Tag: Massapequa%20lodge
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VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: A Long Island Motor Parkway Garage Discovered!
On May 27, 2015, I accompanied Arthur Mauriello, grandson of Thomas Zinzi and Josephine Zinzi, to the site of the Massapequa Lodge, formerly in Plainedge now located in Bethpage. Our adventure and Motor Parkway discoveries are documented in this post.
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VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Photos From the First Long Island Motor Parkway Officer
In the second in our series, Arthur Mauriello, grandson of Thomas Zinzi and Josephine Zinzi, has provided more photos from his family albums.
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VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive:Thomas J. Zinzi- The First Long Island Motor Parkway Police Officer
Sixteen years after it opened, the Long Island Motor Parkway, Inc. determined that motorcycle patrols were needed to improve the safety of the road. The first Motor Parkway police officer hired in 1924 was Thomas Zinzi, previously assistant Parkway repair foreman and the husband of Josephine Zinzi, the Massapequa Lodge…
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Motor Parkway Trails #3: Bethpage Along the Central Railroad Right-Of Way
The third of the Motor Parkway Trail series for "exploring, biking and hiking" documents a 1.06 mile section of the road in Bethpage which parallels the right-of-way for the Central Railroad.
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Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #43: Massapequa-Hicksville Motor Parkway Bridge in Plainedge
The 43rd bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Massapequa-Hicksville Road Bridge in Plainedge.
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Mystery Foto #52 Solved: The Wantagh Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge
For the one-year anniversary of Mystery Foto Friday, the 52nd in the series was a unique previously published photo of the Motor Parkway.
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The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: #11 Massapequa Lodge in Plainedge
Going west to east, the tenth Motor Parkway toll collection structure was the Massapequa Lodge in Plainedge.
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Then & Now: Massapequa Road During the 1908-1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races
The intersection of Massapequa-Hicksville Road and the Long Island Motor Parkway was a favorite location for watching for watching the 1908, 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races.
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The Three Benz in the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race
A total of three and possibly four Benz participated in the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race driven by George Robertson, Eddie Hearne, Franz Heim and David Bruce-Brown.
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From the Noel Gish Collection: Postcards of the Vanderbilt Cup Races & Long Island Motor Parkway
Noel Gish has a collection of Long Island postcards which he used to help teach Long Island history to his classes at Hauppauge High School. Noel, now President of the Board of Trustees of the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, has forwarded some of his favorite Vanderbilt Cup Races and Long…
The partially completed train crossing is obviously Mineola or Albertson. Staring at the picture it could easily be…