LONG ISLAND'S HIDDEN HISTORY - EPISODE 3 

Make a video on all the psychiatric center hospitals from Long Island👍🏽

Need episode 4! Just finished reading the Power Broker and I cant get enough of Long Island's history. Lived here my entire life and am now diving into the fabulous history that has shaped my home

this is so amazing make more videos!!

These videos are amazing, please continue the great work.

Many thanks - great video and presentation

Thankful some of these visual cues remain!!!

You are doing just fantastic work here, thank you. We love it. Maybe as time goes by, you can set something up so people can submit to you there own Then & Now photos - which have been just awesome. Thanks again Christian.

I’m a delivery guy and I’ve seen a lot of this. Always knew it was once part of,something but dude, you did an incredible amount of work here. Thanks. Maybe I missed it but..there’s an overpass on the CIP, maybe north of Jericho...I was told that was the beginning of Vanderbilt.. Really enjoyed all the work you put in on all 3 vids.

Very nice video we called it old motor Parkway. I grew up in the 50s were used to play on that road that crosses the tracks from east Williston into Williston Park. I think the bridge is still there near the pools now. The road was intact when I grow up from Roslyn Road will the way towards the park.

Great video!

very cool video, lived here all my life and its always fun to find out about some of the history here

There’s also a spot next to the LIRR ROW between East Williston and Albertson. If you’re going east towards Albertson , you will see it to the left. I’m a retired locomotive engineer and always noticed it

Christian - thank you so much for all of your hard work generating these amazing series on the history of Long Island. This one was of particular interest to me being I am a LIMP buff! As a kid I used to ride my minibike along the remnants that existed at the time on LILCO property by Herricks High School and to the former Links Golf Course. Very interesting and informative! Be well!

Great to see another episode keep it up 👍🏾

That was amazing i have lived on long island most of my life and i am familiar with a lot of the locations we drive past these landmarks in history in don't even know it.

I just moved here from Illinois. While I know IL history this is fascinating to me to learn the history of my new home! Thank you!

Love the videos! Keep it up

Another excellent and exciting video!

I usually don't write comments, but y6ur videos were awesome. I lived on LI for over 27 years (I left in the early 1990s, but my parents still lived there until 2009) and I used to work as an engineer for Grumman (in Plant 5 at the Bethpage site, which is now Grumman studios), and I never knew about the old LI Motor Parkway. I now live and work in California (not by choice). I'm a big history buff and your series of hidden LI history was fascinating and extremely well-made. Thank you for doing such in-depth research. BTW, I agree with Vincent's comments below about the Power Broker (a great book). It would be great to see additional parts of your series in the future, perhaps about the LIRR, the defunct retail stores that used to be there (like Korvette's and White's), or more about aviation history. I may have a few pictures you could use and I might be able to fill in some of the gaps you might encounter. I'd be happy to help. I also wanted to mention that the Seaford Oyster Bay's (Route 135) southern terminus used to be about 2-3 blocks south of Jerusalem Avenue and would dump out onto Seaman's Neck Road at a traffic signal. I don't remember when the expressway was extended past this point down to Merrick Road, but it was probably sometime in the '60s because I used to live a few blocks away. Pop-quiz to everyone out there: does anyone remember when Roosevelt Field mall was an open-air mall?

Loving this series!!! The railroads former creedmor branch is an interesting rememant that’s rare.. but it’s there!

NYC had its own Nurgburgring

You Did a really good job.... very interesting

Great stuff !

Well done!

Great job! I know Long Island and New York City history quite well, but I knew very little about this particular subject.

Very interesting! I’d love to see some stuff on the old airfields. Mitchell Roosevelt Grumman Republic etc...lot of history. Thanks again!

WOW ! Thank you !

Really great example of urban archaeology. Very thorough and informative.

The western terminus of the Motor Parkway was at the south side of Horace Harding Expressway, where 195th Street used to be.

Fascinating video 😊

good stuff

Well done! Very informative! We live in montauk, and are aware of the existence of the Montaukets, but knew very little about them. Thank you!

Thank you so very Much !!!!

really cool make more

Your voice is so soothing

Would love to see an episode including things like Republic Airfield where the LEM for Apollo missions were built & Tesla’s place on the north shore.

As a native New Yorker raised in Bklyn during the 60's and 70's, and a product of the Foster care system then, I had almost forgotten how picturesque L.I. was (and still is). We never did a lot of traveling up there, but in one particular stretch we used to frequently go to the VA hospital there to visit my Dads father and and his natural son during his medical discharge from the marines. Both of them are in Pine Lawn Cemetery. I forget were exactly where the hospital was, but I distinctly remember the LIRR being right there and I was always fascinated by that train but only rode on it ONE time! No doubt, Long Island always stood out from all other boroughs.

The stretch from Winchester Blvd to the Clearview in Queens is largely intact and navigable. Shame that was left out...

Such a great video. Well done. However, the right of way where the power lines exist are from the abandoned Stewart line from the Long Island Railroad, not motor parkway. Although, there are points where there were indeed very close to each other, (near the crossings of Newbridge road and Wantagh ave.)

In addition to that mound which is left from the bridge embankment, there are two more easily visible today. One is on the east side of Clinton Road in Garden city, just a bit north of the school sitting on the corner of Stewart avenue. The elevated mound is just outside of the border of Roosevelt field. The bridge over Clinton road was taken down decades ago. There is another one on the north west corner of union turnpike and Winchester blvd, right across from creedmore in Queens. It is a high mound that is the eastern terminus of the extant part of the motor parkway in queens county. The top is paved and continues west.

I used to walk on the motor pkwy when I was a kid. It was right behind my house. At the corner of Stewart Ave & Arthur Ave in Bethpage there is still a mound of dirt that was an overpass. There are still remnants of the pkwy along Arthur Ave, between Stewart and Broadway in Bethpage There are houses built under the power lines just south of Crestline ave. These houses are on the old motor pkwy

Somewhere in Nassau County there’s a house with a piece of the old parkway with the road stripes still visible that are part of the backyard Between the house and the garage. I don’t recall which town however.

Nice one!! Your audio is a bit off at times tho

The Mineola Toll House is at the foot/bottom of a small hill on RUDOLPH ROAD not Rudolph Drive. (I grew up on Rudolph Rd)

Take me with!

I can honestly say on this I pad very nice videos of Long Island ny state past present history as a very young child I grew up with some nice memories of l I many hours at Jones beach bar beach port Washington manhasset bay little neck bay sea scouts bsa and more most in nassau Suffolk counties somethings come go good bad now in farmingdale Suffolk the Black Forest brew haus ristoranti closed for good well who knows tho it was where we at Long Island vw auto club last met had our once yearly vw only club show now we are in for where to meet western Suffolk and shows there if possible we need private room to meet 40 to fifty volks not very costly but parking easy as we had off the street last I enjoyed many things on li my past boating south north shore fishing museums in mattituck auto gone owner died vw auto club cruises walks on beaches bar b ques. Club does Memorial Day wantagh park after Levittown parade car shows other. Clubs fire dept parades concerts in parks church flea markets yard sales but no fleas how many feet are in a yard it depends how many persons animals are there so much has changed busiiness close retired or ristorantis gone to live here costly well politics good bad taxes all over our USA so called great country too much government good bad everywhere museums parks estates lakes towns or more wher really is best your $$$$$$$$needs varies on. Lifestyles and things we do or how done where one lives I donot like shopping malls closing long hours to earn $$$$$$$ less volunteers ems medics fire depts but love street fairs auto shows clubs repeat life should be more than fancy ristorantis wining dining drugs alcoholic don’t use me and senorita love it simple but nice walks in parks well now redoing Belmont park race track new hockey arena or elsewise more I cannot say miss when very young old fashioned country fairs in minneola village many ways with dating family to spend less enjoy yourselves less polution air but we do stupid things lazy volks no one could ever fix stupidity 2 much driving idiling autos costly waste of gasoline once he name was a lover or lawn guy land slide photo shows of it places I never saw new of but was in areas seeing there he died get all the facts first stop complaining where really is it best in the USA thank you have a nice day if possible it is so stupid all our crime defund polize riots cops killing who ever behave and donot give them reasons to be there in the first place

Love the series - very well done. How can I send you a picture and location of a place I'm sure would interest you?

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theyre going to be building a bike path along the motor parkway right of way :)

Love these videos. I grew up in Old Bethpage and before the Old Bethpage Village was established my family and I would take long walks through the woods and fields that were near our house and often came across the remnants of Motor Pkwy. It was pretty neat living near a part of history.

I was wondering why the Old Court House Rd bridge has a landmark sign. 😃

Everything was so much clearer back in the days , the people were well dressed , good behavior

THOMAS RUGGIERO 77 YEARS OLD NOW AND I'M STILL HERE.

6:20 you name some towns in queens that the motor parkway went through before passing into queens. But some of the places you named are in queens. I’m from Long Island, and I have family that lives in new Hyde park, queens. Anyway no big deal and I like the video.

I know it’s overrated but can you do kings park

where did you get this map?

I am so confused.

They still race on the parkways today don’t kid yourself 😂.

Ain't a kid or a 20 year old stoner working at the bowling alley who doesn't remember the old grandstands.

Great video!