Vanderbilt Cup Races

Tag: Queens

Jan 22 2009
Alley Pond Striders on the Long Island Motor Parkway Greenway

Lynn Henry has submitted information on the Alley Pond Striders. This running and walking club has over 250 members and serves the communities of Eastern Queens and Nassau County.
Jan 07 2009
A Fresh Meadows View of the Western LIMP Terminus

Over the last five years, I have been documenting the 44-mile right-of way of the Long Island Motor Parkway from Fresh Meadows, Queens to Lake Ronkonkoma, Suffolk County. The most elusive area to research has been the most westerly section of the Motor Parkway In Queens. This entrance from…
Jan 01 2009
The Four-Lane Motor Parkway and an Aerial View of Queens in 1924

For the second VanderbiltCupRaces.com post of 2009, I have improved the format of my December 31st post and added a rare 1924 aerial view.

The post includes amazing images from the Queens Borough President's Collection that shows two Long Island Motor Parkway bridges over Winchester Boulevard in Queens.…
Dec 31 2008
The Two Bridges Over Winchester Boulevard in Queens

For the last VanderbiltCupRaces.com post of 2008, I have selected amazing images from the Queens Borough President's Collection that show two Long Island Motor Parkway bridges over Winchester Boulevard in Queens. Yes, in November 1932, there were two bridges at this location and the Motor Parkway looked like a…
Dec 26 2008
When Gasoline was 14 Cents a Gallon

Several people have requested an unedited version of the image posted this Wednesday of the corner of the Hillside Avenue and Springfield Boulevard on January 22, 1931.
Dec 24 2008
The Treasure Hunt Continues

Okay, I admit it- I really enjoy the treasure hunt for new Vanderbilt Cup Race and Long Island Motor Parkway photos and memorabilia. As a result, I currently have a over 25,000 images and 150 collectibles collected over a five year period.
Dec 17 2008
A Queens Tour of the Long Island Motor Parkway

Many viewers have requested maps of the Long Island Motor Parkway so they can walk this historical road and find remnants of America's first parkway.

I have put together routes in Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties using a 1940 map which still showed the Long Island Motor Parkway right-of-way.…
Dec 15 2008
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: New Queens LIMP Signage

Along the right-of-way of the Long Island Motor Parkway, there are several historical plaques that commemorate the road. Unfortunately, many of the plagues provide misinformation and often mistakenly call the road the "Vanderbilt Motor Parkway". Wrong!!!

For several months, historian Bob Miller has tried to correct and…
Dec 04 2008
A Rare Photo of the North Hempstead Turnpike LIMP Bridge

In the early 1950s, Robert C. Levine went for a walk with a friend in a Queens park and stumbled on remains of the Long Island Motor Parkway. The road ended on an abandoned bridge near ball fields in Fresh Meadows. His friend documented the moment in the above photo…
Nov 01 2008
City Takes Action To Protect LIMP Greenway

On October 14, 2008, Fox 5-TV of New York continued their investigation of Queens home owners infringing of the Long Island Motor Parkway greenway in Oakland Gardens.