Island — compliance record
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Vetting summary
Inspections
Zero inspections on file — no safety data to evaluate (a documented gap in vetting standards)
Email identity
Company domain
Federal identity
Registration snapshot
Legal name
John Matthews
DBA
Island
Entity type
Carrier
Physical address
100 Boyd Street, Long Beach, NY 11561-2515
Phone
(516) 483-8668
Power units
1
Drivers
1
First on record
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Last MCS-150 filing
—
Hazmat flag
No
Operating authority
Dockets & filings
No L&I dockets on file for this DOT number.
Email & web forensics
On-file email
bigjohnmatthews@optonline.net — company domain
Domain age
optonline.net registered 1996-10-07 (30 years)
Mail host
Self-hosted / other
From the FMCSA on-file contact, public domain registration (RDAP), and live DNS.
Crash record — last 24 months
0
Reportable crashes
0
Tow-aways
0
With injuries
0
With fatalities
Safety record
Inspection history
No roadside inspections in the current federal dataset.
Activity log
Record changes
TenFour re-syncs the federal record daily and logs every field that changes — address moves, fleet-size jumps, authority flips. Sudden changes are a classic fraud tell.
No changes recorded since TenFour began tracking this company.
In the news
Recent coverage
Massive trucking terminal planned for Staten Island clears violations, gets green light from NYC - SILive.com
SILive.com · 4/20/2026
SEC wins churning case against 'cockroaching' broker - InvestmentNews
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SILive.com · 1/17/2026
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New York Post · 4/24/2026
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Yahoo News UK · 11/11/2025
Well-known around Staten Island’s restaurants, former trucking company owner dies - SILive.com
SILive.com · 2/10/2026
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New York YIMBY · 1/13/2026
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