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Stanley's
Bakery, Islip Manor*, NY 11751
Motto: "...Be it the simple pleasure
of our fresh baked bread or the richness of our cakes and deserts.
There
is no doubt that our selection of freshly baked goods will have you
returning time and again..."
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Stanley's Bakery mid1950's, view NW
Archive: East Islip Historical Society
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Pathway Cleaners looking NW 08/06/08
50+ YEARS LATER
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The saleslady behind the counter in the photo was Hilda
Christiansen. She was an immigrant from Schleswig-Holstein Germany. The
picture is probably from 1958 or 1959 as the store was remodeled and the
fixtures are new.
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Jan 1963 Complimentary Calendar
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The bakery was established in 1948 by Heinrich Pieper who lived a couple of blocks north of Sunrise Highway east of Islip Avenue. He was also the landlord as well.
Stanley's
Bakery has been family owned and run since 1948 when it was
established by the Sadowski family. My parents bought the bakery in June of 1953. As you can see from the awning, the name of the place was already Stanley's Bakery. The sign on the building said Pieper's Home Bakery for several years because my father did not have the money yet for new signs. I can also tell that it was mid-1950's because my father had not yet remodeled the storefront.
He moved the front door over to the left side and removed the
showcase front window with straight glass and an aluminum front. The
illuminated Stanley's Bakery sign on the front of the building came
after this picture as well as an illuminated Bakery sign on the railroad
side of the building. Those sign boxes are still in use today at the
East Islip location as a front sign and a street sign. The actual face
plates have been replaced with shatterproof plastic due to vandalism.
As
you can see in the picture, the rail siding was still there with the
dirt backstop showing in the picture. The freight siding was used by the
lumber yard behind the bakery which is currently a plumbing supply
company. The freight siding was removed sometime after 1960 when the
town redid the Islip Railroad station. They tore down the old station
and replaced it with the current one. They did the parking lot as well
which necessitated removing the freight siding as well as adding gates
on both railroad crossings.
I remember a man used to close the
pedestrian gate between both sides of the station from a booth down by
the old hotel. The WPAC radio station clock that used to hang from the
railroad side of the building still hangs in the back of the present
bakery. You can still see it from the store. In 2006 Stanley Sadowski decided to
retire after 58 years at which time he transferred ownership to one of
his employees. Stanley's remains a family owned business today.
Thanks to: Stanley Sadowski, Jr. 2009
Stanley's Bakery -
68E Main Street, East Islip, NY 11730
Phone: (631) 581-1230
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Past
& Present Business & Industries
Along Moffitt
Blvd, Islip Manor*, NY 11751 |
William H.
Moffitt |
William H.
Moffitt, a
real estate developer, familiarized himself with the Bay Shore area as a
member of the Olympic Club. The previous South Side Rail Road,
Islip Centre Depot location (12/1868-6/1889), one mile west of Islip
depot, may have served the Olympic Boat Club members at the foot of
Saxon Ave. as the property of the Olympic Club. (1)
His company, W. H. Moffitt Realty
Corp., located in New York City began purchasing large properties along
the south shore of Long Island in the early 1900’s with the intention
of selling it off as subdivided plots.
Unlike Daniel D.
Conover, who developed much of the shore areas in the towns of Islip and
Bay Shore, Moffitt purchased properties further inland from the Great
South Bay. One of his first purchases in 1901 was known as Bay
Shore Manor and included 55 acres of land located between Clinton Avenue
and Park Avenue and north of Bay Shore Avenue (now Sunrise Highway).
Each plot had a 25-foot “frontage” on roads built by Moffitt, was
100-feet deep and less than one-tenth of an acre. It is believed
that not many homes were built on the land at that time. However,
some of the side streets exist to this day.
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In 1906, realizing that in
order to be more successful he would need to remain closer to the shore,
Moffitt purchased what he called Willow Brook Park, Saxon Park and
Olympic Park. Willow Brook, located north of the railroad tracks in
Islip was 160 acres and home to the Islip Driving Park which Moffitt
later renovated into a race track, known as the Willow Brook Driving
Park. Saxon Park, located to the east of Willow Brook, along the south
side of the railroad tracks to Saxon Avenue was purchased from Conover’s
estate for $40,000 which at the time had been the largest amount paid
for property in the town of Islip. The worthiest property, Olympic Park,
was located south of South Country road between Orowoc Creek and Saxon
Avenue and was the only one with access to the Great South Bay. Moffitt
purchased it for $65,000. Moffitt also built five new roads through this
property, Kempster, Wenman, Gree, Mallar and Boyd, that ran from Saxon
Avenue to Orowoc Creek. Over 900 acres of land along the Great South Bay
had been purchased by Moffitt’s company at that time, however, very
little had been sold.
William Moffett House, Islip
1903
Moffitt also bought himself
property around Orowoc Pond, in the area north of South Country Road
between Saxon Avenue and Grant Avenue on which to build for himself. His
home, constructed of steel and concrete in 1910, was said to have cost
over $100,000 and contained 21 rooms. It was described as “one of the
most artistic and modern homes on Long Island” at that time. In
addition, he owned homes in Staten Island and Connecticut, a mansion in
New York City and property in New Jersey. That same year he became owner
of the Bay Shore Independent, a newspaper company, and a year later was
elected commodore of the Bay Shore Yacht Club.
"Beautiful Shore", the
William Henry Moffitt estate designed by Palmer & Hornbostel c. 1910 in
Islip. Moffitt was president of W.H. Moffitt Realty Corp. and publisher
of the Bay Shore Independent. He was also president of the New York
State Realty Dealers Association. He sold the above house in the middle
of the decade and disappeared after being indicted for grand larceny
relating to his real estate dealings. After being on the run for two
years including a stay in London, he was arrested in San Jose, CA in
1920. He had been selling people lots in his new development known as
'Nassau Heights No. 3' in Hempstead that were said to be mortgage free
and clear in title though the parcels were part of a general mortgage on
the property. The NYTimes reported that his real estate dealings
involved $4 million and had "a large number of victims" but the specific
larceny charge was for $200. Moffitt later said he fled because of the
pressure of creditors and the foreclosure of many mortgages and tax
liens. Moffitt was apparently eventually able to repay his creditors and
returned to California to continue his business there though I do not
know whatever became of the grand larceny charges. The house is no
longer extant but sat on South Country Road.
By 1914, Moffitt was said to have been worth over $2 million and had
bought and sold over $20 million in property. He had become a
distinguished businessman whose company and accomplishments had been
praised in the papers. However, the real estate industry began to
decline and Moffitt found himself so greatly indebted he sold his home
on Orowoc Pond to Walter G. Oakman, (who in 1918 sold it to George
Graham, a senior member of the U.S. House of Representatives) in order
to pay his mortgage. Moffitt was also forced to sell a factory he owned
in Bay Shore and continued to sell off his assets for the next three
years to make ends meet.
Unable to pay back creditors,
Moffitt fled to California and then became a fugitive. He had been
indicted back in New York with a grand larceny charge as a result of
real estate deals totaling $4 million and chose to not appear. Moffitt
also spent time hiding in London but did come back to the United States
where he was finally arrested and investigated. Eventually, Moffitt was
able to pay back his creditors and returned to California where he
established another real estate business in the 1920’s. All that was
remembered of Moffitt however back in New York was Moffitt Boulevard
located in Bay Shore. Above excerpted from - Along the Great South
Bay - From Oakdale to Babylon - The Story of a Summer Spa 1840-1940" -
Harry W. Havemeyer, 1996.
With Moffitt in deep trouble
financially, but the siding still in place for another 10 years until
1924. The LIRR may have spotted freight cars there for Baileys and a
load for the Ice Company (team track style!?) across the street for
wagon pickup. Similar to Grinnell Lithograph on Moffitt Blvd over in the
area across from the Islip Freight station/later team track. His
estate eventually became the new Islip High/Middle School location by
the lake behind McDonalds on Main Street when it opened 1965, which I
attended. Info: Steven Lynch
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Willow Brook Racetrack Map Islip 1904
Archive: Islip Historical Society
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Willow Brook Marker - Moffitt Blvd. east of
Roosevelt Ave. Islip Historical Society

Sanborn map - Islip 1/1909 Willow Brook Racetrack |

A
advertising post card for Willow Brook Raceway, once located along Moffitt Blvd,
west of Roosevelt Ave. This popular Islip attraction, built by William Moffitt, opened in
1906. Archive: Islip Historical
Society

Spectators
in the Grandstand of the Willow Brook Racetrack, built 1906
by William
H. Moffitt. Archive: Islip Historical
Society
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William H. Moffitt properties - Hyde map 1915 zoom Archive: SUNY-Stony
Brook |

Orowoc Creek, Islip - View N from south of Main St.
(South Country Road) c.1905 |

Ex-Inn/Tavern built by Carmelo
Consiglio for the Raceway c. 1906 - Now an apartment complex
Google Earth 2018 Info: Great Granddaughter, Linda Consiglio Sutorius
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Saxon Park, located to
the east of Willow Brook, along the south side of the railroad tracks to
Saxon Avenue was purchased from Conover’s estate for $40,000 which at
the time had been the largest amount paid for property in the town of
Islip. The worthiest property, Olympic Park, was located south of
South Country road between Orowoc Creek and Saxon Avenue and was the
only one with access to the Great South Bay. Moffitt purchased it
for $65,000. Moffitt also built five new roads through this
property, Kempster, Wenman, Green, Mallar and Boyd, that ran from Saxon
Avenue to Orowoc Creek. Over 900 acres of land along the Great
South Bay had been purchased by Moffitt’s company at that time,
however, very little had been sold.
Moffitt also bought
himself property around Orowoc Pond, in the area north of South Country
Road between Saxon Avenue and Grant Avenue on which to build for himself.
Above excerpted from - "Along
the Great South Bay - From Oakdale to Babylon - The Story of a Summer
Spa 1840-1940" - Harry W. Havemeyer, 1996. Note 1: Research:
Dave Keller
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William Moffitt 1906 land purchases in Islip
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Islip 1915 Hyde map
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Islip 1950-1965 Homeowner map of the ex-Willow
Brook Racetrack area (c.1900)
Complied/Researched: Wayne Martin
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Pictorial view north of both past and
present day business and current rail industry
locations in Islip 01/2009 Info: Mike McDermet/Steven Lynch, Diagram: Steven Lynch
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View looking south of Islip Manor
01/2009 Islip Ave to Grant Ave.
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On the southside of the railroad tracks was the medical lab building, and then the gas station at the fork in Nassau Avenue. Betty Mayer sold Christmas trees from her house on Nassau Avenue in the 1950,s close to that gas station. On the west side of Nassau
Ave. was Islip Coal & Feed with their own rail siding.
Proceeding to Moffitt Blvd. there was Kubek's Concrete Block Kiln, a used lumber yard which is now Panzner's Demo Co. and moving east there was Cerny's
Nursery. Further east there was Tursellinos's Beer & Ice and the Dzus Fasteners factory. At the corner of Nassau Ave. there was the Station Hotel followed by a fuel and tar business with piles of gravel on the property. Next to that was a gas station which was next to the lumber yard which is now Sigfried Plumbing. Then there was the Manor Inn and the bakery building. These all had the rail siding behind them until approximately 1960.
Starting at the railroad tracks on the east side of Islip Ave. was B&B Deli, a German
Butcher shop and then Finky's which was owned by Mr. & Mrs. Finkelstein and Mr. & Mrs. Schiff. They were nice people and one of them lived on Moffitt Blvd I think. They sold out to Lou Mascola from East Islip around 1960 or so. The next store was Frank Tessitore Insurance, the shoemaker and then Reilly's Luncheonette.
Around the corner was the barber shop and the Newsday drop off store for the kids with their routes.
Going down Islip Ave. towards Sunrise Hwy. was the Triple M roofing building with the Superette across the street. There was a pharmacy which became the Manor liquor store and two gas stations one of which was a Texaco station. There was the little barber shop on the corner of Spruce with the owner living in the house behind it. After that there was Vic Gremli's auto body shop and the Milk Depot by Sunrise.
I cannot remember where Charlotte and Hans Winter had their Chalet Deli before they built the present shopping
center. Was it on the present site and they knocked the old buildings
down? I think that the liquor store was next to them in that old building before they moved to the old pharmacy building. The little shopping center next to the roofer was built around 1960 or so. It seems that a lot of changes took place in the Manor around 1960. I hope that some of this information may prove useful to your website documenting the history of the manor. Thanks to: Stanley
Sadowski, Jr. 2010
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MOFFITT
BLVD - SAXON AVE to ISLIP AVE |

Bay Shore Physical Medicine was Flush Door Distributors
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Bay Shore Physical Medicine

View N into Panzner yard

Saxon Ave Panzer View NW
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Panzner Demolition Artist Cove Realty

Bayview Animal Hospital

Concrete Impressions 2012 View E
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This location was once served by a siding for the South Side Rail Road - Islip Centre (sic) depot (12/1868-6/1869), one mile west of Islip Station, and later served the Olympic Boat Club members at the foot of Saxon Ave. as the property of the Olympic Club, c.1900. This depot was picked up and moved after its short 6 month history. William H. Moffitt, the developer of Willow Brook Park, Saxon Park and Olympic Park utilized this siding, c.1900 and later served Bailey's Lumber and coal Elevator (SE corner of Saxon and Moffitt Blvd) in the late 19th Century into the 20th Century. The siding was removed in 1957 as Panzer received no rail traffic. The photos are
c. 2008.
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Suffolk Bus view N
ex-Doxsee Bus Company
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LIRR MP42 Islip 02/24/08
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Ex-Lawrence Junk Yard
View SW
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Ex-Johnny Lawrence Auto Wreckers
Office/Home View S
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Note: Grinnell Lithographic merged into
Arkay Packaging Corp 1990s c.1993+
Previously used team track north siding for deliveries. Nassau Ave. was Railroad Ave 05/1958
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Maher Van Lines

B/B Beer Islip Cold Beer Distributor
ex-Islip Cold Beer Distributor A. Tursellino |

84 lumber view S
4/21/2012
84 lumber view NW 4/21/2012
84 lumber view NW zoom
4/21/2012
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LIRR #410 Train #78- eastbound at Nassau Ave., Islip - 1/20/2025
Photo/Archive: Timothy Hosey |

B/B Beer Islip Cold Beer Distributor Sign
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Storage City, next to 84 Lumber
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ISLIP MANOR |

Islip Manor 1950's-1960's Homeowner map -
Complied/Researched: Steve Lynch |

ISLIP STATION: S. S. R. R. South Side R. R. Depot Built: 1868 (LIRR
Montauk Branch) 2nd Depot Built: 1881, Razed: 1963
3rd Depot Built: 1963. Agency Closed:? Remodeled: 1997 Research: Dave
Keller
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Velvetop Grant Ave View NE

VelveTop Sign Watson Place Gate
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Full Martini, ex-Anderson's, previous ex-Manor Inn. 04/30/2008
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Siegfried Plumbing, ex-Bayslip Plumbing
c. 1950's
Photo: 08/06/08
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Siegfried Plumbing 05/23/2010
Photo: Steven A. Lynch
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Ex-machine shop? 5/23/2010
Photo:
Steven A. Lynch
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Glengarry Building, now New Ulster Linen
Company view NE 05/23/2010
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John's Auto Repair 10/19/08
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Velvetop - 366 Moffitt Blvd, Islip/Huntington
Pavement materials, chemicals
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Velvetop - Ex-John H. C. Haff Asphalt in the 1950's+ location -
8/06/2008 |

Bill Boucher's Auto Body
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ex-Monzet's Hotel site built c. 1890s view SW 2/02/2008
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ex-Monzet's Hotel site view NE 10/19/2008
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ex-Monzet's Hotel site view NE
2/27/2010
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ex-Monzet's Hotel site view
E 2/02/2008
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84 Lumber, Nassau Ave crossing View S
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Choo Choo Auto Repair 02/02/08
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Pathway Cleaners looking NW 08/06/08 from in front of where the old LILCO substation was.
Previous location Stanley's Bakery

Islip Manor Shop view SE c. 1928
colorized post card photo
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Islip Manor Historical Marker

Islip Manor Shops 08/06/08 view NE
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*Note:
Islip Manor: the area around the railroad station, is not a postal entity.
Created after much of the area was built north of Moffitt Blvd. after WWI in the 1920's.
All
photos above: Mike McDermet unless otherwise noted.
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