Newtown - New Vanderveer House - Glendale

New Vanderveer House - SW corner of Metropolitan Ave. & Trotting Course Lane (Woodhaven Blvd.) Henry Suydam Vanderveer built this house in 1850. It was enlarged and remodeled in 1873. The original site of the house was on the south side of Metropolitan Ave. at about 70th Ave., when Metropolitan Ave. was regulated and graded, the house was moved to this new site in 1880. The house was torn down about 1950.