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Roosevelt Field is a shopping mall in the East Garden City section of Uniondale, New York. [3] It is the largest shopping mall on Long Island , the second-largest in the state of New York (after Destiny USA ), and the tenth-largest shopping mall in the United States.
The Cradle of Aviation Museum is an aerospace museum located in Uniondale, New York on Long Island, established to commemorate Long Island's part in the history of aviation. It is located on land once part of Mitchel Air Force Base which, together with nearby Roosevelt Field and other airfields on the Hempstead Plains , was the site of many ...
Roosevelt Field is a former airport, located in Westbury, Long Island, New York. Originally called the Hempstead Plains Aerodrome, or sometimes Hempstead Plains field or the Garden City Aerodrome, it was a training field (Hazelhurst Field) for the Air Service, United States Army during World War I .
Mitchel Air Force Base, also known as Mitchel Field, was a United States Air Force base located on the Hempstead Plains of Long Island, New York, United States.Established in 1918 as Hazelhurst Aviation Field #2, the facility was renamed later that year as Mitchel Field in honor of former New York City Mayor John Purroy Mitchel, who was killed while training for the Air Service in Louisiana.
Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (or simply the Nassau Coliseum) is a multi-purpose indoor arena in Uniondale, Nassau County, New York, on Long Island.The venue is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) east of the eastern limits of the borough of Queens in New York City, adjacent to the Meadowbrook Parkway.
It was also home to the New York Power of the former Women's United Soccer Association. The soccer club Long Island Rough Riders also used the Mitchel Athletic Complex Stadium for home games. The current seating capacity is 10,102. One of the hangars of the Complex was the practice facility for the New York Dragons of the Arena Football League.
The mission of Camp Mills was initially the preparation of Army units prior to their deployment to Europe in World War I.It was established as temporary tent camp in September 1917 as a place to mobilize the 42nd Division, made up of National Guard units from various states.
The Hempstead Plains Aerodrome was renamed to in 1917 to Hazelhurst Field, and again in 1918 to Roosevelt Field on the eastern half, and Curtiss Field to the west. [3] These facilities and Mitchel Field provided the eastern United States' hub of private, and even military, air activity.