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Amityville NY

Amityville is a village in the town of Babylon in Suffolk County, New York, in the United States. The population was 9,441 at the 2000 census and increased to 9,523 at the 2010 census.

 The village was formally incorporated on March 3, 1894. In the early 1900s Amityville was a popular tourist destination with large hotels on the bay and large homes. Annie Oakley was said to be a frequent guest of vaudevillian Fred Stone. Will Rogers had a home across Clocks Boulevard from Stone. Gangster Al Capone also had a house in the community.

 

Points of Interest

The Triangle – The fork of Broadway and Park Avenue, along with Ireland Place create a triangular plot of land at the center of the village. The Triangle building was built in 1892, the same year that Ireland Place opened. A Gazebo was added to the north point of The Triangle in 1988. In 1994, The Triangle was officially designated “Memorial Triangle” in memory of all who have served the village.

 

The Lauder Museum is located at the corner of Broadway and Ireland Place, just south of The Triangle. The historic building was built for the Bank of Amityville in 1909. The Amityville Historical Society opened the Lauder Museum in 1972.[5]

The Mike James Courts at Bolden Mack Park.

The Amityville beach.

 

I personally lived on Ocean Avenue at the time of the Amityville murders back in 1974.  It was a wonderful house deeply set back from the road on one of the widest points of Amityville Creek.  I certainly miss those days on Ocean Avenue!

Most information about Amityville  courtesy of Wikipedia.

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