New-York tribune., 1921-05-29
Long Island Offers
Attractive Touring
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Ground for Autos
Road Conditions ON Main
Routes Are Described by
Bureau of Tours: Week
Ending in the Hamptons

The Bureau of Tours Of the Auto
mobile Club Of America reports road
,onditicns on Long Island as follows:
The South Shore Road is in good
..sditiou and free from detours to
Amityville, with connections over hard
surfaced road to Rockaway from Val
lev Stream and Lynhrook and to Long
Reach from Rockville Centre Con
structior IS in progress between Amity-
rilIe and Babylon. The aetour is via
ropaieue Road to Weglwood Avenue
snd Lyndenhurst and is well-posted.
To reach Babylon over good road
rom Jamaica continue east on Hillside
Avenue to Queens Road, turn right to
the village Of Queens, then go east on
Hampstead Avenue to Hempstead and
central Park 10 the prominent fork
short distance west Of Farmingdale.
then over the Fsrmingdale Road to
Babylon. This IS all hard surfaced
road TO Fsrmingdale and somewhat
ratted gravel from there on to Baby
lon.
There is rather long detosr over
noor dirt road, which turns north three
and half miles beyond Brookhaven
On 10 the Camp Upton Road. A right
turn is made where the detour is posted
70 8 dirt road which is followed
through Mauorvliie 20 the south shore
route al Center Moriches From there
on 20 southampton the road is Rll
hard-surfaced and in excellent condi
ton There Is short detour between
Southampton and Bridgehampton.
The best way to get down to the
ssst end of the island, either to the
Hamptons or TO GSssnpoint, over good
road, free from detours, is to cross
the Queensborough Bridge and follow
Queens Boulevard to Jamaica: then
along Hillside Avenue to Fulton Street.
Which becomes the Jericho Turnpike.
going through Floral Park MineoIa,
Jericho Woodbury. and Commack 70
Smithtown; then over the Middle ISL
and Road through New Village, Seldom.
Corar and Middle Island 10 Riverhead.
TO reach the Hamptons from Riverhead
turn right in center of the village.
cross small bridge, turn at once. left /
and follow the Riverhead Road through
Canoe Place to Southampton.
To reach Quogue and esthampton.
turn sharp right just after crossing I
the small bridge and run TO Quogue.
II Mattitucs, Southold. Greenpor+ or !
Orient Point Is the objective, continue /
straight on through Riverhead Motor I
lists can reach Shelter Island either
from the south shore route, bv goinp .
through Bridgehampto to Sag Harbor. /
or by ferry from Greenpoint to Man /
hansett, Shelter Island.
The North Shore route is in GOOD
condition and free from detours all /
the way as far as Northport. The
road is closed between Northport and
Commack Motorists going down the
Nerth Shore can run as far as Center
port, then over a fair road to the
Jericho Turnpike Construction is in
progress between Port Washington
and Roslyr.
Motorists can spend delightful
weekend st the Hamptons. on Long
Island, where there are good hotel ac-
eommodatlons- A number Of drives
can be taken on good roads skirtIng
along the shore OF the bays and in
let's, passing estates with fine resi-
dences and well-kept lawns. The trip
down to the extreme East of Montauk
Point IS very interesting. The road Is
IN fair condition and passes throucb
the quaint fishing village of Montauk
70 the lighthouse reservation at the
extreme end Of the island. At Mon
tauk lunch can be obtained. An ex-
eeAent circular trip can be made from
southampton by going north to North
Sea, then east through Rose Grove,
Noyack and Sag Harbor to East
hampton. 4 pleasant holiday can be
spent at Greenport, where a trip down
TO Orient Point and back offers in
teresting possibilities. In fact, an en-
sre week Of continuous motoring
would not exhaust the attractive places
Or the fine roads in a radius of fiftv
miles from any point on the eastern
md Of Long Island