Hamlet of North Amityville (Town of Babylon History Book, Chapter 8)
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Hamlet
of North Amityville
History Highlights
Native Americans, who were clusters of the Montaukett Indian Nation, lived in the area that became North Amityville prior to the arrival of 17th century English and Dutch Colonists. Today, many streets bear the names of the Native families that have lived in North Amityville for generations - Brewster, Devine, Fowler, Hunter, Miller, Payne, Squires and Steele. Small family burying grounds, including the Brewster and Green-Bunn Burying Grounds along Bethpage Road, were the final resting place for many Native Americans and Civil War Veterans. In the 1800s, numerous German immigrants and Black families also established homesteads in the rural community.
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| Dedication of Brewster Cemetery and Bunn-Green Cemetery, Bethpage Road, as Town of Babylon historic landmarks, 1995.[1] |
Long Island’s oldest Black church, Bethel A.M.E. Church was formed in 1815, and built its first permanent structure on Albany Avenue, in 1844. The Bethel Church relocated to nearby Copiague in 1967, where the congregation continues to worship. Unfortunately, while under renovation and vacant, the historic Albany Avenue house of worship was destroyed by fire in 1989.[2]
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| Bethel A.M.E. Church, corner of Albany Avenue and Jefferson Street. |
The Chapel and Motherhouse built by the Sisters of St. Dominic in 1867 on Albany Avenue, has been both a convent and an orphanage. In 2007, these majestic buildings were placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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| Postcard view of the Queen of the Rosary, Sisters of St. Dominic Chapel, circa 1910. |
A
school for students of color was established on Albany Avenue in the mid-1800s.
The segregated school was abandoned in 1895 when it was resolved that all
children be educated at the new school on Park Avenue.[3] The hamlet is split
between two school districts, following district divisions that date back to
the mid-1800s. The western half is in the Amityville School District and the
eastern half in the Copiague School District.
Along
New Highway, Zahn’s Airport was started in 1936 when Joseph Zahn cleared a
1,200-foot airstrip through his fruit orchard. Closed in 1979, the airfield was
once the nation’s largest private airport.[4] Straddling
the North Amityville--North Lindenhurst border, the former Zahn’s Airport
property was purchased by the Town of Babylon in 1980 for the creation of the
New Horizons Industrial Park.
Joseph
Zahn (1897-1988), pictured left. At right, Zahn’s Airport, circa 1960s. The main entrance to the airport was near
the intersection of New Highway and Albany Avenue, North Amityville, as seen on
the right side.
After World War II, large tracts of
farmland were converted for suburban development, including the Ronek Park community
of homes. Contrary to the ‘Caucasian-only’ policies endorsed by some post-war
housing developments, Ronek Park promoted itself as a non-discriminatory
community, attracting many new families throughout the 1950s.[5] The Ronek Park development
had a strong advertising campaign; an advertisement is displayed on the next
page and more articles and advertisements are available from the Town
Historian’s Office.
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| Advertisement for the Ronek Park development, published in the New York Amsterdam News, May 17, 1952. The majority of post-World War II housing developments were heavily advertised in New York City-based newspapers, attracting prospective homebuyers from New York City to the new suburbs of Nassau and western Suffolk Counties. |
What is a Hamlet?
A hamlet is a
community. The Town of Babylon is comprised of ten hamlets and three
incorporated villages. The hamlets are:
Copiague Ÿ Deer Park Ÿ East Farmingdale Ÿ North Amityville Ÿ North Babylon Ÿ North Lindenhurst Ÿ West Babylon Ÿ Wheatley Heights Ÿ Wyandanch Ÿ And, the barrier beach communities of
Captree Island, Gilgo Beach, Oak Beach, Oak Island and West Gilgo Beach.
Local governments
in the state of New York include counties, cities, towns and villages. The
communities within Town governments are known as “hamlets.” The term “hamlet”
does not have a legal definition under NYS law, but is used to identify
communities within Towns (such as the Town of Babylon) that are not part of
incorporated villages, sometimes referred to as “unincorporated communities.”
A hamlet does not
have its own government and is under the jurisdiction of its Town for municipal
services (e.g. garbage pick-up, building codes). Causing great confusion …
hamlets have no official boundaries. (Outside of the state of New York, the
term “hamlet” is rarely used.)
Generally, the
hamlet of North Amityville is bounded on the west by Nassau County and on the
north by the Southern State Parkway. On the south and east, Sunrise Highway and
New Highway are the approximate hamlet boundaries.
A Brief Look at North Amityville Population
When it separated
from the Town of Huntington in 1872, the Town of Babylon had a population of
about 3,000 people. The chart below illustrates the population growth of the
hamlet of North Amityville and the Town of Babylon.
|
Decade |
North Amityville Population |
Town
of Babylon Population |
Please note: While the
boundaries of the Town of Babylon are clearly defined and have remained the
same since 1872, the “boundaries” of the hamlets are not clearly defined. In
the census, hamlets are referred to as Census Designated Places (CDP), the
boundaries of which can change from decade to decade. |
|
1940 |
n/a |
24,297 |
|
|
1960 |
8,369 ([6]) |
142,309 |
|
|
1980 |
13,140 |
203,483 |
|
|
2000 |
16,572 |
211,703 |
|
|
2020 |
18,643 |
218,223 |
The largest and
fastest increase in population occurred after World War II, commonly referred
to as the “Suburban Population Boom.” From 1940 to 1960, the population of the
Town of Babylon increased by 485%. The rapid increase of residents brought an
increased need for housing, schools, road improvements, stores and commercial
developments, and employment. In those short decades, much of the Town of
Babylon and its communities changed from rural countryside to suburban
neighborhoods.
“Geographic Amityville” vs. “Social Amityville”
What is Amityville? Amityville is the name of a village, a
school and library district, a fire district, fire department and a post
office.
What is North Amityville? North Amityville is the name of a hamlet,
a fire district and a fire department.
What is the difference between Amityville
and North Amityville? There
is not much difference to many people. The differences that do exist are
related to services (e.g. Who maintains the roads?). Not just in Amityville,
but across Long Island, overlapping districts can cause confusion.
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Ú Your Task Ú |
Hamlet of North Amityville |
Village of Amityville |
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Register
children for school. |
Amityville School
District (western part) |
Copiague School
District (eastern part) |
Amityville School District |
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Apply
for a building permit, or seek road repair. |
Town of Babylon |
Village of Amityville |
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Need
garbage pick-up. |
Town of Babylon |
Village of Amityville |
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Visit
the post office. |
Amityville Post Office |
Amityville Post Office |
|
|
Visit
the public library. |
Amityville School
District (western part) |
Copiague School
District (eastern part) |
Amityville Public Library |
|
Get
a summer pass for Overlook Beach or North Amityville Pool. |
Town of Babylon |
Town of Babylon |
|
|
Vote
in local elections. |
Town of Babylon |
Village of Amityville and Town of Babylon |
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Call
911 for an ambulance. |
Depending on the address of the
emergency, responding agencies may include the fire departments from North Amityville,
Amityville, East Farmingdale and North Lindenhurst. |
Amityville Fire Department |
|
Both communities –
Hamlet of North Amityville and Village of Amityville – are within the district
served by the Amityville Post Office. Although some of their other municipal
services are different, they are united by their postal code, 11701. Typically, all of these areas are simply
referred to as “Amityville.”
Geographically, “Amityville” is the Village
of Amityville. Socially, “Amityville” usually refers to the larger area that
uses the mailing address “Amityville, NY 11701.”
The “geographic” vs. “social” naming is
common across Long Island. In fact, our Long Island has its own name
difference. Geographically, Long Island is the fish-shaped island that runs from
Brooklyn in the west to Montauk in the east. However, when someone says that
they are “from Long Island,” they are typically stating that they are from
Nassau or Suffolk County. If someone lives in Brooklyn or Queens, which are
part of New York City, they are likely to give their hometown as Brooklyn,
Queens or the neighborhood in which they live, but not “Long Island.”
It is typical to find articles describing
the Town of Babylon as 30-35 miles east of New York City. However, that is not
really accurate. We are 30-35 miles from Manhattan, but we are only about 16-20
miles from the border of Queens County, which is also the border of the City of
New York. (Consider, also – a straight line drawn from Amityville to Manhattan
is about 30 miles – “flying distance”. However, if you drive from Amityville to
Manhattan, it is about 35-40 miles.)
North
Amityville – the Name, the Zip Code, Etc.
West Neck South was one of the names used to identify the area now known as North Amityville and the Village of Amityville. The naming of Amityville is attributed to Samuel Ireland (1789-1869), owner of a local grist mill. Legend states that during an antagonistic community meeting, in 1846, he suggested that the community adopt the name “Amityville,” taking the name from his boat, the Amity, meaning friendly. As printed below, local newspapers announced the new name.
Prior to the 1894 incorporation of the
Village of Amityville, the present hamlet of North Amityville and the Village
of Amityville would best be described as the hamlet of Amityville. After the
village was established, it would not have made sense to have an incorporated
village named Amityville and a hamlet named Amityville. Instead, the name North
Amityville came to be used for the hamlet north of the village. (Similarly,
when the Village of Babylon incorporated, the areas north and west of the
village became known as North Babylon and West Babylon.)
Not just in the Town of Babylon, but across
Long Island, the assignment of zip codes can cause confusion about “where”
things are located. Originally named West Neck South or Huntington West Neck
South, the Post Office was established around 1850, with James H. Porter as
Postmaster.[7] The Post Office was originally located at
the stagecoach stop, to the west of Amityville, at Carman’s and Merrick Roads.
In 1858, it relocated to the northwest corner of Broadway (i.e., “Road to
Farmingdale”) and Merrick Road (i.e. “Babylon-Hempstead Turnpike”).
Up through the early 1900s, residents picked up their mail from the post office. A letter addressed to “Miss Mary Jackson, Amityville, New York” was sufficient to have the letter delivered to the Amityville Post Office, where it would wait for Miss Jackson to pick it up. If letters were not retrieved in a timely manner, a notice may have been printed in the local newspaper as a reminder. The Amityville Post Office started residential mail delivery in 1920.[8]
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| The Amityville Post Office was headquartered in the Triangle Building until the mid-1900s, pictured circa 1910. |
In 1963, the U.S. Postal Service introduced the basic 5-digit zip code, across the country. The Amityville Post Office was assigned 11701. Using the digits 11701, mail addressed to Amityville or North Amityville will reach its destination, although the Post Office name is just Amityville. The zip code assigned to addresses is based on the post office assigned to deliver the mail, but can be confused with all of the other facilities associated with an address.
Mail
delivery is an important part of our lives, to receive packages, holiday
greetings and utility bills. However, postal addresses do not describe
everything about an addresses. Here are four examples of addresses under the
jurisdiction of the Amityville Post Office:
|
Address |
Post
Office |
School/Library
|
Fire
Dept. |
Village
or Town |
|
7
Jefferson Avenue |
Amityville |
Amityville
|
North
Amityville |
Hamlet
of North Amityville, Town of Babylon |
|
121
Miller Avenue |
Amityville |
Copiague |
North
Amityville |
Hamlet
of North Amityville, Town of Babylon |
|
146 Jeatom Lane |
Amityville |
Copiague |
North Lindenhurst |
Hamlet of North Amityville, Town of
Babylon |
|
12
Elm Place |
Amityville |
Amityville |
Amityville
|
Village
of Amityville |
This 1873 map shows the present communities of
Amityville Village and the hamlets of Copiague and North Amityville. The colors
denote the school district boundaries at that time. Amityville in green and
Copiague (formerly East Amityville) in pink. Today, both school districts
extend north to the Southern State Parkway, which is similar to the boundaries
shown from the 1800s. From Atlas of Long Island, NY published by Beers,
Comstock & Cline, 1873.
Public Schools Serving
North Amityville
The hamlet of North Amityville is split
between two school districts. The western area of the hamlet of North
Amityville is in the Amityville School District and the eastern area is in the
Copiague School District.
Most of our school district boundaries were established in the
mid-1800s. The landscape of our communities changed – from farms and fields to
streets and homes – but school district boundaries largely stayed the same,
with a few exceptions.
Amityville School District
Prior to 1872, it was known as Town of Huntington School District No.
23.[9] After the Town
of Babylon separated from Huntington in 1872, it became known as Town of
Babylon School District No. 6, before the name Amityville Union Free School
District was adopted in the early 1900s.
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Amityville school class, circa 1933.
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The first Amityville school was a private school built around 1848 on
Cedar Street. The two-story public school built in 1878 still exists as a
business building at 162 Broadway, opposite Avon Place. The school on Broadway
was discontinued in 1895, when Amityville’s first high school opened.[10] As the only
district school, it served all grades up through high school, and later became
known as Park North.
From around 1874 to 1895, the district also operated a small school on Albany Avenue, just north of Sunrise Highway (which did not exist at the time) known as “Colored School No. 6” (the “No. 6” designation was a reference to Town of Babylon School District No. 6). At the urging of Civil War Veteran Charles D. Brewster and other district residents, the Albany Avenue school was closed and the Park Avenue school became the sole, integrated school for the district.[11]
Park Avenue Memorial Elementary School and Amityville Memorial High School were both named in memorial honor to local veterans.
School District
Mascot – Warriors
School District Colors – Maroon and Grey
- Park North Elementary School (originally Amityville High School) – opened 1895, closed 1972 and became district administration offices [12]
- Northeast Elementary School – opened 1957 [13]
- Northwest Elementary School – opened 1957 [14]
- Park Avenue Memorial Elementary School (originally Amityville High School and, later, Park Central) – opened 1924 [15]
- Edmund W. Miles Middle School (formerly Junior High School) – opened 1963 [16]
- Edmund W. Miles (1917-1979)[17] was a former elementary and junior high school principal, and later chairman of the mathematics department at Amityville High School.
- Amityville Memorial High School – opened 1952 [18]
For further
reading: Amityville’s 1894 School House, by William T. Lauder and
Charles F. Howlett (available at the Amityville Historical Society and the
Amityville Public Library).
Amityville Union Free School District, Central
Administration, 150 Park Avenue, Amityville, NY 11701 • www.amityvilleschools.org
Copiague School District
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The Copiague
School Annex (later known as Scudder Avenue School), circa 1951. Mrs. Gloria
Marrese, acting principal, is pictured at the school doors. |
Prior to 1872, the school district was
known as Town of Huntington School District No. 22, after the Town of Babylon
separated from Huntington in 1872, it became known as Town of Babylon School
District No. 5,[19] before
the name Copiague Union Free School District was adopted in the early 1900s.
Early
district schools were one-room structures on Montauk Highway, in the mid-1800s.
A school bell donated to the, then named, East Amityville School in 1889, is
now displayed in front of the Great Neck Road Elementary School. The school
bell hung in a small tower at the top of the school, and was rung to alert the
start and end of the school day. In 1911, a two-story wooden schoolhouse was
built on Great Neck Road, which was later expanded to become the current Great
Neck Road Elementary School.
School District Mascot – Eagles
School District Colors – Royal Blue and White
·
Great Neck Road Elementary School –
opened 1911; expanded in 1925, 1931, and 1954 [21]
·
Scudder Avenue School – opened 1950,
closed 1979 (demolished c. 1985) [22]
· Deauville Gardens East Elementary School
and Deauville Gardens West Elementary School (originally one school named Deauville
Gardens Elementary School) – opened 1958
· Susan
E. Wiley Elementary School – opened 1964 [23]
o
Named for beloved kindergarten teacher
Susan E. Wiley who taught at the Great Neck Road School from 1925 until her
death in 1952. [24]
· Copiague Middle School (originally, Copiague
Junior-Senior High School) – opened 1958
· Walter
G. O’Connell Copiague High School – opened 1967
o
In 2000, the school was named to honor
the high school’s first principal Walter G. O’Connell. He left the position of
principal in 1972 and worked as an English teacher until his retirement in
1979. [25]
Copiague School District Central Offices, 2650 Great
Neck Road, Copiague, NY 11726 –
(631) 842-4015 – www.copiague.k12.ny.us
Public Libraries Serving
North Amityville
As with the school district, the hamlet of
North Amityville is split between two library districts, with the western area
in the Amityville district and the eastern area in the Copiague district. Of
course, the Suffolk County Library System allows users to utilize libraries
across the county, but patrons need to get a “home” card through their library
district.
Amityville Public Library
The origin
of the Amityville Public Library dates back to a private group known as the
Amityville Literary Society.[26]
The society held meetings at member’s homes but, eventually, they needed a
permanent headquarters.
In 1907, the society received a New York State library charter and St. Mary’s Church Parish Hall was used as the library headquarters, with 67 circulating books.[27] A few years later the organization built a small wooden building on Broadway, near Ireland Place. In 1927, it was replaced by a charming brick building, which still stands at 166 Broadway.[28]
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| Former Amityville Public Library, on Broadway, pictured circa 1940. Image courtesy of the Amityville Historical Society. |
In 1969 voters approved changing the Amityville Free Library to the Amityville Public Library, and what started as a private association became part of the Amityville School District.[29]
The
current library was opened in 1971,[30]
and serves the Amityville School District, which includes the western part of
the Hamlet of North Amityville, the Village of Amityville, and part of East
Massapequa.
Amityville
Public Library, 19 John
Street, Amityville, NY 11701 – (631) 264-0567 – www.amityvillepubliclibrary.org
Copiague Memorial Public Library
When the Copiague Memorial Public Library
formed in 1960, one of the first actions made by the Board of Trustees was a
resolution naming the new library “in honor of those residents of Copiague who
faithfully served our country in the past wars.” The library opened in the old
auditorium of the Great Neck Road School in the spring of 1961 (now the
school’s library).[31]
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| The first location of the Copiague Library was in the old auditorium of the Great Neck Road Elementary School. This c. 1961 image shows the library sign on the left side of the doorway. Image courtesy of the Copiague Fire Department. |
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| Groundbreaking ceremony for the Deauville Boulevard site, May 30, 1987. Image courtesy of the Copiague Memorial Public Library. |
In 1965, voters approved moving the library to the old fire department headquarters on Great Neck Road, just a few blocks north of Montauk Highway (now Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Union), and the library moved into its renovated facility in 1969.[32] The current library building opened in 1989 and was formally dedicated in May 1990.[33]
The library
serves the Copiague School District, which encompasses the hamlet of Copiague
and the eastern part of the hamlet of North Amityville.
Copiague
Memorial Public Library,
50 Deauville Boulevard, Copiague, NY 11726 – (631) 691-1111 – www.copiaguelibrary.org
North Amityville Fire Company
The North Amityville Fire Company was established in 1940.[34] The original firehouse on Rosewood Avenue, which was built in 1940 by the members.
The Rosewood Avenue firehouse, c. 1940. 
The headquarters of the North Amityville Fire Company and its fleet,
pictured in 1958.
North Amityville Fire Company, 601 North Broadway, Amityville, NY 11701 – (631) 789-2982 (non-emergency) – www.northamityvillefire.com
Monuments and Memorials
 In 1963, American Legion Hunter Squires Jackson Post #1218 erected a monument honoring local veterans, at Albany Avenue and Croyden Street, creating Veterans Memorial Triangle. The monument reads: Veterans Memorial Triangle – Established August 25, 1963 by Babylon Town Board, Supervisor – William T. Lauder -- For Hunter-Squires-Jackson Post No. 1218 – For All Veterans -- A Perpetual Memorial to Our Comrades Who Died in Their Country’s Service, and to Those Who Gave Their Lives During the Great World Wars So That Justice, Freedom and Democracy Might Survive to be the Victorious Ideals of the Peoples of the World Memorial Committee Fred H. Morris Jr.,
Chairman ~ McKinley Banks, Co-Chairman ~ Thomas Greene ~
Robert Bean ~ Major
Braxton ~ William Wiggins ~ Fellman and Soto Architects
Frank
Gabriel – Commander |
North Amityville has two veterans’ posts named in honor of
local soldiers.
American Legion, Hunter Squires Jackson
Post No. 1218, 133 Dixon Avenue, Amityville, NY 11701 • The post was
established in 1938 and named in honor of three local World War I veterans of
the 15th Regiment (later 360th Regiment) - Arthur Hunter, Arthur Squires and
Frederick Jackson.
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Sgt. John J. Kreyer Post #7223, 300 Broadway, Amityville, NY 11701 Ÿ The post was named for Amityville resident
John J. Kreyer, Jr. (1923-1945), Amityville High School Class of 1942. Killed
in action, World War II, April 16, 1945, while on a flight over China.
Historical Markers within the Hamlet of
North Amityville
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Marker Name and Location
|
Text |
Notes |
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Bethel AME Church -- Commemorates the oldest Black church on Long
Island. Located on the west side of Albany
Avenue, at Harrison Avenue. |
The Original Site of the Bethel
A.M.E. Church Organized in 1815 by Black and Native Americans of
Amityville. |
Dedicated by
the Town of Babylon Historical Commission, 1989. |
|
Brewster Burial Grounds -- Commemorates Native American burial grounds. Located on the west side of
Bethpage Road. |
Brewster Burial Grounds – Circa 1800-1873. Historical
Site of Graves of Native American Families and Civil War Veterans. |
Dedicated by the
Town of Babylon Historical Commission, 1995. |
|
Bunn-Green Burial Grounds -- Commemorates Native American
burial grounds. Located on the east side of
Bethpage Road. |
Bunn-Green Burial Grounds – Circa 1800-1945. Historical
Site of Graves of Native American Families and Civil War Veterans. |
Dedicated by
the Town of Babylon Historical Commission, 1995. |
|
Ronek Park -- Commemorates a post-World War II housing development. Located on the east side of Albany
Avenue, at Croydon Road. |
Ronek Park – Honored as a Non-Discriminatory Housing
Development Started by Thomas Romano in 1950. A Part of the Local Housing
Boom After World War II. |
Funded by a
grant from the William G. Pomeroy Foundation, as part of the ‘Booming 1950s’
series. |
Books
About North Amityville History
Local history titles include:
·
Historic Amusement Parks of Long Island:
118 Miles of Memories, by Marisa L. Berman, Arcadia Publishing,
2015 (includes a section about Frontier Park, in North Amityville)
·
In Times Like These, Life and Legacy:
Memoirs of Dr. Andy C. “Daddy” Lewter, New Life Publishing,
2007
·
The Colored Girl from Long Island,
by Sandi Brewster-walker, Lulu.com, 2007
The Mohawks Baseball Team, circa 1933-1934, which played at a field near the corner of Sunrise Highway and Albany Avenue, North Amityville. Standing: Rufus Devine (Coach), Ken Carpenter, Bill Miller, Bradley Devine, Benny Fern, Jim Brewster, Buster Devine, Charles Miller, Tom Greene (Coach/Manger). Seated: Willington Devine, William E. Hunter, Morgane Brewster, George H. Hunter, Albert Devine, Ferdinand Devine. Kneeling in Front: James Collins (bat boy). Not pictured: Johnnie Devine, Ciesel Devine, Ben Miller, Theodore Fowler, Arnold Fowler. Photo courtesy of Gerald Hunter.
Town of Babylon Parks and Recreational Facilities
North
Amityville Park and Pool, Albany Avenue
The park and pool
complex first opened in 1967.[35]
Park facilities
include tennis courts, playground, restrooms and free Wi-Fi access. The pool facility also
offers a children’s pool, water slide, restrooms, changing area, showers, shade
arbor, lounge chairs, table with umbrellas and Wi-Fi access.
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| North Amityville Pool pictured in 1978. |
North
Amityville Senior Center, Cedar
Road
Here seniors can find a variety of cultural, recreational, and health related programs and services. Members have the opportunity to stay active and involved through the numerous activities. Services include: [36]
- Transportation for seniors to and from the center on a daily basis
- Transportation for seniors to the local supermarket and/or convenience store (Walmart, etc.) every two weeks
- Daily lunch for all seniors at the center
- Participation in the Food and Nutrition Program (FAN)
- Chair exercises on Mondays and Thursdays
- Yoga classes and line dancing on Fridays
- Arts and crafts on Tuesdays and Thursdays
- Monthly Senior Center parties/social events
- Access to pool tables, Monday through Friday
ACE
Center Community Park, Cedar Street
Park facilities
include softball and football fields, a playground and free Wi-Fi access.
Bolden
Mack Park, Great Neck Road
In 1973, the Town
of Babylon dedicated this community park in honor of North Amityville resident
Bolden Mack (1865-1975).[37]
Park facilities
include basketball and handball courts, a picnic area, playground and free
Wi-Fi access.
Bolden Mack was born in Virginia and moved to Long Island around 1930. He is pictured in the garden at his Garfield Avenue residence, in 1971 (Daily News, June 17, 1971). Mr. Mack died just two weeks after his 110th birthday.
[1] “Town Seeks To Shield
Indian Sites,” by Gina Gentile, Newsday,
April 12, 1994, p. 27; “Landmark Burial Grounds,” Newsday, May 6, 1994, p. 35.
[2] “Arson Unit Probes Church
Fire,” by Rebecca Morris, Newsday,
February 14, 1989, p. 4, 28; “A Sad Farewell to LI’s Oldest Black Church,” by
Elizabeth Wasserman, Newsday,
February 27, 1989, p. 7, 29.
[3] “Amityville’s New School
Building,” South Side Signal, April
28, 1894, p. 2; “Color Line Drawn in the Amityville Public School,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, February 27, 1895,
p. 7; “Amityville,” South Side Signal,
March 2, 1895, p. 3.
[4] “From Peach Orchard to
Airport, ‘Zahn’s’ Continues to Grow,” Newsday,
August 28, 1952, p. 56; “Ceiling Zero at Zahn’s,” by Sidney C. Schaer, Newsday, April 23, 1980, Part II p. 4-5;
“Zahns folds its wings and flies into history,” by Frank Mazza, Daily News, May 1, 1980, p. NS1.
[5] “’Non-Racial’ Colony of
Houses at $7,000 Will Open Tomorrow at North Amityville,” The New York Times, January 27, 1950, p. 48; “3,000 Swarm to See
Inter-Racial Project,” Newsday, January 30, 1950, p. 23.
[6] Population from
"Historical Population of Long Island Communities, 1790-1980: Decennial
Census Data,” compiled and edited by State University of New York at Stony
Brook Library and Long Island Regional Planning Board, August 1982.
[7] “Postal History – Postmaster
Finder,” about.usps.com.
[8] “Town Topics,” South Side Signal, December 12, 1919, p.
5.
[9] “Renumbering the School
Districts of Babylon,” South Side Signal,
March 30, 1872, p. 2.
[10] “Amityville’s New School
Building,” South Side Signal, April
28, 1894, p. 2.
[11] “Color Line Drawn in the
Amityville Public School,” Brooklyn Daily
Eagle, February 27, 1895, p. 7; “Amityville,” South Side Signal, March 2, 1895, p. 3.
[12] “Old School Converts Into
Place for Offices,” Daily News,
January 30, 1972, p. B4.
[13] “Seven Schools Here Open
to 3,406 Children,” Amityville Record,
September 5, 1957, p. 1.
[14] “Seven Schools Here Open
to 3,406 Children,” Amityville Record,
September 5, 1957, p. 1.
[15]
“First of School Affairs Tonight,” Amityville
Record, June 20, 1924, p. 1; “Flag and Bible For High School,” Amityville Record, October 3, 1924, p.
1; “It’s Not The ‘Old High School,” Park School South’s The Name,” Amityville Record, August 21, 1952, p.
1.
[16] “Schools Plan Opening as
Boycott Looms,” Amityville Record,
August 29, 1963, p. 1.
[17] “Death Notices – Edmund
W. Miles,” Newsday, October 19, 1979,
p. 37.
[18] “Auditorium is Jammed In
New High School – Many Inspect Building For First Time,” Amityville Record, June 26, 1952, p. 1; “Memorial High School Set
For Its First Year of Classes,” Amityville
Record, August 28, 1952, p. 1
[19] “Renumbering the School
Districts of Babylon,” South Side Signal,
March 30, 1872, p. 2.
[20]
“Amityville,” South Side Signal,
January 18, 1890, p. 3; “A Gift To A School,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, January 19, 1890, p. 9
[21] “Copiague Votes For New
School,” South Side Signal, January
6, 1911, p. 1; “Flag For Copiague School,” Brooklyn
Daily Eagle, December 26, 1911, p. 7; “New $70,000 School Building Is
Dedicated At Copiague,” Brooklyn Daily
Eagle, June 2, 1926, p. 22; “Award Copiague School Contracts,” Brooklyn Times Union, January 24, 1931,
p. 29; “School Bonds Sold By Copiague Board,” Newsday, January 28, 1954, p. 28. In 1924-1925, a brick addition
with four classrooms, an auditorium, library and bathrooms was built onto the
front of the original wooden schoolhouse. The school was further expanded in
1931 and 1954. In 1959, the original wooden section was replaced with a brick
wing.
[22] “Copiague P-TA Convenes
Sept. 19,” Newsday, September 9,
1950, p. 10; “Floods a problem in Lake Ronkonkoma,” by Jerry Cassidy, Daily News, March 8, 1979, p. BNL1; “Oil
Fumes Force Transfer of Pupils,” by Linda Field, Newsday, March 8, 1979, p. 30; “School-Sale Hearing Set,” Newsday, April 7, 1981, p. 25.
[23] “Opening Rites For
Grammar School Today,” Daily News,
November 22, 1964, p. B44; “Dedication,” Newsday,
November 25, 1964, p. 15C.
[24] “So Far School Is Just A Party,”
Newsday, September 15, 1950, p. 41;
“Heart Attack Kills Copiague Teacher,” Newsday,
April 9, 1952, p. 21. A former student of Miss Wiley, Angelo Vacca Jr. wrote “I
Remember Miss Wiley – A Pupil’s Fond Recollection” in his book Intimate Portraits of Old Copiague, Or A
Boyhood Journey Through Old Copiague (2009).
[25] “Walter G. O’Connell,
longtime principal,” by Andrew Stickler, Newsday,
April 26, 2007, p. 56.
[26] “Amityville,” South Side Signal, February 20, 1904, p.
3; “Amityville,” South Side Signal, August
5, 1905, p. 3; “Library to Celebrate 50th Anniversary,” Amityville Record, April 18, 1957, p. 1;
“Amityville Library Started Informally,” Amityville
Record, April 25, 1957, p. 4; “Library Has 50th Birthday Party,”
Amityville Record, May 9, 1957, p. 1;
“Amityville’s Library,” by Cecil H. Ruggles, from A Backward Glance, published by the Amityville Historical Society,
1980.
[27] “Amityville,” South Side Signal, March 30, 1907, p. 2;
“Amityville,” South Side Signal,
April 13, 1907, p. 3; “Library Starts Auspiciously,” Amityville Record, April 19, 1907, p. 2; “Amityville,” South Side Signal, November 23, 1907, p.
3.
[28] “Men
in Amityville Back Plan to Raise Funds for Library,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, July 8, 1926, p. 2 L.I.; “Amityville Raises
Fund For Library,” Brooklyn Times Union,
September 28, 1926, p. 1A; “Will Sing For Library,” Brooklyn Times Union, October 23, 1927, p. 8.
[29] “Amityville Boards Differ
on Library Expansion,” Newsday, April
8, 1969, p. 19; “Vote Set On Library Propositions,” Newsday, November 7, 1969, p. 24; “Amityville Oks 2 Library
Votes,” Newsday, November 24, 1969,
p. 23; “Long Island News Calendar,” Newsday,
April 7, 1970, p. 28A.
[30] “Library Gains At
Amityville,” Daily News, July 30,
1972, p. SQ6.
[31] “Voters Are Urged To Back
Library Budget in Copiague,” Amityville
Record, April 27, 1961, p. 1.
[32] “Copiague’s Proposed
Library,” Amityville Record, June 10,
1965, p. 1; “Voters Beat Library Plan,” Amityville
Record, June 24, 1954, p. 1; “Copiague’s Library Plan Is Approved,” Amityville Record, September 30, 1965,
p. 1.
[33] “About.” Copiague
Memorial Public Library, 27 Jan. 2022, https://copiaguelibrary.org/about/.
[34] “New Fire Company is
Approved,” Suffolk County News, March
29, 1940, p. 9.
[35] “N. Amityville Pool Fees
Cut 50%,” Newsday, August 2, 1967, p.
38.
[36] North Amityville
Senior Center | Babylon, NY - Official Website,
https://www.townofbabylon.com/273/North-Amityville-Senior-Center. Accessed
November 1, 2022.
[37] “105th Birthday for ‘Mack the Life,’” Daily News, June 17, 1971, p. NS1; “A Look at the Last Hundred Years From Two People Who Lived Them,” Newsday, February 14, 1975, p. 4A; “Bolden Mack,” Newsday, July 1, 1975, p. 33.
