Sayville, Bayport, Oakdale -Long Island

This is the part of New York where I grew up... huh? no skyscrapers? Well, these villages are about 70mi/100km away from Manhattan, which was my Dad's daily commute for 35 years. They have carefully guarded their small town character.

Bayport-Gazebo Sayville-clock Edwards-Homestead- an original 1768 settlement. Bayport 01 IdleHour- a hidden part of Oakdale Bayport 02 Dowling College - the former Vanderbilt Mansion Drive-Up-Bank, with it's own lawn. Things are just more spread out out there. Bayport 03 ElmSt-01 ElmSt-02 ElmSt-03 ElmSt-04 ElmSt-05 ElmSt-06 Check out the gate of the fence. People meet at Flo's... but only in summertime! FosterAve-01 Friendly's - Sayville's closest thing to fast food. No McDonalds! GreeneAve-01 GreeneAve-02 IdleHour-01 Oakdale artists colony IdleHour-02 These buildings were the former Vanderbilt Horse Stables... IdleHour-03 Now these brick buildings are dwellings, full of character. IdleHour-04 Isn't "Idle Hour" a great name for a neighborhood? IslipGrange-01 A Restoration Village in Sayville Islip-Grange-02 West Sayville was originally a Dutch settlement Islip-Grange-03 Islip-Grange-04 Islip-Grange-05 IslipGrange-06 IslipGrange-07 MillPond on a cold misty morning- (tree grows sidewards due to a hurricane) Oakdale Train Station Oakdale-Texaco Station Sayville Train Station Sayville-Eagle on Main Street Sayville-Fire Department Sayville-MainSt-01 Sayville-MainSt-02 Sayville-Modern-Diner-01 Main Street Sayville with the former Charlotte-Shop Sayville-Modern-Diner-02 St.Anne's Episcopal Church in Sayville