What's One Thing Most People Don't Know About West Islip?

WEST ISLIP, NY - We recently asked our readers on Facebook what's one thing that most people don't know about West Islip?

We got a lot of different responses -- some silly and some serious. Here's just a few of the answers from our readers that we received:

• There was a schoolhouse in front of what is now the Higbie Lane School center
• There used to be a school on Penny Street
• People used to line up to safely hitch hike to the beach on the ramps to the Robert Moses on summer days
• West Islip had its own lumber yard on Union Boulevard and Chestnut Street before it burned down in 1981
• There used to be free summer recreation for grammar school age children

Do you agree with these answers? What's one thing YOU think most people don't know about West Islip? Comment your answer below.