Freeport

At City Gates we repair, design, fabricate and install rolling steel doors and coiling store front grille gates for commercial and industrial buildings and retail stores. We have an immediately response time and will provide 24 hour 7 days a week 365 days a year emergency overhead doors & rolling gate and all door repairs service, no matter how big or small your job is. We can do customized in many styles and sizes of roll up door & gate and security grills to accommodate all of your Rolling & security gates.

Freeport Village began in the 1640s as an oystering community and a popular New York City theater community resort. Today it is a mainly a commuter suburb with a lot of shoreline industry. The Incorporated Village of Freeport is a village in the Town of Hempstead with its own municipal electric utility, police department, fire, electric and water departments. Freeport also has a station on the ,Long Island Rail Road. Freeport is governed by a mayor, deputy mayor and a board of trustees. The current mayor is Andrew Hardwick.

A distinctive feature of Freeport is its several canals that flow into the Atlantic Ocean. These canals have enabled small-boat facilities, open and charter fishing boats and a resident fishing fleet. The area was originally named Raynortown after Edward Raynor a herdsman who moved to the area in 1659 and built a cabin on top of land he cleared. John J. Randall was early developer to industry in Freeport, who built his Victorian house quickly on a triangular plot at the corner of two avenues to split the planned grid design. The boom in industry helped to get the Southside Railroad stop off the LIRR in 1868.

Early industry was primarily oystering because of Freeport’s canals and access to the Atlantic. By the 20th century, large amounts of pollution slowed down business but the industry continued well into the 21st century.

The 20th century brought a tourist industry to Freeport after the New York and ,Long Island Traction Corporation ran trolleys through Freeport, allowing people to travel from Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan. By 1910 America’s first American-powered monoplane was flown by Brothers Arthur and Albert Heinrich, the Merrick Road airplane factory was built and ,Long Island’s first 24 hour radio station WGBB opened in 1924.

Several vaudeville performers had homes in Freeport at the beginning of the 20th century including Leo Carrillo, Victor Moore, Sophie Tucker, Fred Stone, Will Rogers, Belle Baker, Grace Hayes, Eva Tanguay and Buster Keaton. Today it is still a popular summer season hot spot with lots of events including Freeport’s Nautical Mile.