LIRR Trackside Business Photos |
![](Glen-Cove-Station_Stroppels-Depot-Hotel_1878_Brainerd-Brooklyn-Public-Library_small.jpg)
Glen Cove Depot - Stroppel's Depot Hotel View N 1878
Photo: George B. Brainerd Archive: Brooklyn Public Library |
![](Fred-Stroppel-Depot-Hotel-Bar_JoeStroppel_small.jpg)
"Fred Stroppel 's Depot Hotel" - An addition to the original structure
offering meals and selling milk per the signage. Archive: Joe
Stroppel
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Stroppel's Bar Sign c.1980's Archive: Joe Stroppel
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Fred Stroppel 's Depot
Hotel located just a short walk north of the Glen
Cove Depot at 304 Glen Street,
Glen Cove. A true family owned business dating back for several
generations. My Great Great Grandfather, Fred
Stroppel, opened the bar. He passed it onto his son, Fred Stroppel, Jr.,
who in turn passed it to my Grandfather, Jack Stroppel. My Dad, FRed
Stroppel didn't want to assume ownership of the bar, so he and my
Grandfather closed it July 12, 1997. The location was a hotel, but only until around the 1940's
then after the family called it Stroppel's Tavern. The designer of the
sign didn't check with my Dad before painting it (putting "BAR"
instead), but we decided to go with anyway. It was around 4 ft by
6 ft., as we recall. However, the town didn't like it, as they indicated it was too
"garish" - apparently the bar never actually got a permit for it either,
so it eventually had to be taken down in the mid-80s. This was the only
time the bar had a large sign, as there was a small door sign, as most
folks in town knew the location of our establishment. Thus, the family
never bothered to try further signage again. Info: Joe Stroppel |
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Flatbush Ave "Club Car Bar" 4/1979 Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas |
![](Spic%20’n’%20Span%20Diner_1940_Freeport-Library_small.jpg)
Freeport - Spic ’n’ Span Diner 1940 Archive: Freeport Library
Emery Note: “Moved here by L.I.R.R. about 1926.” |
![](Richard's-Glendale-Station-3191968-RichardMakse_small.jpg)
Richard's Bar & Restaurant - Glendale Station 3/19/1968
Photo/Archive: Richard Makse |
![](Flatbush-Ave-Station-facade_Camelot-Bake-Shop_4-1979_WMangahas_small.jpg)
Flatbush Ave Station facade "Camelot Bake Shop 4/1979
Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas |
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Right Track Inn, Freeport 1981 - Photo: Stephen Schier
Archive: Freeport Historical Society
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Katie's of Smithtown - 2024 |
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Monzet's Hotel built c. 1890s
view NE 3/1980
Photo/Collection: Steven Lynch
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LIRR RS3 #1554 "Scoot" at Islip westbound 1969 passing Monzet's Hotel
Photo: Jules P. Krzenski Archive: Dave Keller
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![Station-Whitestone-View NE at 15th Ave_Taxi-zoom_03-05-32 (Sperr-Keller).jpg (136729 bytes)](Station-Whitestone-View_NE_at_15th_Ave_Taxi-zoom_03-05-32_Sperr-Keller_small.jpg)
Taxi Stand abandoned at Whitestone
station looking NE at 15th Ave. - 03/05/32 shortly after branch
abandonment. (Percy Loomis Sperr photo/Dave Keller archive)
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![1880s_viewNE Mineola-Hotel.jpg (116457 bytes)](1880s_viewNE_Mineola-Hotel_small.jpg)
Mineola Hotel 1880's across from
Mineola Station view NE
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![WhistleStopMarket-LittleNeckPkwy-LNeck05-96viewNW.jpg (74435 bytes)](WhistleStopMarket-LittleNeckPkwy-LNeck05-96viewNW_small.jpg)
Whistle Stop Market Little
Neck Pkwy, Little Neck 5/1996 View NW
Photo: CAPT. William
Gilligan US Navy, Retired
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![crossingWestendLittleNeckstationBobAnderson.jpg (85396 bytes)](crossingWestendLittleNeckstationBobAnderson_small.jpg)
Little Neck Station crossing
at west end Photo: Bob Anderson
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![tommystaxiBayShore080108MikeMcDermet.jpg (117457 bytes)](tommystaxiBayShore080108MikeMcDermet_small.jpg)
Tommy's Taxi Bay Shore 8/01/2008
Photo: Mike McDermet
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"Papa John's" and
Electronic Store, once was Bay Shore Hotel
c. 2008 Photo: Mike McDermet
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![East side of Station Rd in Bellport02-13-08mikeMcdermet.jpg (422265 bytes)](East_side_of_Station_Rd_in_Bellport02-13-08mikeMcdermet_small.jpg)
"Bellport Quick
Stop" east side of Station Rd in
Bellport
2/16/08 Photo: Mike McDermet
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![Earle'sAutoTransBroadwayBethpageSept87.jpg (56383 bytes)](EarlesAutoTransBroadwayBethpageSept87_small.jpg)
Earle's Auto Transmission
Broadway Bethpage Sept 87
Photo: CAPT. William Gilligan
US Navy
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"Declans Quinns", prior "The Big East",
previously "Grand Central Station" Bay Shore c. 2008 Photo: Mike McDermet
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![Sta-Central-Islip-FishersHotel-c1920.jpg (32399 bytes)](Sta-Central-Islip-FishersHotel-c1920_small.jpg)
Fisher’s Hotel trackside at
Central Islip
for ages until it
burned in the 1970s
Archive: Dave Keller
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![Farmingdale1940.jpg (56326 bytes)](Farmingdale1940_small.jpg)
"Farmingdale Feed
Co.". c.1940
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![sidecarcafeFarmingdaleMainStSept92viewN.jpg (52740 bytes)](sidecarcafeFarmingdaleMainStSept92viewN_small.jpg)
Side Car Cafe , Farmingdale,
Main St., Sept, 1992 View N
Photo: CAPT. William Gilligan
US Navy
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![01-23-08Hicksville Station, just south on Jerusalem Ave-ernie.jpg (47992 bytes)](01-23-08Hicksville_Station_just_south_on_Jerusalem_Ave-ernie_small.jpg)
"Station Deli" Hicksville Station, just south on Jerusalem
Ave east side 1/23/2008 Photo: Ernie Murphy
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"Dunkin
Donuts" that replaced the commuter tavern at Hicksville Station, just south on Jerusalem
Ave west side 2/03/2008 Photo: Ernie Murphy
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Multi tenant office building, Hicksville Station,
one block
further south on Jerusalem Ave west side
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![Station Laundromat (with Divide in the background). ernie02-03-08.jpg (49330 bytes)](Station_Laundromat_with_Divide_in_the_background._ernie02-03-08_small.jpg)
"Station
Laundromat" Hicksville (with Divide in the background) 2/03/2008
Photo: Ernie Murphy
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![MaisonPoshII-LocustValley09-87viewN.jpg (75232 bytes)](MaisonPoshII-LocustValley09-87viewN_small.jpg)
Maison Posh II, Locust Valley
9/1987 View N
Photo: CAPT. William
Gilligan US Navy
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![Tower-Locust-Locust%20Valley-8-70.jpg (80321 bytes)](Tower-Locust-Locust20Valley-8-70_small.jpg)
Givenchy Shop and Willy's Garage view east at
Locust Valley
,
NY
8/1970
J. P. Sommer photo, Dave Keller archive
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![DD1-339-Trn19-SnrseSpecial-Sunnyside-8-37.jpg (37705 bytes)](DD1-339-Trn19-SnrseSpecial-Sunnyside-8-37_small.jpg)
DD1 #339 pulling train #19,
the “Sunrise Special” westbound past Knickerbocker Laundry
trackside, Sunnyside,
L
I. City
,
NY
8/1937 George E. Votava photo, Dave Keller archive
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![The Maples 9-5-06manorville.jpg (265069 bytes)](The_Maples_9-5-06manorville_small.jpg)
"The Maples" 09/05/06 Manorville |
![MassParkdepot-tempTicketOffice1966.jpg (62867 bytes)](MassParkdepot-tempTicketOffice1966_small.jpg)
Gannon’s Station Cafe,
Massapequa
Park
1966 Archive: Dave Keller
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![BrokenDownValise08-02-08mattituckMikeMcDermet.jpg (80901 bytes)](BrokenDownValise08-02-08mattituckMikeMcDermet_small.jpg)
The Broken Down Valise Mattituck 8/02/2008
Photo: Mike McDermet
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![Sta-Medford-4-19-40.jpg (51957 bytes)](Sta-Medford-4-19-40_small.jpg)
The Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company market trackside at
Medford
until moved in 1940
for the grade elimination View W,
Patchogue-Port Jefferson Road
a.k.a. Rt. 112 cross street Info/Archive: Dave Keller |
![northeastwindowco-MerrickFeb08viewNE.jpg (59811 bytes)](northeastwindowco-MerrickFeb08viewNE_small.jpg)
Northeast Window Co.
Merrick, 2/2002 View NE
Previously Midmer-Losh Organ Company, makers of the largest pipe
organ in the world. Info: George H. Lightfoot III
Photo: CAPT. William
Gilligan, Ret. US Navy
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![2-Merrick-Rear.jpg (42169 bytes)](2-Merrick-Rear_small.jpg)
Northeast Metal Products trackside at
Merrick
station 1966
Photo/Archive: Dave Keller
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![FeldmamWoodProd-Mineola05-96NWHerricksRdelimination.jpg (60669 bytes)](FeldmamWoodProd-Mineola05-96NWHerricksRdelimination_small.jpg)
Feldman Wood Products Mineola
5/1996 NW Herrick's Rd Elimination
Photo: CAPT. William
Gilligan US Navy |
![covertelecrmotorcompressorco-covertave-NewHydeParkFeb08viewNWgates stuckLIRR_PDonscene.jpg (68636 bytes)](covertelecrmotorcompressorco-covertave-NewHydeParkFeb08viewNWgates_stuckLIRR_PDonscene_small.jpg)
Covert Electric Motor
Compressor Co. Covert Ave, New Hyde Park Feb 2008 View NW: gates
stuck LIRR Police Dep't on scene Photo: CAPT. William
Gilligan US Navy, Retired |
![Ozone-Park_Quartin-Paper-Boxes_1930_Huneke.jpg (23817 bytes)](Ozone-Park_Quartin-Paper-Boxes_1930_Huneke_small.jpg)
Quartin Artistic Paper
Boxes water tower, Ozone Park 1930
Archive: Art Huneke
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![01-24-08sayvilleSWMike Dermet.jpg (85861 bytes)](01-24-08sayvilleSWMike_Dermet_small.jpg)
"Gas Station/Store" Sayville Railroad Ave view SW
1/24/2008
Photo: Mike McDermet
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Flatbush Pub, Railroad Ave.
Sayville
2/15/08 Photo: Mike McDermet |
![strip_stores_sayville_0215081.JPG (78312 bytes)](strip_stores_sayville_0215081_small.JPG)
Strip store view SE Railroad
Ave. Sayville
2/15/2008 Photo: Mike McDermet
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![Patchogue - Rider Ave. Xing - North - 5-43.jpg (58567 bytes)](Patchogue_-_Rider_Ave._Xing_-_North_-_5-43_small.jpg)
Swezey Coal and Feed and
St. Paul
’s Episcopal Church trackside at
Rider Ave
Patchogue 5/1943
Archive: Dave Keller
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![Patchogue - PD Tower - S. Ocean Ave. Xing - North - 5-43.jpg (48238 bytes)](Patchogue_-_PD_Tower_-_S._Ocean_Ave._Xing_-_North_-_5-43_small.jpg)
Fine Furs and Holzer’s Delicatessen trackside at PD,
Patchogue 5/1943
Archive: Dave Keller
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![Patchogue-Bay-Ave-Xing-East-4-46.jpg (55622 bytes)](Patchogue-Bay-Ave-Xing-East-4-46_small.jpg)
W. A. Case & Sons, Plumbing & Heating, trackside at
Bay Ave, Patchogue
5/1943
Archive: Dave Keller
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![WestAveShanty-Patchogue-1968.jpg (24824 bytes)](WestAveShanty-Patchogue-1968_small.jpg)
Grossman’s Lumber Company
trackside at Patchogue 1968 Archive:
Dave Keller
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![PD2.jpg (93632 bytes)](PD2_small.jpg)
"Super Market" at SW
corner Ocean Ave at PD Tower c. 04/2006
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![IMAincOceanAvePat09-87viewNE.jpg (61458 bytes)](IMAincOceanAvePat09-87viewNE_small.jpg)
IMA Inc. Ocean Ave
Patchogue
9/1987 View NE
Photo: CAPT. William
Gilligan US Navy, Retired
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"Track Side Cafe" 07/18/08
LIRR ex-Speonk Station closed 1958
Photo: Al Castelli
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![Speonk_Track-Side-Cafe_7-06-13_DaveMorrison.jpg (92818 bytes)](Speonk_Track-Side-Cafe_7-06-13_DaveMorrison_small.jpg)
"Track Side Cafe" 07/06/13
Photo: Dave Morrison
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![ALCO-RS1s-freight-eastbound_White-Castle-Lynbrook_09-28-63_Smith-Keller.jpg (87139 bytes)](ALCO-RS1s-freight-eastbound_White-Castle-Lynbrook_09-28-63_Smith-Keller_small.jpg)
"White Castle"
Lynbrook 9/28/1963 (Smith-Keller)
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![Choo-Choo-Auto-Repair_Islip_2-02-2008.jpg (90528 bytes)](Choo-Choo-Auto-Repair_Islip_2-02-2008_small.jpg)
Choo Choo Auto Repair, Islip
2/02/2008
Photo/Archive: Steven Lynch
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![Choo-Choo-Auto- Repair-Sign_Islip_2-02-2008.jpg (42606 bytes)](Choo-Choo-Auto-_Repair-Sign_Islip_2-02-2008_small.jpg)
Choo Choo Auto Repair Sign,
Islip 2/02/2008
Photo/Archive: Steven Lynch
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![](Susans-Pub_8-Railroad%20Ave-Bethpage_BillMangahas_small.JPG)
Susan's Pub - 8 Railroad Ave., Bethpage 3/012020
Photo/Archive: Bill Mangahas |
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![](Donovan's-Pub-Woodside-5042024-Mike-Greenhill_small.jpg)
Donovan's Pub, Woodside - 5/04/2024 Archive: Mike Greenhill |
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