Then & Now: Wellwood Avenue at the Railroad Crossing

The best thing about our communities is our ability to take a peak back into the past and see the visual changes our forefathers made on our the places we live.

Occasionally, we here at Patch will dig up or find some older photographs, videos and more to share with the community to do a bit of time travel into what was and, now, what is.

The Lindenhurst Memorial Library posted this great shot on their Facebook page from the corner of North Wellwood Avenue and West Hoffman Avenue from the before the late 1950's. The railroad was elevated to its current form in the time after that, changing the way we look at downtown Lindenhurst forever.

Today, the corner from where this photograph was taken is occupied by Villa Gaia – and most of the businesses in this photograph have long since left the area.