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  • Views of the Vanderbilt Cup Races in East Norwich
    May 02 2012

    Views of the Vanderbilt Cup Races in East Norwich

    Matt Meng (President of the East Norwich Civic Association): Howard, please post some of your favorite photos of the Vanderbilt Cup Races as seen in East Norwich. (0 comments)


  • Newsday Update: “Jericho’s Maine Maid Inn gets landmark status”
    May 01 2012

    Newsday Update: “Jericho’s Maine Maid Inn gets landmark status”

    Reporter Bill Bleyer reported in Newsday today that the Oyster Bay Town Board has designated the Maine Maid Inn as a landmark. (1 comments)


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  • VanderbiltCupRaces.com Highlights and Blog Archives for April 2012
    Apr 30 2012

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com Highlights and Blog Archives for April 2012

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com attained the second highest monthly visitors in its history (7,394). The daily unique visitor average of 246 represented a 21% increase over April 2010. (0 comments)


  • The Hempstead Plains Motor Parkway Bridge Near Bloomingdale Road
    Apr 28 2012

    The Hempstead Plains Motor Parkway Bridge Near Bloomingdale Road

    Tim Ivers: "Howard, the 1932 Hagstrom Map shows an overpass over the LIMP (Bloomingdale Road extension) which connected with Hempstead Tpke. The overpass is about halfway between Jerusalem Avenue on the west and Wantagh Rd (Ave.) on the east. Are there any known photos of this overpass, or other information?" (1 comments)


  • New York State Historians Give the Black Beast a Big Thumbs Up!
    Apr 27 2012

    New York State Historians Give the Black Beast a Big Thumbs Up!

    Following my presentation of the "Incredible Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island" at the 2012 Association of Public Historians of New York State lsast Wednesday, several historians experienced the Alco "Black Beast" first-hand in the parking lot of the Hyatt Regency Long Island. (6 comments)


  • The Long Island Aviation County Club, the Motor Parkway and a Hangar
    Apr 26 2012

    The Long Island Aviation County Club, the Motor Parkway and a Hangar

    One of the first private country club airfields in the United States was built on 200 acres abutting the north side of the Long Island Motor Parkway in the Hempstead Plains. (3 comments)


  • VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive:  New Evidence of the Melville Sand Pits Motor Parkway Bridge
    Apr 25 2012

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive:  New Evidence of the Melville Sand Pits Motor Parkway Bridge

    More evidence has surfaced that the last intact Motor Parkway in Suffolk County is still standing in the Melville Sandpits near Route 110. (3 comments)


  • Where in the World is the Alco “Black Beast”?
    Apr 25 2012

    Where in the World is the Alco “Black Beast”?

    Ed Muro has forwarded this aerial from the 2010 Nassau County Cruise to the Show. Can you find the "Black Beast"? (2 comments)


  • Highlights from the First 2012 “Clean Up Day” of the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge
    Apr 23 2012

    Highlights from the First 2012 “Clean Up Day” of the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge

    Twenty members of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society had a blast last Saturday cleaning up the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge. (1 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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