Author : Bill Florio
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439660484
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Book Synopsis Around Elmont and Rosedale by : Bill Florio
Download or read book Around Elmont and Rosedale written by Bill Florio and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-29 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once portions of a farming community called Fosters Meadow, Elmont and Rosedale have changed dramatically since Thomas and Christopher Foster first farmed the land in the 1600s. In the 1850s, immigrant German farmers settled in the area abutting Elmont Road, Brookville Boulevard, Linden Boulevard, and Merrick Boulevard. The remnants of that German farming community continued into the early 20th century, despite encroaching suburbanization, renamed streets, and subdivided farmland, along with Irish, Italian, and Jewish immigrants changing the area's ethnic makeup. This new suburban area covering the southern corners of Nassau and Queens Counties became home to landmarks like the Argo Theatre, Rottkamp Farm, Schmitt Farm, Laurelton Parkway, Gouz Dairy, Sapienza Bakery, St. John's Methodist Church, and world-famous Belmont Park. Today, Elmont, Rosedale, and the rest of the former Fosters Meadow are home to a large population of Caribbean immigrants, bringing a new culture to the area and, with it, new landmarks and new ideas.