Tag: Brentwood
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Apr 04 2026
Kleiner’s Korner: What Became of the Cooper Farmstead Near the Motor Parkway
A previous post included the sale of The Charles W. Cooper tract near the Motor Parkway.
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Feb 11 2026
Kleiner’s Korner: Motor Parkway Real Estate Activity: January, 1926
An active real estate market for land near the Motor Parkway continued in the first month of 1926.
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Oct 25 2025
Kleiner’s Korner: News of The Motor Parkway from September, 1925
Here's another edition of 100 years ago on The Motor Parkway.
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Jun 24 2023
Kleiner’s Korner: The Motor Parkway Kiosk That Doubled as a Realty Office
The original Brentwood Lodge (actually a ticket kiosk) was used by a local realtor to promote its new housing development, "Brentwood-in-the-Pines".
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Oct 02 2019
Update: Pilgrim State Hospital Complex and the Motor Parkway in 1938
Responding to a comment from a former Brentwood resident, Frank Femenias and Brian McCarthy have provided new insight and aerials concerning the Pilgrim State Hospital section of the Motor Parkway (see Comments).
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Jun 04 2018
Mystery Foto #22 Solved: A 1955 Aerial View of the Motor Parkway Surrounding Commack Road
This weekend's Mystery Foto provided a unique view of the Motor Parkway.
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Nov 13 2017
Mystery Foto #45 Solved: Taxpayers Association of Motor Parkway Acreage (TAMPA) Hall in Brentwood
Jason Adam Klosowicz challenged you to identify this building which has "Motor Parkway" in its official description.
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Jul 06 2016
The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: #18 The Brentwood Lodge at Washington Avenue
Going west to east, the 18th Motor Parkway toll collection structure was the Brentwood Lodge at Washington Avenue in Brentwood.
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Jan 30 2016
The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: #15 & #16 The Brentwood Lodges at Commack Road
Going west to east, the 15th and 16th Motor Parkway toll collection structures were the confusingly named Brentwood Lodges at Commack Road. Confusing because the structure was located in Commack, not Brentwood, and did not have any lodging facilities for the gatekeeper.
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Sep 16 2015
A 1926 Map of the Motor Parkway Acreage in Brentwood
At my July 2015 "Treasures of the Vanderbilt Cup Races" presentation in Yaphank, I was handed this Motor Parkway treasure by an audience member- a "Map of Motor Parkway Acreage located at Brentwood."
