Tag: Arthur Mauriello
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Sep 09 2026
InstaGRAM Report: Rare Home Film of Antique Automobile Racing at the 1960 Long Island Fair
Thanks to Arthur Mauriello for forwarding his family’s home video capturing the events of the 1960 Long Island Fair at Roosevelt Raceway including an antique automobile race.
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Sep 05 2026
Update #2: Documenting the Zinzi home in the Massapequa Lodge: Deed and rare film
Lodge keeper descendant Arthur Mauriello has provided a rare deed of sale and film of the Massapequa Lodge in Plainedge.
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Aug 24 2019
Highlights from the Motor Parkway Field Trip to Bethpage
Members of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society and the Central Park Historical Society had a wonderful time exploring the Bethpage section of the Motor Parkway today. Highlights included Bethpage memories and tales as told by Lenny Mulqueen, Paul Mering, Anne Albertson and Arthur Mauriello.
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Sep 13 2016
From a Lodgekeeper’s Family Album: A View of the Massapequa Lodge
Arthur Mauriello, grandson of lodgekeepers Thomas and Josephine Zinzi, has forwarded two photos of the Massapequa Lodge from one of his family albums.
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Jun 12 2015
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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Jun 10 2015
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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May 27 2015
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 gatekeeper.
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Dec 11 2013
Update: 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.
