Long Island Lutheran Middle & High School is best known today as a Brookville school, but the property has a much older identity. At the […]
Category: Crazy Facts About Long Island
Over 60 Crazy Facts About Long Island’s Gold Coast Mansions
Drive through Old Westbury, Roslyn, Sands Point, Oyster Bay, Huntington or Lloyd Neck today and much of the landscape appears to be well-established Long Island […]
This 1910 Plan Shows the Smith Point Bridge That Never Was
On August 28, 1910, The New York Times published an illustration of a bridge that was supposed to transform the Smith Point area. It was […]
How Mount Misery Became One of Long Island’s Strangest Legends
Long Island has plenty of places with ghost stories, but Mount Misery seems to have collected nearly every variety. For generations, this wooded corner of […]
The Mystery of Mary’s Grave Has Haunted Long Island for Generations
Long Island has a famous grave that nobody can reliably locate, belonging to a woman nobody can conclusively identify, who died in several completely incompatible […]
You Know the Amityville Horror House, but Do You Know Massapequa’s Hell House?
Everyone knows the Amityville Horror house. It was the scene of a real and terrible crime. On Nov. 13, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. killed his […]
Ticks spread rare rabbit fever as Suffolk County reports four cases
Ticks on Long Island are best known for spreading Lyme disease, but Suffolk County’s unusually active tick season is drawing attention to a much rarer […]
History: Roe’s Hotel in Patchogue in 1924
A photograph taken by Eugene L. Armbruster in May 1924 shows Roe’s Hotel on the north side of East Main Street in Patchogue. Automobiles line […]
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 […]