"The 44th Annual Greenlawn Pickle Festival was a huge success!

Congratulations to our Executive Director, Sarah Brown, on her first Pickle Festival - it was a great steady crowd and all smiles!

Thank you to all of our volunteers, including the GCHA Board of Directors - you make the day possible for all of the crowds and give up your personal time to dedicate to your community and for that we are forever grateful!

Thank you to our sponsors this year, including the Hughes and Kissam families, the Laurel Group, and Water’s Edge.

Thank you to Rocco’s Pizza and Catering for feeding our volunteers this year! And thank you to all of the local businesses who donated to our first-ever raffle baskets!

We appreciate ALL involved in making the Pickle Festival a wonderful yearly event - the annual fundraiser to support the Greenlawn-Centerport Historical Association and its mission!

Tag us in your photos of yesterday’s fun!"

Quoted from the GCHA's Facebook and Instagram Post.

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Greenlawn: A Long Island Hamlet

From the archives of the Greenlawn-Centerport Historical Association comes this striking visual history of the north shore Long Island hamlet of Greenlawn.

Originally known as Oldfields, the area was settled in the early 1800s by farmers. The extension of the Long Island Railroad through the farmlands in 1867-1868 provided the impetus for the development of a profitable pickle and cabbage industry, the growth of the community, and the arrival of vacationers, many of whom soon became year-round residents. Greenlawn includes stories of the Halloween eve conflagration, the Adirondack-style vacation retreat, the opera house, the farmhouse murders, the vaudevillians, and the Pickle King, among others. Today, houses cover the old farmlands; yet Greenlawn with: one main street of small shops, a railroad crossing that halts traffic throughout the day, and many historical buildings-still retains its small-town charm.

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Centerport

Discover the Deco estates, summer camp spots, and stunning landscapes that Long Island's North Shore coastal community of Centerport has to offer.

Once known as Little Cow Harbor, the coastal community of Centerport on Long Island's north shore is rich in natural resources, including a beautiful harbor with several freshwater streams surrounded by wooded hills. Centerport was originally the site of several important mills, but in the late 19th century, it became a summer retreat for both the rich and the not so rich. Youth camps, most notably the Franciscan Brothers' Camp Alvernia; guesthouses; and resorts as well as popular restaurants dotted the shoreline. In the early 20th century, large estates were established by the Vanderbilt, Van Iderstine, Burling, Morse, DeBrabant, Whitney, and Corbin families on the Little Neck peninsula. As the 20th century progressed, modest and generously sized houses replaced the small farms and many of the large estates. The unspoiled natural beauty and rich history has for centuries drawn residents whose love of Centerport continue to make our village a great place to live.

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