Sydney Engel, one of the area’s foremost pioneers of real estate development, died Saturday at his Hewlett Harbor home. He was 98.
Best known on Long Island as one of the founders of the powerhouse developer Engel Burman Group, Engel came from very humble beginnings. Born in Brooklyn in 1923, he grew up in a household where times were so hard that he and his brother Arthur had to take turns wearing their one good pair of shoes.
After a stint as an Army Air Force recruit, Engel returned to Brooklyn and started an insulation company named for his father Louis. His
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