Editing Freeport, New York (section)

===Architecture===
[[File:Freeport, NY post office interior 01.jpg|thumb|Interior of the Freeport Post Office.]][[File:Woodcleft Canal 20240919 131823.jpg|thumb|Woodcleft Canal Historic Marker]][[File:Woodcleft Inn historic marker 20240919 130959.jpg|thumb|Woodcleft Inn historic marker]]
Just north of the high school and the railroad tracks is the ruin of the former [[Brooklyn Waterworks]], described by Christopher Gray of the ''New York Times'' as looking like an "ancient, war-damaged abbey." Designed by architect [[Frank Freeman (architect)|Frank Freeman]] and opened in 1891 to serve the City of Brooklyn (later made a borough of New York City), it was fully active until 1929 with a capacity of 54 million gallons a day, and remained in standby for emergency use until 1977, when the pumps and other machinery were removed.  See [[Ridgewood Reservoir]].  An unsuccessful 1989 plan would have turned the building into condos.<ref>Christopher Gray, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEFDC1F3DF932A35753C1A96F948260 STREETSCAPES: Millburn Pumping Station; A Rundown 'Abbey' Gets New Life as Condominiums], ''New York Times'', October 1, 1989. Retrieved July 20, 2006.</ref><ref>[http://www.lioddities.com/Abandoned/BWW.html Brooklyn Water Works] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622005526/http://lioddities.com/Abandoned/BWW.html |date=June 22, 2009 }} on the Long Island Oddities site. Retrieved July 20, 2006.</ref>  Currently, the parcel is the subject of litigation and ongoing investigations by various agencies.  Long Island Traditions also describes the sites of notable architecture in Freeport's history, such as bay men's homes<ref>{{cite news|journal=Long Island Traditions|title=Architecture: Bay Men's Homes|url=http://www.longislandtraditions.org/southshore/architecture/baymenshomes/index.html|access-date=November 23, 2012}}</ref> and commercial fishing establishments,<ref>{{cite news|journal=Long Island Traditions|title=Commercial Fishing|url=http://www.longislandtraditions.org/southshore/architecture/commfish/index.html|access-date=November 23, 2012}}</ref> some of which are still existing, as well as the still-existing Fiore's Fish Market and Two Cousins, which are located in historic waterfront buildings, built by the owners, so they could negotiate directly with the baymen as they pulled into dock.<ref>{{cite news|journal=Long Island Traditions|title=Fish Markets & Eateries| access-date=November 23, 2012| url=http://www.longislandtraditions.org/southshore/architecture/eateries/index.html}}</ref>

Long Island Traditions also describes and provides a photograph of the no-longer existing Woodcleft Hotel<ref>{{cite news|journal=Long Island Traditions|title=Architecture: South Shore Estuary Site|url=http://www.longislandtraditions.org/southshore/architecture/boatyards/index.html|access-date=November 23, 2012 }}</ref> and important boatyards, about which the site writes:<ref>{{cite news|journal=Long Island Traditions|title=Architecture: Boatyards|url=http://www.longislandtraditions.org/southshore/architecture/boatyards/index.html|access-date=November 23, 2012}}</ref>

<blockquote>"In Freeport the Maresca boatyard stands on the site of what is now the Long Island Marine Education Center owned by the Village of Freeport. Founded in the 1920s by Phillip Maresca, they built both recreational and commercial boats. Their customers included Guy Lombardo and party boat captains. The business was taken over by Everett Maresca, who died in 1995. The original building remains relatively intact, consisting of a large concrete block structure. Further down on Woodcleft Canal stands the former Scopinich Boatyard, now part of Shelter Point Marine services. The structure is obscured by corrugated metal siding but elements of its original frame structure remain. The yard was founded by Fred Scopinich, a Greek immigrant in the early 1900s. His grandson Fred moved the yard to East Quogue. The Freeport yard specialized in building commercial fishing boats including trawlers, government boats for the Coast Guard, rum running boats, as well as sailboats and garveys for local baymen. Finally the original Grover boatyard, founded by Al Grover, stands on Woodcleft Avenue a short distance from the Maresca yard. A modest frame building, approximately 20 people worked there. Today the yard is located north of the Nautical Mile on South Main street, run by Grover's sons. Their yard consists of modern corrugated structures used primarily for maintenance and storage."</blockquote>