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Beginnings: Not until the early 1800s did a few farmhouses sprout up along dirt roads that would later form the main thoroughfares of Lindenhurst. Life passed quietly for the first generation of settlers, until Thomas Welwood arrived in the 1860s. A Brooklyn real estate agent, Welwood saw great potential in the pine brush clearings near the tracks of the new South Side railroad, which first rolled through the area in 1867. By 1869, Welwood had acquired so much land in the region that the new railroad station was christened Wellwood, a misspelling that persists to this day.
Photo: The Railroad Station, Lindenhurst (Photo from "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909)
Photo: The Railroad Station, Lindenhurst (Photo from "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909)
Beginnings: Not until the early 1800s did a few farmhouses sprout up along dirt roads that would later form the main thoroughfares of Lindenhurst. Life passed quietly for the first generation of settlers, until Thomas Welwood arrived in the 1860s. A Brooklyn real estate agent, Welwood saw great potential in the pine brush clearings near the tracks of the new South Side railroad, which first rolled through the area in 1867. By 1869, Welwood had acquired so much land in the region that the new railroad station was christened Wellwood, a misspelling that persists to this day.
Photo: The Railroad Station, Lindenhurst (Photo from "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909)
Photo: The Railroad Station, Lindenhurst (Photo from "Long Island To-day" by Frederick Ruther, 1909)
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PIX11 Cares: WPIX Visits Brooklyn to Help Superstorm Sandy Victims
PIX11.com | @wpixThe PIX11 Morning News continues PIX11 Cares, a campaign aimed at helping those in communities hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy, with a visit to Brooklyn. Sukanya Krishnan anchoring portions of the Morning News from Gerritsen Beach, Dan Mannarino...Tags: Breezy Point, Hurricanes, Red Hook, New York City, Broad Channel
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PIX11 Cares: WPIX Visits Long Island to Help Hurricane Sandy Victims
PIX11.com | @wpixThe PIX11 Morning News continues PIX11 Cares, a campaign aimed at helping those in communities hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy, with a visit to Long Island. Sukanya Krishnan anchored portions of the Morning News from Long Beach, Dan Mannarino reported from...Tags: Staten Island (New York City), Breezy Point, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Broad Channel
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Vigil Held For Young Student Killed By Drunk Driver
pix11.com | @jaydownycCynthia Urbin’s son died from a congenital brain condition in 2010; Wednesday night, she attended the wake for his best friend -- 18-year old Brittany Walsh. “It’s so sad. I lost a daughter, right after i lost my son”, Urbin...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Thomas Spota, Health, Witnesses, Justice System
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2 NYPD Cops Busted For Robbing Long Island Homes
PIX11.com | @jaydownycThey are sworn to protect and serve. But NYPD Detective Rafeal Astacio and his crew are accused moonlighting as criminals – robbers to be precise. Law enforcement officials tell PIX11 they were arrested on earlier this month after breaking into a home on...Tags: Suffolk County (New York), Long Island, New York City Police Department
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A list of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack victims
A list of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack victims from data compiled by the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. The overall death toll from the attacks stands at 2,977 -- including 2,753 killed as a result of the attacks at the World Trade Center, 184...Tags: Hampton (Windham, Connecticut), Sundance Film Festival, Health and Safety at Work, Crimes, Chester
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PIX 11 Weather: Snow Storm Passes Tri-State Area
pix11.comThe storm may have gotten a late start, but caught up quickly. Most of the tri-state area has seen the back edge of it. As of 9 a.m. snow totals in New York include 4.2" in Central Park, 3" in Tuxedo, 2.9" for Islip, and 1.5" for Lindenhurst. In New...Tags: New Jersey, Connecticut, Danbury, Snow Storms, New York
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NY Man Lighting Firework Blows Off Arm
Police say a man lighting fireworks has blown off his arm at a party on New York's Long Island.
Suffolk County police say 36-year-old Eric Smith was using a 3-foot long metal tube to shoot mortars from the street near his Islip (EYE'-slip) Terrace home...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Suffolk County (New York), New York, Long Island, Health
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Five Long Island Massage Parlor Workers Arrested For Prostitution
wpix.comIn the latest massage parlor raid, five women working at Lindenhurst and Hauppauge massage parlors were arrested for prostitution Friday, according to the Suffolk County police department. The arrests are just the latest in a crackdown on Long Island...Tags: Prostitution, Personal Service, Hauppauge, Central Islip, WPIX
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Brothers Arrested in Hammer Attack on LI
LINDENHURST, N.Y (WPIX) -- Two brothers on Long Island, have been charged with attacking a Lindenhurst man with a hammer, after he came to the aid of his neighbor whose home had just been burglarized by the suspects, according to Suffolk County police....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Crimes, Long Island, Health, Central Islip
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Elderly Man Arrested for Sex Assault On Teen
MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. - An elderly man was arrested Wednesday after cops say he sexually assaulted a 16-year-old boy. Sami Ishaq, 74, of Lindenhurst, is registered in Suffolk County as a low risk, level one sexual offender. Nassau County police say Ishaq had...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Sex Crimes, Social Issues, Sexual Assault, Nassau County
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Mortgage Fraud Arrests
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y. - A house in North Babylon, another in Lindenhurst, and another posh waterfront home in West Islip were all owned by Louis LaDonna and are now all in foreclosure. He's just one of 27 people arrested over the past two years labeled as scam...Tags: Corporate Crime, Mortgages, Fraud, Thomas Spota, Crimes
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Chase Ends with Crash into House, Teen's Arrest
A Copiague teen was arrested on drunken driving and other charges after he led Suffolk County police on a high-speed pursuit, then crashed into a house in Lindenhurst early Wednesday, police said. Edward Figuereo, 17, of 106 30th St., faces charges of...Tags: Copiague, Suffolk County (New York), New York, Vehicles, Central Islip
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