Mystery Foto #29 Solved: The Long Island Aviation Country Club in Hicksville (Later Levittown)
Master detective Greg Oreiro has submitted this week's Mystery Foto.
Answers to the Mystery Foto questions:
-Where on the Motor Parkway was this photo taken?
Looking west adjacent to the Long Island Aviation Club in the 1930s. This area was then considered Hicksville, later it became part of Levittown.
-What are the structures on the right?
The large structure on the right is the country club's hangar. In the background on the right is the clubhouse.
Congratulations to Frank Scotty who solved the Mystery Foto!
If you have a suggested Mystery Foto, please submit a jpeg to me at [email protected] .
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
Clubhouse & Hangar
The Hangars
The Clubhouse and Swimming Pool
Club Members
Aerials Views
1938 Pre-Levittown
1948 Post-Levittown
The Hangar Roof Today
Amazingly, the roof of one of the hangars has survived and was relocated to Lexington Avenue in Bethpage after it was dismantled for Levittown.
Comments
The picture looks to be in Pre Levittown in the 1930s. The structures are the hangers for the Hicksville Aviation Country Club and beyond that is the clubhouse.
Wild guess - eastbound heading toward meadowbrook lodge after roosevelt raceway and the big structure was some kind of garage for the cars ? not much to go by here but what the heck ? mike
Even harder mystery. I admire all the open space but it leaves me clueless. Lol. The kiosk/shanty? in the corner resembles the one on Washington Avenue in Brentwood at the LIMP T intersection, but this one is on the opposite side of the road. Area may be Brentwood/Commack. This may be a picture of the evasive Brentwood Lodge #3 on Commack Rd 1923-1928 while under construction, with the Brentwood toll-collecting shanty still in place north of it ( where the Bonwit Inn is located today ). The LIMP runs east-west and in between the shanty and lodge. The car is traveling north on Commack Rd towards the LIMP. Tough mystery shot Greg.
Good work on this one,never would have gotten this one,didn’t have a clue on what it was
Ooh - I should have gotten this one! Looked like a hanger in the pic to me and I’m familiar with the aviation club - living so close to the area I didn’t have to look too far. Ashamed of myself!