Bayshore Brightwaters Public Library

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Map of the Town of Babylon

Authored by Lisa Ha

Map of the Town of Babylon

Map of the Town of Babylon from the Maps and Atlas Collection at the Bay Shore Brightwaters Public Library

The Maps and Atlas Collection at the Bay Shore Brightwaters Public Library consists of 28 maps and atlases. They are mainly historical maps and atlases of the Long Island, NY region and a few of the five boroughs of New York City. The collection spans from 1873 to 1961. There are Fire Risk Assessment Maps, Insurance Maps, Atlases of Suffolk County, Real Estate Maps of Suffolk County and Nassau County, Section Plans of Nassau County, and so on.

This map is from the Atlas of the Towns of Babylon, Islip, and South Part of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, N.Y. The original atlas was created by F.W. Beers & Co. and was published in 1888. This particular map is a Map of the Town of Babylon. According to LongIsland.com (2014), the Town of Babylon was once part of the Town of Huntington, called Huntington South. It was separated by an official partition in 1872 (16 years prior to this map being published). Continue reading →

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The Construction of Long Island’s State Parks and Parkways

Authored by Mireille E. Stürmann

An image of a 1929 map of the state parkways and parks on the Western portion of the South Shore of Long Island

State Parkways and Parks of the Western Section of the South Shore of Long Island

Context

In the 1920’s, the concept of leisure was changing. With the assembly line and mass production techniques shaping a new workweek, and the rates of car ownership skyrocketing, the people of New York City had time and mobility previously unknown to the working and middle classes (Caro, 1974, 143-144). Continue reading →