It was destroyed by fire in 1952 and replaced by houses. In 1931, Massapequa Park was incorporated as a village to ensure control of land use and other issues. The village once had its own airport, the Fitzmaurice Flying Field, named in 1929 for James Fitzmaurice, the first man to fly a plane from Europe to the United States. It is said that more than 100,000 people came to the dedication of the field on Roosevelt Avenue. The field was used by private planes and eventually an insecticide-spraying business.
Today there are two schools on the site.