Deer park

This picture must have been taken around 1960. This fire was the Deer Park Hotel which stood on Deer Park Avenue at Long Island Ave on the south side of the RXR Tracks. The camera is facing south west, the photographer is standing up on the RXR trestle. In the foreground is Deer Park Ave. In the background is Long Island Ave. The store in the background still stands, it is the Deer Park Barber Shop. Chief Werner Wolf was the OIC and there was an incident within this incident. This hotel dates back to the early 1800's. President John Quincy Adams who owned a summer home in Deer Park used to frequent this Bar.