STOP & SHOP UNITS OPPOSED IN N.Y., N.J.

ELLIOT ZWIEBACH

QUINCY, Mass. -- As Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. here attempts to expand from New England into the New York metropolitan area, it is encountering community opposition in at least two locales. Objections are being raised in Roslyn, N.Y., and Springfield, N.J., by residents who say they think the stores will create too much traffic congestion. Stop & Shop officials could not be reached for comment. The five-member board of trustees of the Village of Roslyn -- sitting as a site review committee -- is scheduled to vote Dec. 6 on whether to allow construction to begin on a 63,000-square-foot Stop & Shop. Roslyn is 10 miles east of New York City.

According to Eileen Maida, village administrator of Roslyn, some people in the village have expressed concerns about the amount of traffic congestion the store might generate.

In Springfield, residents are objecting to Stop & Shop's plans to convert a building that formerly housed a Saks Fifth Avenue into a supermarket. The Springfield Planning Board has not yet scheduled a hearing on the matter.