Islip First Freight Station

By way of history: Islip- LIRR main labeled as ''Southern Railroad of Long Island' from 1874 - 1st Freight House Sanborn map 12/1890 Note: Comac Rd. South of Moffitt Blvd. - Comack Rd. (SIC per Sanborn 1901 ) renamed Railroad Ave. c.1915 and further south after the intersection with previous Neck Rd. as Railroad Ave (1958) then later Nassau Ave. Previous South Side Rail Road structures: June 1876 listed the road as the "Southern RR of L.I. Division." :


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And here's the Hyde map 1888 Hyde map - Islip Station area close-up.
1st Freight House just east of Hirst Coal Yard on north passing siding, N/S Neck Rd. leads to station parking area from the Islip village.

Original Islip Freight House east of Comac Rd. Secatogue Hotel Sanborn map inset 3/1897. So the older Railroad Hotel from the 1890 map has now been replaced by the Secatogue Hotel in this 1897 Sanborn map. This could have occurred at anytime <1890 and 1897 as these maps are not update annually.


Shortly thereafter, we have Monzet's Hotel 1898 (appears to be a name change) which appears on this map from 8/1902

Monzet's Hotel Secatogue later Monzet's Hotel 1898 built in the 1890s view NE 3/1980 Photo: Steven Lynch

Islip 1st freight station off to the far left in this c.1900-1905 view NW Archive: Dave Morrison