Byrne Dairy plans June 24 opening for new Clay store
Byrne Dairy's new Buckley Road store is nearly ready, with the June 24 opening now hinging on National Grid power service.
A new Byrne Dairy on Buckley Road is close to becoming another everyday stop for drivers in northern Onondaga County, with the company aiming to open the Clay store on June 24. The 4,200-square-foot site will add a deli and five gas pumps at 7190 Buckley Road, placing fresh convenience and fuel access in one of Clay’s busiest commercial stretches.
Construction is mostly complete, and the last hold-up is getting power from National Grid. That makes the opening more than a ribbon-cutting date for nearby residents and commuters: it is a reminder that even a small delay in utility service can decide when a store starts serving the traffic already moving through the corridor between Buckley Road, West Taft Road and the neighborhoods around Clay Park South.
Town records show Sonbyrne Sales, Inc., which does business as Byrne Dairy, advanced the project through a special permit for gasoline sales and a traffic study before the Town of Clay Planning Board approved the site plan at its Nov. 19, 2025 meeting. Planning documents described the project as a 4,232-square-foot convenience store and fueling facility on a 2.47-acre parcel at the northeast corner of Buckley Road and Dolshire Drive, south of the Buckley and West Taft intersection.
The site had held a self-serve car wash, an auto detailing shop and another vacant building, all slated for demolition to clear the way for the new store. That shift matters in a part of Clay where land use is changing from older roadside uses to higher-traffic retail that can serve both local errands and regional commuting patterns. The corridor already draws steady customer flow, with Brooklyn Pickle across the street and Clay Park South next door.
Byrne Dairy’s expansion in Clay also fits a larger pattern. The company says it operates more than 80 convenience stores across Upstate New York, and trade coverage has placed the chain at 85 stores statewide. Byrne Dairy traces its first convenience store to Central Square in 1954, and local reporting said the company opened its 82nd Upstate New York store in Cazenovia in December 2025. For Onondaga County, the Buckley Road project is another sign that retail, fuel and food service are following the county’s population and traffic patterns as development pressure continues to build.
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