Tag: Dix Hills
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May 04 2011
Art Kleiner’s Exploration #2: The Motor Parkway East of Bagatelle Road in Dix Hills
One of the current bravest explorers of the Long Island Motor Parkway is Art Kleiner. There is not a forest, thorn patch or hill that will stop Art from finding remnants of the Motor Parkway. Here are his recent findings from trips near Bagatelle Road in the area known as Dix Hills, Melville, Half-Hollow Hills and Wheatley Hills depending on your map.
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Dec 17 2009
The Mystery of the “Deer Park Lodge”
As seen here, most maps issued by the PR department of the Motor Parkway indicated the route and the location of the toll lodges including the Deer Park Lodge. However, as documented by Al Velocci's excellent book "The Toll Lodges of the Long Island Motor Parkway, and Their Gatekeepers' Lives" and my 10/10/08 toll lodge post, the Deer Park Lodge never existed. Here is further proof.
