Garden City is a village in the town of Hempstead in central Nassau County, New York, in the United States. It was founded by multi-millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart in 1869, and is located on Long Island, to the east of New York City, 18.5 miles (29.8 km) from midtown Manhattan, and just south of the town of North Hempstead.
Population: 22,371
Latitude: 40° 43' 36.37" N
Longitude: -73° 38' 3.48" W
The Seawane Club is a private member owned golf and country club in Hewlett Harbor, New York. It contains an 18 hole golf course, 10 tennis courts, a swimming pool, a bar, restaurant, grill room, men's and women's card room, men's and women's locker…
Saddle Rock Elementary School or simply "Saddle Rock" is an elementary school, comprising grades Kindergarten through 5. It is a public school located in Great Neck, New York, USA as part of the Great Neck School District.
The Port Washington Tennis Academy, located in Long Island, New York, is the largest indoor tennis facility on the U.S. East Coast, with 17 indoor courts. Founded in 1966 as a non-profit tennis facility, it has an internationally acclaimed junior te…
The Octagon Hotel, built as the Nassau House by Luther Jackson in 1851, was a pre-eminent political and social meeting space in Oyster Bay, New York. This eight-sided building is also believed to be among only a few like it on Long Island and perhap…
North Hills Country Club is a country club which relocated located in the 1960s to North Hills, New York, USA.
Moore's Building is a historic building located in the downtown area of the Hamlet of Oyster Bay and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. First built in 1901, the building gained significance when Theodore Roosevelt had his staff take…
Monfort Cemetery is located 250 feet (76 m) east of the intersection of Port Washington Boulevard (NY 101) and Main Street in Port Washington, New York, United States.
Jones Inlet is located at the westernmost end of the 17-mile (27 km) long Jones Beach barrier island that runs along Long Island's south shore. The inlet separates Jones Beach State Park's West End from the community of Point Lookout and connects So…
Hood African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded in 1848 is an historic African Methodist Episcopal Zion church located in Oyster Bay, New York. It holds the distinction of being the oldest continuous congregation holding services in its origina…
Hempstead Village Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency for the incorporated Village of Hempstead in the Town of Hempstead on Long Island.
Hempstead Gardens is a station along the West Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Hempstead Gardens Drive and Chestnut Street and is one of two stations in West Hempstead, New York. It is also one of the few stations on t…
Grumman was a station stop along the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road and was opened February 2, 1942 for employees of Grumman Aviation, at the Grumman Bethpage Airport. Wooden shelter sheds were built at the station which was relocated in 195…
Gateway to Health Science High School is a small alternative school in southeast Queens, New York that is designed to encourage students to consider hospital careers.
Frank Britton Wenzel, born Frank Wenzel in New York City, (1893–1993).
The East Rockaway Inlet is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean which separates the Rockaway Peninsula from the barrier island which includes the Nassau County, New York communities of Atlantic Beach, Long Beach and Lido Beach.
This house was originally built on South Street in Oyster Bay, New York, around 1720, as a small one-room dwelling. During the 19th century two successive Baptist ministers made their home here. The house was later moved from its location on South S…
Derby-Hall Bandstand is a replica of the bandstand which stood on this site in Oyster Bay, New York, USA, and was used by President Theodore Roosevelt and others to give public speeches. The original bandstand was taken down in the 1930s and replace…
Council Rock is located on Lake Avenue, a hundred yards south of West Main Street in Oyster Bay, New York. It was a Matinecock meeting ground and the location of a sacred council fire. In 1672, George Fox, the founder of the Religious Society of Fri…