Annotated Bibliography 2

“Subdividing Farms for New Yorkers”. Malverne's 75th Anniversary Commemorative Journal 1996.

Newsday Article

At the beginning of Malverne’s history is had many streams that caused problems for the Rockaway Indians living there. As time went on it helped create a place for residents to skate. All of the water contributed to the lack of a stable railroad system until the Long Island Rail Road. The village got its name in 1921 from Malvern, which is a village in England. There was some racial tension during the 1960s when a black town nearby shut down their school and sent their children to Malverne a mainly white neighborhood.