Over the past 50 plus years Mr. Garsten
estimates he and his more than 60 employees working alongside him have
sold more than 55,000 Automobiles since his first
sale.
Mr. Garsten has been operating his dealership
since 1959. His first building was at 1175 West Main Street in
Riverhead. The current location of Buoy One Restaurant. He has been past
President of the Riverhead Chamber of Commerce, President of Riverhead
Rotary, past Chairman of Eastern Long Island United Way and Chairman of
Peconic Bay Medical Center. Currently he is Vice Chairman of Peconic Bay
Medical Center Foundation. In 2006 Mr. Garsten was awarded the Time
Magazine Quality Dealer Award.