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  • Kleiner’s Korner: The Removal of the Clinton Road Motor Parkway Bridge
    Feb 17 2021

    Kleiner’s Korner: The Removal of the Clinton Road Motor Parkway Bridge

    Following numerous accidents near the Clinton Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Garden City, village officials and Nassau County in 1938 agreed to dismantle the bridge and its abutments. (4 comments)


  • A rare 1936 amateur film of  airplanes at Roosevelt Field
    Feb 16 2021

    A rare 1936 amateur film of airplanes at Roosevelt Field

    Earlier this month I purchased a 19-minute amateur 16 mm film of the 1936 and 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Races. A big surprise was this rare one-minute color clip of airplanes taking off and landing at Roosevelt Field. (2 comments)


  • Update with new video: Crankshaft, Richard Lentinello’s new quarterly magazine, is available for orders
    Feb 16 2021

    Update with new video: Crankshaft, Richard Lentinello’s new quarterly magazine, is available for orders

    Richard Lentinello has announced that his new high-quality collector-car quarterly publication Crankshaft is available for orders. "The incredible Restoration and History of Tucker #44" has the great honor of being the cover article for issue #1. (14 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #7 Solved: A 1932 View of Willie’s K’s Eagle Nest and Northport Harbor
    Feb 15 2021

    Mystery Foto #7 Solved: A 1932 View of Willie’s K’s Eagle Nest and Northport Harbor

    Greg O. challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto. (10 comments)


  • 1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #7: Bethpage Lodge
    Feb 10 2021

    1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #7: Bethpage Lodge

    From 1958 to 1967, unidentified couple(s) documented tours of the Motor Parkway with over 70 photos taken from the Western Terminus in Queens to the Eastern Terminus (Lake Ronkonkoma). In the seventh of the series, these three photos feature the Bethpage lodge taken around 1960. (1 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Korner: The Land of the Motor Parkway Mineola Lodge (Kiosk)
    Feb 09 2021

    Kleiner’s Korner: The Land of the Motor Parkway Mineola Lodge (Kiosk)

    The Motor Parkway and the Mineola Lodge, originally a ticket kiosk between 1910 and 1921, were on land originally owned by the Walkers-Peters and Luhrs families. Surveys here are from 1907 and are from the Motor Parkway Maps and Surveys collection and indicate the area purchased by the Motor Parkway. (12 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #6 Solved: The Open-Air Roosevelt Field Mall in 1957
    Feb 08 2021

    Mystery Foto #6 Solved: The Open-Air Roosevelt Field Mall in 1957

    Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto? (20 comments)


  • Sad News: The Passing of Sam Berliner III
    Feb 06 2021

    Sad News: The Passing of Sam Berliner III

    It is with great sadness that I inform you of the passing of Sam Berliner III- An original leading advocate for the Motor Parkway. (25 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Korner: Part 3 - The Race that Brought Willie K. “Racing” to America”
    Feb 03 2021

    Kleiner’s Korner: Part 3 - The Race that Brought Willie K. “Racing” to America”

    The final part of this series provides additional photographs of the race participants and their automobiles, including as Peter Helck notes, the "illustrious" Madam du Gast. Courtesy of the Helck Family Collection. (1 comments)


  • 1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #6: Petit Trianon in Lake Ronkonkoma
    Feb 02 2021

    1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #6: Petit Trianon in Lake Ronkonkoma

    From 1958 to 1967, unidentified couple(s) documented tours of the Motor Parkway with over 70 photos taken from the Western Terminus in Queens to the Eastern Terminus (Lake Ronkonkoma). In the sixth of the series, these photos feature the post-fire Petit Trianon located at the Eastern Terminus in Lake Ronkonkoma from 1958-1960. (5 comments)




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The six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island from 1904 to 1910 were the greatest sporting events of their day, and the first international automobile road races held in the United States. The races had a far-reaching impact on the development of American automobiles and parkways. This site provides comprehensive information on the races, the Long Island Motor Parkway and current Long Island automotive events, car shows and news.

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