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Demolition Crews Knock Down Old VFW Post In Quogue

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Trucks from Cardo Site Development are on the scene where the old VFW Post in Quogue is being demolished. AMANDA BERNOCCO

Trucks from Cardo Site Development are on the scene where the old VFW Post in Quogue is being demolished. AMANDA BERNOCCO

A dirt mound on Montauk Highway where the old VFW Post in Quogue is being demolished. AMANDA BERNOCCO

A dirt mound on Montauk Highway where the old VFW Post in Quogue is being demolished. AMANDA BERNOCCO

Constructions workers are demolishing the old VFW Post in Quogue. AMANDA BERNOCCO

Constructions workers are demolishing the old VFW Post in Quogue. AMANDA BERNOCCO

Bulldozers are demolishing the old VFW Post in Quogue. AMANDA BERNOCCO

Bulldozers are demolishing the old VFW Post in Quogue. AMANDA BERNOCCO

A bulldozer is at the site of the old VFW Post in Quogue that is being demolished. AMANDA BERNOCCO

A bulldozer is at the site of the old VFW Post in Quogue that is being demolished. AMANDA BERNOCCO

The old VFW Post building in Quogue is being demolished. AMANDA BERNOCCO

The old VFW Post building in Quogue is being demolished. AMANDA BERNOCCO

Rubble at the site of the old VFW Post building in Quogue that is being demolished. AMANDA BERNOCCO

Rubble at the site of the old VFW Post building in Quogue that is being demolished. AMANDA BERNOCCO

Trees were uprooted at the site of the old VFW Post building in Quogue that is being demolished. AMANDA BERNOCCO

Trees were uprooted at the site of the old VFW Post building in Quogue that is being demolished. AMANDA BERNOCCO

authorAmanda Bernocco on Oct 14, 2015
Crews demolished the former Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5350 building on Montauk Highway in Quogue earlier this week, clearing the way for a future housing subdivision. The demolition work,... more

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