Editing Greenlawn, New York (section)

==History==
Originally known as Old Fields, it became known by the name Greenlawn with the coming of the [[Long Island Rail Road]] in 1870 or 1871. The LIRR chose the name [[Greenlawn (LIRR station)|Greenlawn]] for its station, apparently to project an idyllic rural/suburban image and foster resort travel to the beaches in [[Centerport, New York|Centerport]]. Greenlawn was well known for its [[pickled cucumber|pickle]] production during the 19th century as well as, to a lesser degree, [[potato]] and [[cabbage]] farms; the principal commodity, pickles, is still celebrated by the annual Pickle Festival, held by the local Greenlawn-Centerport Historical Association at the [[Henry Smith Farmstead|John Gardiner Farm]]. The Gardiner family was the first to make a name for themselves as pickle farmers in the region but a former enslaved man, Samuel Ballton, earned the moniker "The Pickle King" for becoming a prolific pickle farmer in Greenlawn in the early 1900s.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hughes |first=Robert C. |date=2015-06-06 |url=https://huntingtonhistory.com/2015/06/06/the-pickle-king-of-greenlawn/ |title=The Pickle King of Greenlawn |website=Huntington History |access-date=2022-12-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Cottone |first=Marc |date=1997-04-20 |title=Quiet Greenlawn's Snappy Past |work=Newsday |page=E28}}</ref>