Seafarers have come to rely on the as a landmark since its completion in 1796. But when the U.S. Department of the Interior finally granted the iconic lighthouse on Monday, it confirmed what Long Islanders long knew.
The Montauk Point Lighthouse is symbolic of Long Island. But it got us at Patch wondering: If you had to pick one monument, building, event or location to represent today's Long Island, what would it be?
and its water tower certainly conjure warm memories.
Perhaps the home the built – the Nassau Coliseum – is as Long Island as it gets.
Maybe it's the Long Island Expressway, the roadway which breathes economic life into our suburban existence.
There are countless candidates. For the uber shopper, and in Riverhead surely rate. Your inner historian may opt for estate, , or the . The foodie in you may covet a pie from Briermere Farms or fine merlot from any number of . , Fire Island Ferry and are Long Island icons too.
Sadly, it won't be the , which was razed in 2011.
So what's your Long Island landmark? Go ahead in vote in our poll and weigh in by commenting.
Actually two.. Complete Auto Body Shop in Baldwin where Joey B was schtupping Amy Fisher. And Joey's house in Massapequa where Amy shot Joey's wife. The biggest stories EVER to come out of L.I. Even bigger than anything Mike Fagen is accused of.
Wetson's and Steer Inn on Hempstead Tpk Nathan's Oceanside Mount Misery, Melville Mary's Grave.... Islip Speedway 1/8 mile drag strip & NASCAR! Freeport Raceway 3/4 midgets
Did anyone mention Nunleys in Baldwin? Roosevelt Racewaypp and Fortunoffs in Westbury. Dropped lots of money in both places.
Also the 10c toll booths on the Southern St Pkwy which we learned to bypass by using Dutch Broadway through Elmont.
My personal favorite LI landmarks are 1) Fire Island Lighthouse, 2) Sagamore Hill and 3) the Montauk LH.
When my wife and I walk down these blocks it is like walking through a piece of Americana architecture itself from 1920s through 2010. Beautiful colonials, spanish mission stucco homes, old beach summer bungalows now year-round residences, and older and newer homes with unusually large size lots for Long Beach of 50 feet or more frontage. Long Beach should capitalize on these beautiful blocks and beautiful homes by making this historic street a one-way Eastbound street to reduce short cut traffic heading to Long Beach bridge, which makes the street dangerous right now. Our 2nd Long Island landmark is the Jones Beach Water Tower, which is very beautiful and can be seen clearly from the Empire State Building. Our 3rd Long Island landmark is Robert Moses Causeway Bridge, which is big beautiful, long and has nice views.
Now its time to remove the Atlantic Beach Bridge toll. An infamous Long Island landmark.
An infamous Long Island landmark." The Atlantic Beach Bridge tolls support the operation and maintenance of the Atlantic Beach Bridge. Unless you are ready and willing to have the bridge removed, then it is not really time to remove the tolls that are used to keep the bridge in operation. Tolls are not really 'landmarks' as much as they are inconveniences and annoying expenses. Most tolls as we know them are authorized under the public authorities law, and most of those still in existence will probably never be removed. Because toll revenue is used to repay bonds and debt service on bonds of various authorities, that toll revenue, and the bond holders rights are protected by the constitution; such tolls generally cannot be removed by legislative action.
I will go on record to write that the State did their own investigation of the Authority and found lots of problems and issues. If any Patch posters here are interested in the truth and question your loyal support of the Authority, they can check it all out on the Net. Let them come to their own conclusions regarding the Authority's Toll Revenue and toll hikes Operating costs Personnel and administrative costs Maintenance Hiring practices Total autonomy EZ Pass rejection Political clout
want to question on Patch.
2010 Nassau County Bridge Authority Audit http://www.abo.ny.gov/annualreports/PARISAuditReports/FYE2010/Local/NassauCountyBridgeAuthority2010.pdf Budget Report for Nassau County Bridge Authority http://www.abo.ny.gov/annualreports/PARISBudgetReports/FYE2012/Local/NassauCountyBridgeAuthority2012.pdf Bridge Staff http://www.ncbaabb.com/documents/Org%20Chart%20%202011.pdf Nassau County Bridge Authority Atlantic Beach Bridge http://fivetowns.patch.com/listings/nassau-county-bridge-authority-atlantic-beach-bridge
If our Council could ever figure out a way too do that and create an untouchable fiefdom surrounding that bridge, they would do it tonight. So apply this power to the only toll bridge in Nassau Co.