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An advertisement for this growing area of Queens where 737 business and residential lots were offered featured the Motor Parkway in the lower right hand corner.  (The New York Times May 16, 1926)

Little Neck Road was noted as "the gateway to the Motor Parkway".  The site was located between the Belleclaire and Glen Oaks Golf clubs.   (Nassau-Daily Review May 10, 1926)

A close up of the reference to the Motor Parkway.   (The New York Times May 16, 1926)

Nassau

Five parcels of land near the East Williston railroad station were sold for development.   The parcels were on Willis Avenue, between East Williston Road and the Motor Parkway.   (Brooklyn Eagle May 3, 1926)

The area a year after the sale with streets already laid out.  (E. Belcher Hyde, 1927)

Acreage surrounding the Bethpage Motor Parkway gate was for sale.   (Brooklyn Eagle May 16, 1926)

The Bethpage Toll Gate is shown here between the Massapequa and Melville lodges.  (F. Hopfer, 1925)

I believe this farm of 68 acres was near Hicksville as the person offering it, John Puvogel, was a prominent  participant in civic affairs and a realtor in the area.   (The Long-Islander May 28, 1926)

Many mentions of Puvaget appeared in The Long-Islander - now I understand why.  (The Long-Islander May 28, 1926)

Suffolk

This "Gentleman's country residence" included a 3-car garage, hot and cold running water, a large chicken house and more!  Anyone want to guess what the proposed 80 foot East Islip to Smithtown parkway refers to (if it was actually built)?   A house north of the Motor Parkway was also being offered.  (Brooklyn Eagle May 16, 1926)

Five acres with a four room house on the corner of the Motor Parkway and Blydenburg Road presumably in Hauppauge was offered.   (The Chat May 29, 1926)

The intersection today!  Somewhere among the trees and the buildings was the four room house. 

And even today, more land for sale at the intersection!  

Another corner parcel with a home on the Motor Parkway offered for sale.   Could this be the same as the previous listing?  (The Chat May 29, 1926)

Five minutes from the Motor Parkway in Lake Ronkonkoma.   (The New York Times May 2, 1926)

The Jackson Pony Farm

The first listing offers frontage on the Motor Parkway at $450 per acre.   Another 206 acres were offered at $1,000 per acre for the "Jackson Pony Farm" of which I knew nothing about.  (Brooklyn Eagle May 30, 1926)

It turns out the Pony Farm was in Melville and at one time supplied horses to the military before and after World War I.  The Walt Whitmen shopping mall now is on the property.   (Newsday Jul. 2, 2010)

An auction for farm equipment was held near the Jackson Pony Farm in 1924.  Note the auction sale of horses at the bottom half of the ad which was to be held on the Vanderbilt Estate - Deepdale?  (The Long-Islander Feb. 8, 1924)

Henry J. Hendel was most probably a worker at the pony farm.  (The Long-Islander Jan. 13, 1933)

I'm not certain but the owner of the farm might have been Oscar (O.) C. Jackson who is listed here as being 25 years old and a farmer in Huntington.  (U.S. Census, 1900)

This listing for a child's "reliable" pony for sale mentions a Dr. O.C. Jackson's Pony Farm, but the location is in Jamaica.  The Dr. refers to Jackson being a veterinarian (found in other listings) and might refer to Oscar's father who was also named Oscar.   Additional research needed to solve this mystery.   

That's it for May, 1926.   Lots of real estate bargains for smart investors!