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Long Island Motor Parkway

 
 
Long Island Motor Parkway Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, October 26, 2025
1. Long Island Motor Parkway Marker
Inscription. On this site was the first parkway built exclusively for automobiles (1908-1938). This section of the parkway was also used for the historic Vanderbilt Cup races held here from 1908 to 1910.
 
Erected 2015 by Nassau County.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Roads & VehiclesSports. A significant historical year for this entry is 1908.
 
Location. 40° 44.276′ N, 73° 33.233′ W. Marker is in Salisbury, New York, in Nassau County. It is at the intersection of Salisbury Park Drive and Carman Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Salisbury Park Drive. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2159 Salisbury Park Drive, Westbury NY 11590, 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 and in the Mid-Atlantic. 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 and also one of the original Thirteen
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Weber House (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different marker also named Long Island Motor Parkway (approx. 0.9 miles away); The "Comfort Women" (approx. 1.2 miles away); Polish Freedom Fighters Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); Chosin Reservoir Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); Military Medical Personnel Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); Medals of Honor Recipients Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); Marine Corps Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away).
 
More about this marker. This marker is one of three identical markers placed along Salisbury Park Drive.
 
Long Island Motor Parkway Marker - Facing Carman Avenue image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, October 26, 2025
2. Long Island Motor Parkway Marker - Facing Carman Avenue
Eisenhower Park image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Ian Lefkowitz, October 26, 2025
3. Eisenhower Park
This marker is located at the northeast corner entrance to Eisenhower Park, Nassau County's flagship park.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 13, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 9, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 55 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on November 9, 2025, by Ian Lefkowitz of New York, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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