From the record
One of 156 National Register listings published here for Nassau County · listed in 2017 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. 16 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1901.
One of 156 National Register listings published here for Nassau County · listed in 2017 · category: Building.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,288 fires within 5 miles of Building at 390 Ocean Avenue between 2000 and 2020, burning about 521 acres in total. 67 started naturally. 119 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 912 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 119 |
| Smoking | 83 |
| Natural | 67 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 25 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Massapequa, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2010: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Massapequa | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Massapequa | $4,000 | Trees and wires were reported down in North Massapequa. |
| June 2010 | Hail | North Massapequa | - | Quarter size hail was reported on Hyman Drive in Farmingdale. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Massapequa | - | Trees were downed. One fell on a car. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Massapequa | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Massapequa | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | North Massapequa | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Massapequa | - | no account filed |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Grace Church Complex | 0.8 miles | 1983 |
![]() | Wantagh Railroad Complex | 2.1 miles | 1983 |
![]() | Samuel and Elbert Jackson House | 2.2 miles | 2006 |
| John II Jackson House | 2.2 miles | 2022 | |
![]() | Jerusalem District No. 5 Schoolhouse | 2.7 miles | 1996 |
![]() | Jones Beach State Park, Causeway and Parkway System | 4.2 miles | 2005 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100001770 in Record Group 79. |
| Nassau County | All 156 listed properties in this county. |