WPA Sidewalks – Holtsville NY

City:
Holtsville, NY

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Sidewalks and Stairs

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1939

Completed:
1939

Description

In 1939 Sayville’s Suffolk County News reported multiple WPA sidewalk projects that were approved ‘by a vote of members of the Brookhaven Town Board.’ The projects were estimated to cost a total of $33,441, “of which the town’s share would be … $16,384.”

The jobs were “aimed principally at the protection of children walking to and from local schools.”

“The Holtsville proposal calls for 1.6 miles of sidewalk extending along the east side of Waverly avenue from the north side of the railroad tracks northward to the farm-to-market road [now Horseblock Road].”

In October the newspaper reported the completion of the project.

Source notes

"Plan Walk Project; WPA Job Would Protect Children in Two Communities; To Code $33,441"; Suffolk County News [Sayville, NY], August 11, 1939. "Complete Concrete Sidewalk"; Suffolk County News [Sayville, NY], Oct. 27, 1939.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on December 15, 2013.

Location Info


Waverly Avenue
Holtsville, NY Suffolk County

Coordinates: 40.823908, -73.04624

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