Port Jefferson Station

Port Jefferson Station

Here we have a 1947 aerial view showing the Gentlemen's Driving Park (GDP) with Canal Road just to the west of the track and Route 112 northwest of Canal Road. The GDP is the last Victorian Era harness racing track left on Long Island. It was a first class, half mile oval. Built in the early 1880s, it was part of the Grand Circuit of Harness Racing Tracks and a member of the National Association of Trotting Parks. The track is now a Brookhaven Town Historical Landmark.

1947

Photograph courtesy of Walter DeHart

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