4. Hicksville Train Station

Penn Station eagle at Hicksville Train Station
Penn Station eagle at LIRR Hicksville Station.

One eagle is located at the Long Island Railroad Hicksville Station. This specific sculpture was saved by Samuel A. Goldberg, a Hicksville High School Latin teacher, and his class. Inscribed in Latin on a plaque below the eagle are the words (translated): “A Roman eagle once urban is now in Hicksville, quite suburban.”

Acquired in 1965, the eagle was designated in a grand ceremony where the students dressed in togas and carried Latin signs. In 2010, the eagle got a much-needed face-lift, or shall we say “beak”-lift, and was redesignated.