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  • Updated:The Role of the Motor Parkway in the Development of the Cruise Missile
    Nov 20 2025

    Updated:The Role of the Motor Parkway in the Development of the Cruise Missile

    Hard to believe the Long Island Motor Parkway is connected to the development of the cruise missile?

  • Kleiner’s Korner: The Overlapping Histories of Long Island Aviation and the Motor Parkway
    Nov 17 2020

    Kleiner’s Korner: The Overlapping Histories of Long Island Aviation and the Motor Parkway

    Aviation and automobiling experienced overlapping histories on Long Island in the early 1900s. The Motor Parkway was part of this intertwining history.



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Aug 14 2026 Many thanks to Howard Kroplick and Al Velocci for keeping Long Island Motor Parkway history alive. Garden City has its own…

Aug 13 2026 I remember Del Insko. He was a great driver! https://sports.nyhistory.org/category/harness-racing/ Enjoy, Howard Kroplick

Aug 13 2026 My uncle is Del Insko (one of my mother’s younger brothers) and he us now 94 years old and in a nursing home in Clinton, WI and,…

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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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