HOUSE AND GARDEN 
210 
March, 1911 
The home of Mrs. Russell Sage is one of the 
landmarks of Sag Harbor 
The gate lodge and entrance to the estate of W. Bourke Cochran at Wampage 
The name Woodmere has become closely associated with this most 
attractive development of the American farmhouse 
P a t c h o g u e, for in- 
stance, the number 
more than doubles in 
the summer; to Hicks- 
ville and most of the 
points inside of the 
average commu t e r ’ s 
distance it remains 
nearly stationary. Far 
Rockaway had twenty- 
one hundred commu¬ 
ters in the month of August last sum¬ 
mer, and although it is usually consid¬ 
ered a summer resort there were six 
hundred and thirty commuters in 
January of this year. 
The answer to the question “What 
does the commuter find on Long 
Island in return for his effort in trav¬ 
eling back and forth ?” requires a very 
long answer. There is a variety in 
the character and appearances of the 
many suburban communities that is 
found probably in no other portion, 
covering the same area, of the United 
States. 
If the commuter takes the main line 
The yacht that carries commuters from Bay Shore 
to Saltaire on the western end of Fire Island 
he will pass through the group of 
towns near the city and reach Rich¬ 
mond Hill, extending along the hill¬ 
side of what is now Forest Hill Park 
Lake Winganhauppauge at Islip is a reminder of the 
Indian days 
of the Borough of 
Brooklyn. Adjoin¬ 
ing this on the 
south lies Morris 
Park which has 
been developed by 
the railroad divi- 
s i o n running 
through Brooklyn 
to downtown New 
York. Jamaica, ly¬ 
ing just beyond, 
ten miles from 
New York, is the 
center of the rail¬ 
road system. From the west two tracks of the Atlantic division 
to Brooklyn are equipped with electric train service. From the 
west also, four tracks 
from Long Island City 
carry through trains to 
all parts of the Island 
proper. Four tracks 
extend eastward from 
Jamaica, the two north¬ 
erly reaching the North 
Shore and central 
points; the southerly 
pair carrying the traf¬ 
fic of the South Side or 
main line to Montauk or Sag Harbor. 
Just east of Jamaica lie Hollis, 
Queens and Floral Park, the first of 
which is twelve miles out, while 
Floral Park is fifteen. Just beyond 
lies Garden City, eighteen miles from 
New York and one of the most at¬ 
tractive inland communities on the 
Island. With its Cathedral, its large 
and well known hotel and the two 
famous schools, St. Mary’s for girls 
and St. Paul’s for boys, its golf club 
and its magnificent tree-shaded streets, 
it has naturally been built up with 
many of the most attractive modern 
homes to be found on the Island. 
Hempstead lies just beyond, twenty 
miles out, and is particularly attract¬ 
ive on account of its Revolutionary 
associations, while nearby on the 
Hempstead Plains is the Meadow- 
Beyond Queens, on the straight line from 
One of the new houses at Kensington—another adaptation of the 
Dutch Colonial to modern needs. Forman & Light, architects 
brook Hunt Club, 
which a spur branches off towards Garden City, lies New Hyde 
Park, bordering Hempstead Plains. Farther on is Mineola, "the 
county seat of Nas¬ 
sau County and 
widely known for 
its Fair Grounds. 
Just beyond lies 
Westbury, the cen¬ 
ter of many beau- 
tiful estates. 
Hicksville is twen¬ 
ty-five miles out 
and one of the 
famous one-street 
villages. From 
here the 
Wading 
An old Wantagh homestead that has been 
remodeled. Pettit & Green, architects 
