Nassau County or is a suburban area composed mostly of western Long Island in the state of New York, USA. At the 2010 census, the county population was 1,339,532, estimated to have risen to 1,369,514 by 2017. The county seat is in Garden City Village within the boundaries of the Mineola 11501 postal code.
Nassau County is just east of the New York City boundary and therefore also in the New York metropolitan area. The county is one of four districts that occupy Long Island, along with Suffolk County in the east and Queens and Kings counties to the west, respectively, to the New York City area of ​​Queens and Brooklyn. Two towns, three cities, 64 villages are joined, and more than 60 unrelated hamlets are located within the region. There are 56 public school districts in the area. The district of the post office and the school district use the same name as the city, hamlet, or village in it, but each sets its limit independently.
In 2012, Forbes magazine, in an article based on the US Census Society's US Community Survey, reported Nassau County is one of the highest-income districts in the United States and the most prosperous in New York state. , consisting of four of the top ten cities with average incomes. It is also the most expensive region in America. Nassau County has a designated police department, fire department, and elected executive and legislative bodies. Nassau County high school students, as well as students from Westchester County, often stand out as winners of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair and similar STEM-like academic efforts.
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Name
The name of this area is derived from the old name of Long Island, which was once called Nassau, after the Dutch Prince William of Nassau, a member of the House of Nassau, his own name for the German city of Nassau. The county color (orange and blue) is also the House of Orange-Nassau color.
Some alternative names have been considered for the county, including "Bryant", "Matinecock" (a village in the area that currently has that name), "Norfolk" (probably because of its proximity to Suffolk County), and "Sagamore". However, "Nassau" has a historical advantage because it once became the name of Long Island itself, and is the most mentioned name after the new county was proposed in 1875.
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History
The area now set by Nassau County was originally 70% east of Queens County, one of the 12 original districts that formed in 1683, and was subsequently contained in two cities: Hempstead and Oyster Bay. In 1784, the City of North Hempstead, formed by secession by the northern part of Hempstead City. Nassau County was formed in 1899 by the Queens County division, after the western part of Queens became New York City district in 1898, when the three easternmost cities broke away from the area.
When the first European settlers arrived, among the Native Americans to occupy the Nassau County area now were Marsapeque, Matinecoc, and Sacatogue. Dutch settlers in New Netherland are dominated in the western part of Long Island, while British settlers from Connecticut occupy the eastern part. Until 1664, Long Island was split, roughly on the present border between Nassau and Suffolk County, between the Dutch in the west and the eastern Connecticut claim. The Dutch did provide British settlements at Hempstead (now in western Nassau), but encouraged settlers from the Nassau village east of eastern Nassau as part of a boundary dispute. In 1664, the entire Long Island became part of the Great Britain Province of New York in the Shire of York. Now, Queens and Nassau were then only part of the larger North Riding. In 1683, Yorkshire was disbanded, Suffolk County and Queens County were established, and local government seats were moved west from Hempstead to Jamaica (now in New York City). In 1700, very little Long Island had not been purchased from indigenous Indians by British colonizers, and cities controlled whatever land had not been distributed.
The courthouse in Jamaica was demolished by the British during the American Revolution to use materials to build barracks. In 1784, after the American Revolutionary War, the City of Hempstead split in two, when the Patriots in the north formed the New Town of North Hempstead, leaving the majority of Loyalists in Hempstead Town. Around 1787, a new Queens County Courthouse was founded (and then completed) in New Town North Hempstead, near Mineola now (now in Nassau County), known later as Clowesville.
The Long Island Rail Road reached as far east as Hicksville in 1837, but did not proceed to Farmingdale until 1841 due to Panic of 1837. The 1850 census was the first in which the inhabitants of the three western cities (Flushing, Jamaica, and Newtown) exceeded from three cities east which is now part of Nassau County. Concerns arose about the condition of the old courthouse and the inconvenience of travel and accommodation, with three eastern towns and three western cities divided on the site for new construction. Around 1874, the regional administrative center was moved to Long Island City from Mineola. In early 1875, representatives from three eastern cities began advocating for the separation of three towns east of Queens, with proposals also including Huntington and Babylon (in Suffolk County).
In 1898, the western part of Queens County became the New York City area, leaving the eastern part of Queens County but not part of the Borough of Queens. As part of the city's consolidation plan, all municipalities and districts in the region are dissolved. Excluded areas of consolidation include all of North Hempstead City, all of Oyster Bay City, and most of Hempstead Town (excluding the Rockaway Peninsula, which is separate from Hempstead City and part of the regional city). In 1899, after obtaining approval from the New York State Legislature, three cities were separated from Queens County, and the new territory of Nassau was formed.
In preparation for a new area, in November 1898, voters had chosen Mineola to become the county seat for the new county (before Mineola was incorporated as a village in 1906 and set its boundaries almost entirely within the City of North Hempstead), winning over Hicksville and Hempstead. The Garden City Company (founded in 1893 by heir Alexander Turney Stewart) donated four hectares of land to county buildings in the town of Hempstead, just south of the Mineola railway station and the current Mineola village. The land and buildings have the Mineola postal address, but are inside the Garden City Village today, which does not merge, or set its limits, until 1919.
In 1917, the village of Glen Cove was awarded the city charter, making it self-contained from the City of Oyster Bay. In 1918, Long Beach village was founded in Hempstead Town. In 1922, the city became a city, making it independent of the city. These are the two administrative divisions in Nassau County identified as cities.
From the early 1900s to the Depression and the early 1930s, much of the hilly farmland on the North Shore turned into a luxurious rural area for wealthy New Yorkers, with areas that received the nickname "Gold Coast" and became the setting of F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925. The Great Gatsby novel. One resident of the Gold Coast summer is President Theodore Roosevelt, at Sagamore Hill. In 1908, William Kissam Vanderbilt built the Long Island Motor Parkway as a highway through Nassau County. With flyovers and bridges to remove intersections, it is one of the world's first limited access roads, and is also used as a racecourse to test the capabilities of the emerging car industry.
Nassau County, with its vast expanse of land, is the site of much of the first flight experience. Military pilots for both World Wars were trained on the Hempstead plains in installations such as Mitchel Air Force Base, and a number of successful aircraft companies were established. Charles Lindberg left for Paris from Roosevelt Field in 1927, completing the first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight from the United States. Grumman (who in 1986 employed 23,000 people on Long Island) built many planes for World War II, and then donated the Apollo Lunar Module to the Space program.
The UN Security Council was temporarily in Nassau County from 1946 to 1951. The board meeting was held at the Sperry Gyroscope headquarters in the village of Lake Success near the border with Queens County. It was here that on 27 June 1950, the Security Council voted to support US President Harry S Truman and sent coalition troops to the Korean Peninsula, leading to the Korean War.
Until World War II, most of Nassau's territory was still farmland, especially in the east. After the war, the area saw the influx of people from five districts in New York City, mainly from Brooklyn and Queens, who left their urban dwellings for a more suburban setting. This led to a massive population explosion in the area. In 1947, William Levitt built his first planned community in Nassau County, in the Island Trees section (later renamed Levittown). (This should not be equated with the first community planned in the area, in general, Garden City.) While in the 1930s, Robert Moses had designed curved streets and parks like Jones Beach State Park and Bethpage State Park to enjoy the city. - passengers, in the 1950s and 1960s the focus turned to reducing commuter traffic.
In 1994, Federal Judge Arthur Spatt declared Nassau Regional Supervisory Board unconstitutional and directed that 19 legislative councilors be formed. Republicans won 13 seats in the election and voted Bruce Blakeman as the first Chief Officer (Speaker). Among the first class Legislators are Peter J. Schmitt (R-Massapequa), Judith Jacobs (D-Woodbury), John Ciotti (R-North Valley Stream), Dennis Dunne Sr. (R-Levittown), Francis X. Becker (R-Lynbrook), Vincent T. Muscarella (R-West Hempstead), Ed Mangano (R-Bethpage), Michael Fiechter (C-North Bellmore), Roger Corbin (D-Westbury ), Edward Ward (R-Wantagh), Darlene Harris (R-Uniondale), Ed Oppenheimer (D-Rockville Center), John Canning (R-Sea) Cliff), Bruce Blakeman (R-Woodmere), Lisanne Altmann (Big D-Neck), Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park), Barbara Johnson (D-Port Washington).
According to a survey of Forbes magazine 2012, Nassau County residents have the 12th highest average annual household income in the country and the highest in the state. However, in the 1990s, Nassau County was experiencing huge budgetary problems, forcing the county to almost bankrupt. Thus, local governments increase taxes to prevent a takeover by New York state, leading to areas with high property taxes. Nevertheless, on January 27, 2011, the New York State supervisory board took over Nassau County's finances, saying the rich and heavily taxed areas failed to balance the $ 2.6 billion budget.
Geography
According to the US Census Bureau, the county has a total area of ​​453 square miles (1.170 km 2 ), which is 285 square miles (740 km 2 )) and 169 square miles (440 km 2 ) (37%) is water.
Nassau County occupies a portion of Long Island east of the Queens area of ​​New York City. Divided into two cities and three cities, the last one contains 64 villages and many hamlets. County is bordered by Connecticut on Long Island Sound.
Between the 1990 census and the 2000 census, the region switched territories to Suffolk County and lost territory to Queens County. Dozens of CDPs have changed limits, and 12 new CDPs are registered.
Countyscape
Climate
Nassau County has a climate similar to other coastal areas in the Northeastern United States; warm and humid summers and cool and wet winters. These districts are classified as humid subtropics by several definitions. The Atlantic Ocean helps bring the evening sea breezes that dampen the heat in the warmer months and limit the frequency and severity of storms. Nassau County has a fairly sunny climate, averaging between 2,400 and 2,800 hours of sunshine each year.
Nearby district
Nassau County is bordered by the following countries:
- Bronx County - northwest
- Fairfield County, Connecticut - north
- Queens County - west
- Suffolk County - east
- Westchester County - northwest
Transportation
In July 2017, approval was granted by state legislators for a plan proposed by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to add a third railway line to the Long Island Rail Road corridor between the Floral Park community and Hicksville in Nassau County. The nearly $ 2 billion transport infrastructure improvement project is expected to accommodate anticipated railroad growth and facilitate travel between New York City and Nassau and Suffolk County on Long Island.
Long Island Toll Roads, Northern State Parkway, and Southern State Parkway are major east-west access control highways in Nassau County. (New York State Route 25), New York State Route 25, and Sunrise Highway (New York State Route 27) are also east of the main road western commercial highway across the region. The Meadowbrook State Parkway, the Wantagh State Parkway, and the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway (New York State Route 135) are the main north-south controlled highways that run through Nassau County.
National protected area
- Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge
- Sagamore Hill National Historic Site
Demographics
In 2011, there were about 230,000 Jews in Nassau County, representing 17.2% of the population, (compared to 2% of the total US population). Italian Americans are also the largest part of the Nassau population. The five most reported ancestors were Italians (23%), Irish (14%), German (7%), American Indians (5%), and Poles (4%). The district population is highest in the 1970 Census.
The New York Times cited a 2002 study by a non-profit group, ERASE Racism, which determined that Nassau, and its neighbor, Suffolk, are the most racially segregated suburbs in the United States.
Recently, the Little India community (?????) appeared in Hicksville, Nassau County, spreading eastward from the more established pockets of Little India in Queens. The fast-growing Chinatown has grown in Brooklyn (????) and Queens (??), with Asian immigrants moving into Nassau County, just like previous European immigrants, such as Ireland and Italy. By 2016, the Asian population in Nassau County has grown rapidly to about 118,271 people, including about 47,397 Indian Americans and 30,175 Chinese Americans. Likewise, Long Island Koreatown (????????) comes from Flushing, Queens, and progresses east along Northern Boulevard and into Nassau County.
Census 2010
In the 2010 Census, there were 1,339,532 people, 448,528 households, and 340,523 families living in the area. The Nassau County population is estimated by the US Census to increase by 2.2% to 1,369,514 by 2017, representing 6.9% of the New York State Census population estimate of 19,849,399 and 17.4% of the population of the Long Island Census-forecast 7,869,820. Population density in 2010 was 4,700 people per square mile (1,815/km²). There are 468,346 residential units with an average density of 1,598 per square mile (617/km²). District racial makeup is 73.0% White (65.5% non-Hispanic White), 11.1% African American, 0.2% Native Americans, 7.6% Asian (3.0% India, 1.8 China, 1.0% Korea, 0.7% Philippines, 0.1% Japan, 0.1% Vietnam, 0.9% Other Asia), 0.03% Pacific Islands, 5.6% of other races, and 2.4% of two or more races. Hispanic or Latino from any race is 14.6% of the population.
In 2010, there were 340,523 households, of which 33.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.0% were married couples living together, 11.7% had non-husbands female households, and 24.1% not family. 20.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.1% had someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size was 2.94 and the average family size was 3.38. The population was 23.3% under the age of 18, and 18.7% were 62 years old or older. The median age was 41.1 years. For every 100 women, there are 93.7 men. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 90.4 men.
The average income for households in the region in 2000 was $ 72,030, and the average income for families was $ 81,246 (these figures have increased to $ 87,658 and $ 101,661 respectively according to 2007 estimates). Men have an average income of $ 52,340 versus $ 37,446 for women. The per capita income for the county is $ 32,151. Approximately 3.50% of families and 5.20% of the population are below the poverty line, including 5.80% of those under the age of 18 and 5.60% of those aged 65 and older.
Census 2000
In the 2000 US Census, there were 1,334,544 people, 447,387 households, and 347,172 families living in the area. Population density is 4,655 people per square mile (1,797/km²). There are 458,151 units of homes with an average density of 1,598 per square mile (617/km²). Racial makeup of the county is 79.30% White (73.95% Non-Hispanic White), 10.01% African American, 0.16% Native Americans, 4.73% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islands, 3, 57% of other races, and 2.12% of two or more races. Hispanic or Latin of any race is 10.09% of the population.
There are 447,387 households, of which 35.30% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.10% are married couples living together, 10.90% have married women without husband, and 22.40 % is not a family. 18.80% of all households consist of individuals and 9.40% have a person living alone aged 65 or more. The average household size is 2.93 and the average family size is 3.34.
In that area the population is spread by 24.70% under the age of 18, 7.30% from 18 to 24, 28.90% from 25 to 44, 24.00% from 45 to 64, and 15.00% years or more. The median age was 38.5 years. For every 100 women, there are 92.80 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 89,00 men.
The average income for households in the area is $ 72,030, and the average income for families is $ 81,246. Men have an average income of $ 52,340 versus $ 37,446 for women. The per capita income for the county is $ 32,151. Approximately 3.50% of families and 5.20% of the population are below the poverty line, including 5.80% of those under the age of 18 and 5.60% of those aged 65 and older.
Law and government
The head of the district government structure is the Regional Executive, a post made in Nassau County in 1938. The current county executive is Laura Curran, a Democrat who was elected 2017. The Deputy Chief Executive of the Region is Democrat Helena Williams. District Attorney is Democrat Madeline Singas, who was elected to replace Kathleen Rice who was elected to the House of Representatives. The district financier was George Maragos, a Republican who turned Democrat, county officer was Republican Maureen O'Connell. Former elected officials The Chairman of the District Appraiser Board, District Treasurer, and Sheriff District was appointed and served on the pleasure of the County Executive (District Appraiser in 2008 through a referendum changing it from the 6 year term of office to appointment).
Regional executive
The current Nassau County executive is Laura Curran, a Democrat and the first woman to hold that position.
Chief Executive Area
Chief Deputy County Executive is the highest appointee in Nassau County government, serving 2 in command under the auspices of the County Executive. The Deputy Chief is responsible for managing the activities of all Nassau County government departments, which provide services to 1.36 million people. The Deputy Chief also officially acts as a District Executive acting in the absence, or inability of the County Executive. The current Chief Deputy County Executive is Helena Williams who was appointed by Executive Laura Curran in 2018.
Comptroller
The Nassau County Financial Supervisor is the chief fiscal officer and chief auditing officer of County who heads the Nassau County Supervisory Office. This financial supervisor is selected nationally for a period of four years and has no time limit. The current financial overseer is the Republic of George Maragos. Maragos was elected on November 3, 2009. Comptroller Maragos serves as a fiscal supervisor for Nassau County; the richest area per revenue in New York State that has an annual budget of $ 2.6 billion. Financial Supervisor Maragos and his staff monitor Nassau's financial and financial operations, auditing government agencies and agencies with county contracts to disclose waste and harassment, review contracts and regional claims, report things that significantly affect Nassau's financial health and operations, work with administration and legislative to help the country address its fiscal challenges, prepare comprehensive Nassau County annual financial statements, and manage the payroll function of local civil servants and health workers. The Control Office includes the Department of Accounting, Field Audit, Payroll and Allowances, and Claims.
Regency legislature
The regional legislature has 19 members. There are eleven Republicans and eight Democrats.
Law enforcement
Regional police services are provided by the Nassau County Police Department. The towns of Glen Cove and Long Beach, as well as a number of villages, are not members of the district police district and defend their own police forces. The following village police departments are in Nassau County: Center Island, Floral Park, Freeport, Garden City, Great Neck Estates, Hempstead, Kensington, Kings Point, Lake Success, Lynbrook, Malverne, Muttontown, Old Brookville PD provides police protection for Old Brookville, Brookville, Upper Brookville, Matinecock, Mill Neck and Cove Neck), Old Westbury, Oyster Bay Cove, Rockville Center and Sands Point. The Port Washington Police Department is not a village department but is authorized by a special district, the only district in New York. However, these smaller forces utilize specialized regional police services such as police academies and aviation units. Also, all murders in this area are investigated by the local police, regardless of whether they exist or not within the police district.
On June 1, 2011, Muttontown Police Department began operations. Old Brookville Police had previously provided police services to Muttontown Village.
In 2006, village leaders in the district of Mineola expressed dissatisfaction with the level of police coverage provided by local troops and actively explored separating from the police districts and making the villages form their own police. A referendum on December 5, 2006, however, convincingly defeated the proposal.
Since the Long Island State Parkway Police was dissolved in 1980, all Nassau state parkways have been patrolled by L Troops from the New York State Police. State parks in Nassau are patrolled by New York State Park Police. In 1996, the Long Island Rail Road Police Department was consolidated into the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police. MTA police patrolled on Long Island Rail Road rail, station and property. The New York State Environmental Conservation Police provide state law enforcement and environmental legislation. Police State University of New York provides law enforcement for SUNY Old Westbury.
The Nassau County Police Department posts mug images of DWI offenders as a press release on their website. This practice has been under the control of the citizens, the media, and the people depicted in this press release. This practice has been criticized for being able to harm prospective employees, students, or community leaders of their positions.
The county's correctional services and court order enforcement are provided by Nassau County Sheriff's Department. New York City Court Officers provide security for the courthouse.
Nassau County Police Officer is a unit of the Nassau County Police Department. These volunteer police officers are assigned to 1 of 38 local community units and conduct routine patrols in the neighborhood and provide traffic control for local parades, races and other community events. Police Officers Help be empowered to make arrests for crimes committed before them. Nassau County Additional Police are required to complete a 42 week training course at Nassau County Police Academy and qualified personnel are also offered Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) training. Additional Police Officers are certified and registered by the New York Division Criminal Justice Service as a full-time "peacekeeper". The town of Long Beach has an independent Assist Police force that is part of its city police force. These officers are represented by the Assistant Police Association of Long Island.
Firemen
Nassau County is currently protected and serviced by 71 independent volunteers or a combined paid/volunteer firefighting department, organized into 9 battalions.
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- The 3rd Battalion
- The 4th Battalion
- Battalion 5
- Battalion 6
- Battalion 7
- Battalion 8
- Battalion 9
Politics
Before, during and during the first four decades after World War II, like the neighboring country of Suffolk, the inhabitants of Nassau mainly supported Republicans in national elections. However, in the 1990s, a wave of voter support began to shift toward the Democratic Party. Democrat Hill Clinton brought the area in the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections. Then Nassau voters gave a large number of votes to Al Gore in 2000 (19.4%), while John Kerry's Nassau margin in 2004 was much less (5.6%). In that election, Kerry won the towns of Hempstead and North Hempstead, but lost the City of Oyster Bay. The County continues solidly for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012, and by the same margin for Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2016.
Democratic forces are mainly concentrated in the richer and lower parts of the area. Liberal voters dominate many of the many ritzy areas on the North Shore, particularly in the city of North Hempstead where rich villages like Sands Point and Roslyn choose Democrats consistently. The Democratic fortress also includes some low-income municipalities in the central part of the county, such as the villages of Hempstead, Roosevelt, Uniondale and New Cassel, as well as in some coastal communities on the South Shore, such as the town of Long Beach and the village of Freeport which is roughly sixty-eight percent Democrat.
The Republican voters were mainly concentrated in the southeastern middle class of the county, which developed during the "post-war boom era." Powerful Communist republics such as Massapequa, Massapequa Park, Seaford, Wantagh, Levittown, Bethpage, and Farmingdale are the political bases of many local government officials such as Congressman Peter T. King and former Regional Executive Edward P. Mangano. In the western part of the county, the rich City Park is a stout Republican, like the middle-class community of Floral Park. In addition, some of the more rugged areas on the North Shore, especially in the city of Oyster Bay usually choose GOP.
County areas containing a large number of swing voters are in East Meadow, Oceanside, and Rockville Center on the South Shore and Mineola on the North Shore. Some fields have changed in partisan affiliation. Previously Democrats such as Lima City have tended to GOP while previous Republican areas such as Elmont and Baldwin have become Democrat camps.
The Dean of the Long Island Congress Delegation, Representative of Peter T. King, is from Nassau County. Its 2nd District encompasses densely populated suburbs such as Massapequa, Levittown, Seaford, Wantagh, and Farmingdale. But Nassau County is also home to former famous district lawyer Democrat Kathleen M. Rice, the 4th District including Garden City, Carle Place, Hempstead, Uniondale, East Padang, Stream Valley, Franklin Square, West Hempstead and parts of the Village Freeport and Rockville Center.
Two other Nassau congressmen are Democrats. Representative Gregory Meeks represents the 5th District, which covers the southwestern part of the region, including the Valley Stream. Thomas Suozzi's 3rd District includes the Great Neck, Port Washington, Jericho, Syosset, Hicksville, Bethpage and Glen Cove in Nassau County.
Seven of the nine senators of the state of Long Island are Republicans at the beginning of the legislative period 2017-2019 in January 2017, with the exception of State Senator John Brooks and Senator Todd Kaminsky.
Colleges and universities
Nassau County is home to many colleges and universities, including Adelphi University, Molloy College, Briarcliffe College, New York Institute of Technology, SUNY Old Westbury, Nassau Community College, Hofstra University, CW Post Campus of Long Island University, United States Merchant Marine Academy , and Webb Institute.
Nassau has two medical schools, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine and the New York Institute of Technology of Osteopathic Medicine, and a law school, Hofstra School of Law, affiliated with Hofstra University at Hempstead and New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury.
Sports
Nassau County was home to the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League, who played at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale from their inception in 1972. However, the Islands announced in 2012 that starting in fall 2015, the team would be moving to Brooklyn and will play at Barclays Center, his home now. Due to problems with the Barclays Center unable to support ice hockey and decreasing attendance, the Islanders announced that for the 2018-19 season they will be dividing their home game between the newly renovated Barclays Center and Nassau Coliseum. In December 2017, the islanders won an offer to build a new 18,000-seat stadium near Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, and return them to Nassau County.
The Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association, later known as the New York Nets, had previously played their home games in Nassau County in the now-destroyed Island Garden arena of West Hempstead from 1969 to 1972 and then at the Coliseum from 1972 to 1977, before the franchise moved to New Jersey - his original home for several years before coming to Long Island in the late 1960s - and finally, to Brooklyn.
The New York Cosmos (1970-85) of the former North American Soccer League (1968-84) played for two seasons, 1972 and 1973, at the James M. Shuart Stadium at Hofstra University in Hempstead, later known as Hofstra Stadium. The team name was revived in 2010, and is now New York Cosmos (2010) of the North American Football match at Shuart Stadium. Nassau County is also home to the Long Island Goalkeepers of the Lacrosse Premiership, who play at Shuart Stadium. The county also operates several sporting events for student athletes, such as the Nassau County Executive Cup College Showcase.
Belmont Park at Elmont is the premier horse racing that annually hosts Belmont Stakes, the third and final leg of the prestigious Triple Crown of racing. The now-destroyed Roosevelt Raceway in Westbury hosts car racing and, from 1940 to 1988, is a popular harness track.
Nassau is home to several famous and historic golf courses. Rockaway Hunting Club, founded in 1878, is the country's oldest country club. The US Open has been held in Nassau five times, one each at Garden City Golf Club, Inwood Country Club, and Fresh Meadow Country Club, and twice at Bethpage Black Course, the first course ever owned by the city government. Courses are consistently ranked in the top 100 in the US such as Bethpage Black, City Park Golf Club, Piping Rock Club, and The Creek are in this county.
Community
City
- Glen Cove
- Long Beach
City
- Hempstead
- North Hempstead
- Oyster Bay
Regional symbol
- Bird area: Osprey
- District flowers: Violet Bird ( Viola pedata )
Famous people
- Mike Francesa - radio host. Born in Long Beach, lives in Manhasset
- Bev Francis - IFBB Australian professional female bodybuilder, powerlifter, and national firefighter
- John R. Gambling, radio host. Villagers for life.
- Pamela Geller - blogger, author, political activist, and commentator
- Billy Joel - grew up in Hicksville, and has a home on Center Island
- Momina Mustehsan - Pakistani singer, engineer. Partial stay.
- Alicia Keys - once had a home in Muttontown
- The Lindsay Lohan family lives in North Merrick
- Thomas Pynchon-grew up in Oyster Bay
- Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony - have a home in Brookville
- Natalie Portman, actress, big in Syosset
- Carson Daly and Bill O'Reilly - both living in Manhasset; O'Reilly grew up in Westbury.
- Susan Lucci - the soap star has a home in Garden City
- Carmelo Anthony - said to have a house in Hewlett Harbor
- Chris Weidman - mixed martial artist and former middle-class champion at the Ultimate Fighting Championship (honored with 'Chris Weidman Day' on July 17th in Nassau County)
- Anthony Cumia - a radio host, owns a home in Roslyn Heights
- Steve Buscemi, Fred Armisen, Edward Burns, Jim Breuer. Everlast, Larry Miller, Al Iaquinta, and Robin Wilson from Gin Blossoms - Raised in the Stream Valley. Shaggy is currently living there
- Tobias Harris, basketball player for the Detroit Pistons, lives in Syosset
- Steve Guttenberg-grew up in North Massapequa
- Alec Baldwin, Stephen Baldwin, William Baldwin, and Daniel Baldwin - grew up in the Nassau Shores area of ​​Massapequa
- John McEnroe-lived in Cove Neck
- John Lennon-briefly lives in Laurel Hollow
- The Marx Brothers, Eddie Cantor, and WC Fields-live in the Great Neck
- Kate McKinnon from Saturday Night Live-grew up in Sea Cliff
- Jerry Seinfeld - grew up in Massapequa
- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US President, lives in Oyster Bay during his Presidency. Its plantation, Bukit Sagamore, is now a US National Historic Site
See also
- Nassau Inter-County Express
- Nassau County Police Department
- Nassau County Sports Commission
- List of districts in New York
- List of Historic National Historic Sites in Nassau County, New York
- Long Islander List
References
External links
- the Nassau County official website
- Nassau Island Photo Gallery
- Nassau Cadet Squadron 8 - Civil Air Patrol
- PDF map shows LI school district boundaries and wealth comparison
- The history of Nassau County on the county website
- Map of the fire station in Nassau County
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