[Via Elmont Herald] The Franklin Square Historical Society announces a new website for the preservation of the memory of Fosters Meadow — a German farming community that was established in the 1850s. Fosters Meadow was originally a large sheep pasture that was purchased by Thomas and Christopher Foster in 1650. Today, this area corresponds toContinueContinue reading “Foster’s Meadow: A German farming community”
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A Traveler’s Journey Along the Queens-Nassau Borderline
[History: Part 3, via Forgotten New York] There are not one, but two signs welcoming motorists to Nassau County as the border is crossed east of the Cross Island Parkway. There are, of course, no such signs welcoming visitors to New York City or Queens as you are going west. Just past theContinueContinue reading “A Traveler’s Journey Along the Queens-Nassau Borderline”
History (Part 2)
[via franklinsquarehistory.org]: Fosters Meadow was named for two brothers who used the western tip of the Hempstead Plains as a sheep pasture in the 17th Century. In the 18th and first half of the 19th Century it was populated by descendants of Dutch and English immigrants who established a vibrant farming community. But it was in the 1850s when theContinueContinue reading “History (Part 2)”
Update: Former Cara Nurseries lot to become self-storage facility, with Nassau tax breaks
Here is a tentative timeline of construction progress: December 2014 March 2015 Source: Extraspace.com An industrial development agency in Elmont, Nassau County on Long Island, unanimously agreed to give a prospective self storage facility a sales tax exemption. The exemption consists of $258,750 and $20,475 off the mortgage recording tax. Also, the propertyContinueContinue reading “Update: Former Cara Nurseries lot to become self-storage facility, with Nassau tax breaks”
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