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»How do you pronounce Copiague? »Where is Copiague located? »If I were to visit Copiague today, what would I find? »Is there more information available about the South Shore area? »Will this web site eventually include some recent Copiague history? »I have some interesting information and/or old photographs to share about Copiague. How can I contact you? How do you pronounce Copiague? Copiague is pronounced /KOH payg/. Where is Copiague located? Copiague is a hamlet (similar to a town), located on the south shore of Long Island, New York, United States of America, about 35 miles east of New York City, New York. According to the web site “Google Earth”, at Oak Street and Great Neck Road (near the center of the hamlet), the latitude coordinate is 40°40’48.03” and longitude coordinate is 73°23’; 57.10”. The intersection is at an elevation of 20 feet. If I were to visit Copiague today, what would I find? There is no big draw to the Copiague area as there was in the early 1900s, but Copiague still has some interesting spots. Today, Copiague is still a multiethnic working class neighborhood. There are still Italians in Copiague, but there is also a large Polish population, Hispanic residents, African-Americans and Turkish people - just to mention a few. Make sure to visit one of the ethnic eateries! If the weather is nice, take the food to Tanner Park and enjoy the salt air and scenery of the Great South Bay. Ask an angler what he caught. Most people are friendly, and will give you the time of day, or directions, if you ask them. There is no Main Street per se. The main thoroughfare, Great Neck Road, runs north and south. It is commercial and residential. Sunrise Highway, (State Route 27), is an east-west thoroughfare. The businesses along the road are mainly commercial, and include car dealerships plus large retail stores. Montauk Highway, (State Route 27A), is the southern-most east-west road. It is markedly retail, but the shops are smaller and more personable than the larger stores along Sunrise Highway. The overall pace is much slower than on Sunrise Highway. If you look to the south, you can still see where parts of the Great South Bay meet the highway. Is there more information available about the South Shore area? Each web content page lists relative reading references (the “Footnotes” section) and related web sites (the “Web Exploration” section), where applicable. The hamlet of Copiague is flanked by Amityville to the west, and Lindenhurst then Babylon to the east. These neighboring towns have small, but nice, museums that display the historical life along the south shore. You could easily tour all three in one afternoon.
Will this web site eventually include some recent Copiague history? Maybe. Come back and visit again. I have some interesting information and/or old photographs to share about Copiague. How can I contact you? Simply email me at mgrande@suffolk.lib.ny.us Please use “Copiague” as part of the subject line. |
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