• Heckscher State Park Improvements - East Islip NY
    Suffolk County News reported that between 1935 and 1936, the WPA “improved recreational facilities in following State Parks : Sunken Meadow, Heckscher, Wildwood, Orient Point and Hither Hills…” One such allotment, for $13,959.63 and reported in Nov. 1935, called for "repairing and painting buildings, playgrounds, and beach equipment" at Heckscher State Park.