The Bohemia Fire Department Since 1893
Local History Thirteen Men at Union Hall: The Bohemia Fire Department Since 1893 From a $375 hand-drawn ladder truck to… Read More »The Bohemia Fire Department Since 1893
Cigars, Supplements, and Circuits: The Evolution of Bohemia
Between 1960 and 1985, Bohemia underwent a massive transformation. Discover how a hamlet once known for hand-rolled cigars and scrub… Read More »Cigars, Supplements, and Circuits: The Evolution of Bohemia
How MacArthur Reshaped Bohemia
In April 1942, the Town of Islip signed a contract to build an airfield in the pine barrens north of… Read More »How MacArthur Reshaped Bohemia
Bohemia Recreation Center
Folk dances and Sokol gymnastics, spaghetti dinners that funded a museum, an EPA Superfund hearing, and a Little Free Library… Read More »Bohemia Recreation Center
Neighbors First: The Adamec Family
When the weather turned bad, the undertaker’s wife would load Bohemia’s schoolchildren — bikes and all — into the back… Read More »Neighbors First: The Adamec Family
William Wild’s Hotel and the Birth of “Hotel Row”
Before the Central Hotel, before the MacArthur Field Hotel, there was William Wild’s — likely the very first hotel in… Read More »William Wild’s Hotel and the Birth of “Hotel Row”
MacArthur Field Hotel
Saloon, boarding house, wedding hall, “old man’s bar,” and finally a disco — the building at Smithtown Avenue and Church… Read More »MacArthur Field Hotel
The Rise and Fall of the American Robe Company
When the cigar factory on Ocean Avenue went dark in the Depression, a garment man who’d lost everything in the… Read More »The Rise and Fall of the American Robe Company
The History of the South Side Sportsmen’s Club
Six presidents fished its chalkstream trout. Vanderbilts, Belmonts, and Carnegies kept rooms with monogrammed linens. For more than a century,… Read More »The History of the South Side Sportsmen’s Club