 census, almost unchanged from 2,911 in 2010, spread across about 2.75 square miles; the 2000 census counted 846 households in the hamlet.

Town studies have documented Riverside as the most economically distressed community in Suffolk County, a sharp contrast with the wealthy Hamptons communities elsewhere in the Town of Southampton.

The Town of Southampton adopted the Riverside Revitalization Action Plan in 2015 and later secured roughly $45 million for a first phase built around a new sewer district, hundreds of units of housing and a planned 20-acre riverfront park on the Peconic.

Much of the land around the hamlet is protected open space in the Central Pine Barrens, and Riverside children are served by Riverhead's schools, library and fire department across the river.