Read Corey Kilgannon’s story: It bears no plaque, nor mention in any local guidebook as a cultural landmark, but local residents recognize the two-story cape as the historic home that incubated the famous Baldwin brothers, the four acting siblings who proved that the Babylon branch of the Long Island Rail Road sometimes stops at Hollywood.
“A lot of people do stop in front of the house and stare,” said Claudia Barbosa, who has lived in the house since the last of the Baldwins moved out in 1988.
No, she said, there is no cauldron of hot, molten talent bubbling up from the basement, no scandalous youthful shots of the brothers tucked under the floorboards. No ghosts of Baldwins past rattling doors and reciting dialogue from “Beetlejuice” or “Bio-Dome” or other cinematic classics featuring Alec, Danny, Billy or Stephen.
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