Amityville Long Island 1925 to 1986 in photos
Amityville Long Island 1925 – 1986
Access to
Amityville by Workingclass People from the city became easier with improvements
in the Long Island Railroad and with Robert Moses’s Parkways. Jobs for the workingclass came available as
America prepared for war with the opening factories as Republic Aviation,
Grumman and others in the area. So, the
population of Amityville grew from the early workingclass farmers and Bay-men
to the addition of factory and commuter workingclass which still makes up the
population of Amityville.
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Beautiful drawing of an aerial view of south Amityville in about 1925
An Aerial Drawing of the village area of Amityville
Looking south down Broadway on the right is the Bank of Amityville
Amityville High School from 1932 until 1953
Then a Jr School/ middle school
Amityville Jr. High and elementary School
Don Thomson posted this photo on Facebook thinks photo was taken around 1936 it is for sure that it was taken in the 1930's
The Shangri-La Restaurant and Hotel/ Narragansett inn
The Shangri-La Restaurant and Hotel/ Narragansett inn
The Shangri-La Restaurant and Hotel was at the end of Richmond and Ocean Avenues was original the Narragansett inn, but we always knew it and the dock beside it as the Shangri-La. It burn down in 1965 from a fire started in the kitchen.
Broadway Route 110 and Dixon Ave Amityville LI
Broadway Route 110 in the village of Amityville LI.
You can see Bohack Supermarket on the Right.
1947 photo of the Amityville baseball team in action.
You can the Park Central School in the background.
The photo taken from the 1947 Yearbook is a bit blurry.
Amityville 1946 football team in action.
You can see both the old Park North and Park Central Schools in the background.
The photo taken from the 1947 Yearbook is a bit blurry.
Amityville Police Officer with his Patrol Car in 1947 Photo
The Amityville Long Island Railroad Station in a 1947 Photo.
Amityville High School as of 1948
You can see the Sundial along with trees planted as memorials
Amityville Feed store in 1948 photo.
I remember when my sister bought six little chicks for
Easter from that store.
They said they could pick out the hens from the roasters,
well they were all roasters. We raised them and took them back there to get de-feathered,
but they tasted to gamey maybe because we frequently chase them around the
yard.
The store was torn
down for the LIRR elevation
Original the Hotel New Point on Amityville River and the Great South Bay. Lather it became a Day Camp for city kids until it burn down in the early to mid 1950's
Photo from the 1949 Amityville High School Yearbook
Mr Kittle in the parking lot of the 1949 Amityville High
Regatta on the Great South Bay
Around 1950 the policeman posing for this photo on Broadway and Wanser Place
Amityville Beach around 1950 popular beach for generation of Amityville residents.
Amityville Fire Department get a new Fire truck
Vesicles on display at the Amityville Fire Department
Entertainment before the Internet! This was a performance of "Cinderella" put on by neighbors in the Adams' Ocean Avenue garage in 1953.
The population of Amityville turn out for the 1953 Memorial Day Parade
Kids of Amityville getting ready for fishing contest
The Bank of Amityville on the corner of Ireland Place and Broadway became the Franklin Bank and is now the Amityville Historical Museum
Amityville Public Library
The was the Library in my day, 1940's and 1950's
and before they got too many books and had to build a a bigger new one.
Broadway Route 110 looking north around 1955
Unqua Yacht Club in the 1950's Seem to have a few members or friends of members
Chief William Kay of the Amityville village Police
The first time I met William Kay I was only about three
years old when I couldn’t find my mom. So, I start walking down Park Ave toward
the intersection of Ireland Place and Park Ave and there was then Sargent Kay
he saw me and returned me to my parents. I seems that whenever I was in trouble
there was William Kay even when my friends and I crossed the frozen Great South
Bay back in winter of 1954.
Looking south down Broadway from Sterling Place. Notice the
railroad crossing gates that I remember when they were operated manually by a
guy that was stationed there all the time.
Amityville Fire house on Bennett Place.
I remember seeing some old Fire Engines that I later saw in parades.
Pedestrian Railroad Crossing Bridge at the Long Island Railroad Station in Amityville Long Island
Brunswick Hospital in better times
Amityville Fire and Police department when it was on Greene Ave
Dugans bread truck I remember the comics with the wheat people.
Broadway Amityville before it was widened, it looks like to me in the 1950’s going by the cars. I wonder if anyone else remembers going the movies on Saturday afternoon in the old movie house you can just see the marquee of the old theater. Then going to Fisher’s Soda Fountain for our sodas and ice cream and listen to music on the jukebox.
Amityville Railroad Station in the 1950's
Original the Hotel New Point on Amityville River and the Great South Bay. Lather it became a Day Camp for city kids until it burn down in the early 1950's
There was an All Weather on Sunrise Highway and Bayview Ave.
Copiague where we used to jump the fence and go to the indoor movie. I hope
that isn’t what did them in. lol
All Weather Drive in Bayview Ave and Sunrise Highway
Amityville Fire trucks on display at the Greene Ave Firehouse.
The annual Ragamuffin Parade
The All Weather Roll N Ice across from the All Weather Drive in had a ice skating on the first floor and Roller skating on the second floor.
The Amityville Record is Amityville's weekly newspaper. I remember the Record's office on Greene Street between the Bank and the Fire/Police departments.
Amityville Memorial High School moved from Park Ave to Merrick Road in 1953
I remember this station well, I first saw it back in the 1940's when the waiting room had a big potbelly strove and big wooden seats on the outside walls.
The old type electric train pulls into Amityville LIRR station. You can see the Pedestrian Railroad Crossing Bridge above the train.
Long Island Railroad tracks as the pass through Amityville Station
The 1967 Amityville Police Department
The Shoe King Sams Store on Bennett Place and Merrick Road in Amityville. That Store was Bohacks before they moved to their new supermarket across Bennett Place which is long time gone now.
The "New" movie house built after they widen Broadway. I remember that we thought the big thing was when it opened was the extra wide seats the placed randomly. We didn't know if they were meant for large people or lovers.
1986 photo of the Amityville Movie house
I am interested in finding out about the Amityville Fire Police Patrol. My father worked for George Mole as a mechanic and also did all repairs on the Fire trucks. He was Captain of Hose Company 11 Pumper number 4. His name was Charlie "Buddy" Yates from 132 Oak Street, Amityville. I never knew of him being in the Fire Police Patrol, Badge number 5. He was a good friend of Lou Howard and James Caples Sr and Jr. He was at the Creamery fire, he left work to go to the fire and got fired from Mole Ford. Lou Howard saw him in the Maryo Diner the next morning and heard what happened. For some unknown reason the George Mole was sitting in his driveway waiting for him to come so he talk to him. He rehired him on the spot.
ReplyDeleteI would love to see any information you have including pictures. Thank You.
Charles Yates Jr.
I was born in Brunswick Hospital in 1939 and grew up in Amityville. I graduated from AMHS in 1957 and joined the USAF. My father worked at Republic Aviation from 1942 until retiring in 1973. My uncle Howard Booth was Bill Kay's Lieutenant at the PD. My uncle Bob Styles was the manager of the McClellans 5&10. I was an apprentice printer at the Amityville Record 1954-56. My best friends were Paul Nelson, Carl Weed, Roger Budd, Ed Budde, Richard Buchmeir, David Kinne, and others that I can't remember. The girls that I was madly in love with were Phyllis Brice, Pam Warren and Denise Hennessey. These pictures bring back lots of memories.
ReplyDeleteBill Pyper, Lacey, WA