1956 Map of Patchogue

About this map

Patchogue serves as the focal point of this mid-century survey, showing the South Shore community's infrastructure just as suburban expansion began to accelerate in central Suffolk County. The map details the village center's concentration of civic life around City Hall and the Patchogue River, extending north through North Patchogue to the recreational and residential clusters surrounding Lake Ronkonkoma. Significant land use is dedicated to the Mac Arthur Airport and a dense network of educational and religious institutions, including the Cenacle Convent and St Margaret Ch in Selden. Transport patterns are defined by the Long Island Railroad and the burgeoning corridor of the Sunrise Highway, which facilitated growth in settlements like Holbrook and Bohemia. For the family historian, the map meticulously records numerous local burial grounds such as Holy Sepulchre Cem and Cedar Grove Cem.