The Long Island Motor Parkway, also known as the Vanderbilt Parkway, Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, or Motor Parkway, was a roadway on Long Island New York, in the United States. It was the first roadway designed for automobile use only. The parkway was privately built by William Kissam Vanderbilt II with overpasses and bridges to remove most intersections. It officially opened on October 10, 1908. It closed in 1938 when it was taken over by the state of New York in lieu of back taxes. Parts of the parkway survive today, used as sections of other roadways or as a bicycle trail.
This 1909 toll house is from the Vanderbilt Motor Parkway. It moved in 1989 from its original site on Vanderbilt Court off Clinton Ave. just north of Stewart Ave. in Garden City. Today it houses the Garden City Chamber of Commerce.
I enjoy little pieces of history so I thought I'd bring you to another piece of the LIMP.
