Long Island Village photos by Richard Boyle

With global warming it rarely goes below 10 degrees on Long Island, and we get one big snowstorm a season, But it's still too cold for alligators to eat our pets and Long Island has much less bugs. Yeah, I’ll take Long Island.

I was born in 1941 in Amityville Long Island we didn’t have a car or TV until the 50’s. I Walked, rode my bike or took mass transit to wherever I wanted to go. My friends and I were what today we call free range kids. (Then we were just kids) We explored our world learning about nature and the Great South Bay by ourselves. We played games outside all dy and at night I played games with my older sister making up our own games. We didn’t know how lucky we were growing up on Long Island. The United States came out of World War Two the only industrial nation left not only not damaged but built up military complex so there was plenty of work for out parents. We were also lucky to live so close to New York City where we went the shows and Coney Island.

Amityville Public Schools A short history with some personal view points           I am not sure when the built the first school house. Then in the year 1872 a wooden school house. Which was a three-classroom affair on the corner of Ireland Place and Park Avenue. This school house was moved to Broadway opposite Avon place to make room for a new school building on Park Avenue and Ireland Place. The wooden building served many uses over the years and still is today. When I was growing up in the 1940’s & 50’s it hosed the Amity Battery and Ignition Company. Park North School Building After they removed the old wooden schoolhouse they built a new brick building in the same spot on Ireland place and Park Avenue. They used the tower from the old wooden building for fortifying it. plus, they had two Civil War cannons on either side of the front walk. The bell which used to call students to classes was place on a monument on the corner of Ireland Place and Park Avenue. T

West Hempstead Long Island NY West Hempstead Bakery in he year 1956 a favorite of many of the locals. West Hempstead Water Tower From Chestnut street RR Crossing West Hempstead Water Tower From Chestnut street RR Crossing West Hempstead Water Tower From Chestnut street RR Crossing Grace & Frederick Eiermann family Home in West Hempstead before they moved out Grandma Adeliade Kane Eiermann's Home before she moved with her son's family in 1959 Bedell Terrace Dead End in West Hempstead LI. there is a Golf Course behind that fense that the local kids would play in both summer and winter. Gramann House on Bedell Terrace in West Hempstead Bedell Terrace from Gruber CT West Hempstead Entrance to Chestnut School West Hempstead Chestnut School  and Library West Hempstead Chestnut School  and Library West Hempstead Chestnut School  and Library West Hempstead Chestnut School  and Library West Hemps

Looking East on Main Street of the village of Northport Northport Highway Dept. Northport Police Headquarters on Main Street. The Northport Historical Society on Main Street Northport Firehouse on Main Street Northport Main Street looking west. The Trolley tracks can still be seen long after the trolley was gone. Northport Main Street house and Historical Society Northport Firehouse statue in the memory of Firefighter Peter F. McLaughlin The Village Fortune Teller on Main Street Northport Northport Statue of a boy doing a hand stand Northport Main Street shop Northport Bank was Security National now Case with sidewalk clock. Northport Sweet Shop on Main Street. Northport Main Street shops with Insurance Agency Arch. Northport corner of Main Street and Bayview Ave. Northport Victorian house on Bayview Ave. View of Northport from Bayview Park. Northport's Bayview Park.