A Grand Hotel Once Occupied This Stretch of Downtown Patchogue A photograph taken by Eugene L. Armbruster in May 1924 shows Roe’s Hotel on the […]
Author: Crazy Facts About Long Island
After 181 Years, Yaphank’s LIRR Stop Moved 3.5 Miles East
Long Island does not get a new train station very often. In fact, the newly opened Yaphank-BNL station is only the second new Long Island […]
From Turkey Farm to Superfund Site: The Lawrence Aviation Story
Most people using the Setauket–Port Jefferson Station Greenway have no idea they’re passing one of Long Island’s best-known environmental cleanup sites: Lawrence Aviation. The paved […]
The Forgotten Prime-Time Soap Set in the Hamptons
In the summer of 1983, television executives looked at the success of Dallas, Dynasty, Falcon Crest, and Knots Landing and came to what seemed like […]
Long Island Railfans: Big Boy No. 4014, the World War II-Era Steam Giant, Is Heading East This Summer
For Long Islanders interested in trains, railroad history, or simply seeing one of the largest machines ever put on rails, this summer offers a rare […]
Orient Point Light: A “Spark Plug” Lighthouse Standing Between Long Island and Plum Island
Orient Point Light stands on Oyster Pond Reef in Plum Gut, the narrow passage between Orient Point and Plum Island. The cast-iron lighthouse was first […]
How a Knitting Needle Helped Name Mount Sinai
Tucked between Port Jefferson and Miller Place, the hamlet known now as Mount Sinai was known locally by another name entirely many years ago. Long […]
Long Island Researcher Who Decoded Centuries-Old Place Names
Long Islanders already know names like Ronkonkoma, Massapequa, Setauket, and Patchogue came from Native American languages. What is less widely known is that Sag Harbor […]
The 1922 Shooting Case That Stunned Huntington
A front-page article published in The Port Jefferson Echo on Dec. 2, 1922 detailed a murder-suicide in Huntington that began with a broken engagement and […]
The $6 Million Camp Upton Fraud Lawsuit of 1922
In December 1922, The Port Jefferson Echo reported that the federal government had begun legal action tied to alleged fraud in the construction of Camp […]