Robert Moses and the Creation of Jones Beach State Park

There are few places more identifiable with Long Island than Jones Beach. The 6.5-mile state park, with its white sand beaches and iconic water tower, conjures warm nostalgia for nine decades worth of Long Islanders. Personally, Jones Beach State Park was the first place I met the Atlantic Ocean, and I still have vivid memories of my cousins coming down from Connecticut for a few days each summer to hang out at Field 6 and then get dinner at Borelli’s Pizzeria in East Meadow. While our family would eventually switched to Robert Moses State Park and I personally made the change to Long Beach once I hit high school, I can’t drive down Ocean Parkway without being brought back to those early days taking in deep breaths of salty air from the back of my parent’s minivan.

Long Island History, Jones BeachRichard J NardoNovember 25, 2019Jones Beach, Long Island History, Long Island Photography, Long Island Bloggers, Robert Moses, The Pencil, The Needle, Wantagh Parkway, Ocean Parkway, Jones Beach State Park, Robert Moses State Park, Rich Nardo, NTVLIComment