TANGIERS MANOR CORP.

"The Best Laid Plans"

 

A decade before Home Guardian Corp. would actually follow through and develop the Mastic Area, a company called Tangiers Manor Corporation had big plans for it. Unlike Home Guardian who developed Mastic Park and moved south along the Floyd Estate, Tangiers plans started on the west side. After years of negotiations, they had purchased thousands of acres off of the Smith brothers and sisters. Tangier's vision and proposals actually made it onto the maps of Hagstrom.and Belcher Hyde. I found these 1920's Gazettes in the Queensboro Public Library's, Long Island Room. The first development that shows up was "WOODLANDS ON THE BAY" an area just west of Johns Neck Creek and east of the Tolfree Estate (that is not shown on the map). The area that was meant to be Woodlands On The Bay , would eventualy get developed by W.T. Shirley in the 1950's.

 

 

Notice over at Smith's Point a parcel in the name of C. Smith. These land transctions led to a dispute among the family around 1900 with Clarence G. T. on one side and William, Martha and Eugenie on the other. They took each other to court to settle it. Clarence by the way was a Lawyer. Tangiers also proposed bridge. The drawing of it I have seen was very elaborate and they envisioned a Coney Island style park with large hotels on what is now Smith Point Park.

 

The Future William Floyd Pkwy has 2 names here

Suffolk Blvd. or Mastic Road.... The actual Mastic Road a mile or so east was called Railroad Ave.

or Mastic Turnpike

 

You can tell by this map Tangier Manor Corp. had a lot to work with.

The Wall Street crash of 1929 probably had a lot to do with

it all having to wait. In the last few years local real estate agents

who never fail for a way with words are using the name Tangiers again.

 

An earlier map

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