In 1955, Long Island was a checkerboard of farming and fishing communities. The longest island in the continental U.S., Long Island remained relatively sleepy and quaint until 1958, when the Long Island Expressway was completed and spanned 71 miles of the 118-mile length of the land mass. Before '58, Long Island towns just over the Queens border became …
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