Vanderbilt Cup Races

Tag: Crocus Lane Estates

Nov 10 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: UPDATE - Levittown Motor Parkway Site Being Excavated

As mentioned in my comments on a recent post, the Motor Parkway site between Heron and Skimmer Lanes in Levittown is being developed into a private road with 9 homes being built. Excavation has begun with pieces of the Parkway having been found.
May 02 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: “Good Roads Magazine” - Motor Parkway Construction Details

"Good Roads Magazine" began publishing in the 1890s and advocated for better roads and highways, initially for bicyclists and then for automobilists. Early on it was the official organ of the League of American Wheelmen. Issues in 1908 described the construction details of the Motor Parkway including banked roads, the…
Jul 26 2014
Treasures Uncovered as Construction Begins at Levittown’s Historic Grandstand Location

In a special Kleiner's Korner report, Levittown resident and Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society member Art Kleiner documents that construction has begun unveiling new Motor Parkway artifacts.
May 18 2013
In Search of the Grandstand, Press Box/Officials Stand and Pits in Levittown

From 1908 to 1910, the center of the auto racing world was a 200-yard strip of the Long Island Motor Parkway in the Hempstead Plains, now Levittown.
Mar 12 2013
Josato Inc proposing to build 4 single family homes on former Levittown site of the Motor Parkway

A developer is once again requesting zoning variances to build homes on the site of the grandstand and press box on the Long Island Motor Parkway in Levittown.
Oct 03 2012
LevittownPatch/Newsday:Hempstead Town Board Denies Crocus Lane Development Plan on the Motor Parkway

Before a standing-room group of residents and several members of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society, the Town Board of Hempstead unanimously denied a petition to rezone a Levittown property for two-story 46-unit condos on the site of the Vanderbilt Cup Races' grandstands and press box from 1908 to…
Oct 02 2012
Town of Hempstead Holding Hearing on Historic Motor Parkway Property on Wednesday

The Board of Appeals for the Town of Hempstead will be holding a public hearing on Wednesday concerning a petition from Crocus Lane Estates and Josato to rezone Levittown property on the former location of the Long Island Motor Parkway and Vanderbilt Cup Race grandstand and press box.
Sep 24 2012
Levittown Tribune 1/16/2004: “The Motor Parkway and Questionable Real Estate Deals”

In the January 16, 2004 issue of he Levittown Tribune, Paul Manton provided this history of the property at the location of the grandstands and officials' box/press box for the 1908 to 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races.
Aug 08 2012
Hold the Date 10/3/2012: Public Hearing on Rezoning the Site of the Levittown Grandstand & Press Box

On Wednesday, October 3, 2012, Crocus Lane Estates, LLC and Josato, Inc will be petitioning the Hempstead Town Board to rezone the Levittown property on the former location of the Long Island Motor Parkway and Vanderbilt Cup Race grandstand and press box.
Jun 15 2012
Newsday “Levittown residents rip 50-unit condo plan” and Weekend Update

Newsday has reported on Tuesday's meeting of the Levittown Property Owners Association. The article is reposted below followed by a Weekend Update.