Community Corner
When Will the Leaves Change on Long Island?
Only 40 to 50 percent of the trees have started changing color so far.
Long Island has the pumpkin crowd, the apple pickers and the festival goers. But for now, at least, the leaf-peepers have little to reason to flock to the region.
According to the state's leaf tracker, Nassau and Suffolk Counties are only at about 40 percent changed, with the Hamptons a little ahead with 50 percent of the leaves starting to change.
Still, there isn't much by way of gold, yellow and orange on the trees now except for in a few, isolated areas.
The leaf pattern is not much different from last year. When Hurricane Sandy hit the area on Oct. 29, 2012, the trees were mostly lush with still-green leaves.
According to the state, areas upstate such as Ulster County and the Catskills are far better places to take in the season change now. Up there you'd be lucky to find a green leaf at all.
At least in Long Island's case we can keep the rakes in the shed a bit longer.
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