North Amityville in Suffolk County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Ronek Park
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 23, 2019
1. Ronek Park Marker
Honored as a non-discriminatory housing development started by Thomas Romano in 1950. A part of the local housing boom after World War II.
Erected 2016 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 269.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Civil Rights. In addition, it is included in the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1950.
Location. 40° 41.644′ N, 73° 24.675′ W. Marker is in North Amityville, New York, in Suffolk County. It is at the intersection of Albany Avenue and Croyden Road, on the right when traveling north on Albany Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Amityville NY 11701, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the New York City Metropolitan Area and on Long Island. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bethel A.M.E. Church (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Bethel A.M.E. Church (approx. 0.4 miles away); Drive-In Theatre (approx. 0.4 miles away); Brunswick Home (approx. 0.8 miles away); American Warrior (Copiague World War I Memorial) (approx. 1.1 miles away); Copiague World War I Immigrant Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Amityville Trolley Routes (approx. 1.1 miles away); Suffolk County (approx. 1.1 miles away).
Also see . . . From History: The still-elusive racial ideals of Amityville's Roneck Park (Greater Babylon, 2017). Greater Babylon website entry (Submitted on May 5, 2019.)
via Greater Babylon, 1960
2. Ronek Park newspaper ad
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 23, 2019
3. Ronek Park Marker - wide view
Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 30, 2019, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 761 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 30, 2019, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. 2. submitted on February 16, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3. submitted on May 1, 2019, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
