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
Cold Spring Harbor Light was a lighthouse located in Cold Spring Harbor on the North shore of Long Island. It was built in 1890 to mark a shoal at the entrance to Cold Spring Harbor. After the lighthouse was deactivated in 1965, the original light a…
Cedar Grove Cemetery is a nonsectarian cemetery in Flushing, Queens, New York.
Bar Beach is a beach located on Long Island, in Port Washington, New York, USA.
The Bailey Arboretum is a 42-acre (17 ha) arboretum located in Lattingtown, New York, a small village on the North Shore of Long Island.
Whitestone Academy is a private co-ed school. The school is located in Whitestone, in the New York City borough of Queens. Nearby high schools are Bayside High School and Flushing High School.
The WaterFront Center (WFC) is a non-profit community center for marine education and recreation in Oyster Bay, New York. Each year WFC provides educational and recreational programs and events to over 17,000 youth and adults. Activities such as sei…
Cuban Ledge is a reef or islet composed chiefly of sand and small rocks in Eastchester Bay, The Bronx, in Long Island Sound.
Springfield Junction was a junction between the Long Island Rail Road's Montauk Branch and Atlantic Branch in Laurelton, Queens, New York City, United States. It was located at the place where those two branches now begin to parallel, just east of L…
The Oyster Bay Bank Building was constructed in 1891 and served as the first bank in Oyster Bay on Long Island, New York. In addition to the bank, other users have included the Masons of Matinecock Lodge, Theodore Roosevelt while he served as Govern…
The Ludlam Building is a Greek Revival styled building, located in Oyster Bay, New York. Past occupants include a dry goods store, a grocery store, and a haberdashery. Despite a number of fires, the brick shell of the building remains.
The Gander Stakes is an ungraded stakes race for New York bred Thoroughbred race horses, three-years-old and older, run at Belmont Park or at Aqueduct Racetrack.
Fleet's Hall is a building that once stood in Oyster Bay, New York, that had important local, statewide, and national significance. The building served as an important civic and social meeting place during the time that Theodore Roosevelt was a resi…
The Clark Botanic Garden (12 acres) is a botanical garden located on Long Island at 193 I. U. Willets Rd, Albertson, New York. It is open to the public 10 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Clarenceville Station was a station on the Atlantic Branch, which ran along Atlantic Avenue, of the Long Island Rail Road, located west of 111th Street in the Richmond Hill section of Queens, New York City.
Bergin Basin is an inlet off Jamaica Bay in Queens, New York, located near the western edge of John F.
Goose Island is a small, rocky island in Long Island Sound and a part of the city of New Rochelle in Westchester County, New York. The island is situated between Davids', Travers and Glen in New Rochelle's Lower Harbor area, just west of the New Yor…
"Town of Oyster Bay Landmark" is a designation of the Town of Oyster Bay for buildings and other sites in the Town of Oyster Bay, New York. Listed sites are selected after meeting a combination of criteria, including historical, economic, architectu…
Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer (formerly Jamaica Center – Parsons Boulevard) is the northern terminal station on the IND and BMT Archer Avenue Lines of the New York City Subway, located at Parsons Boulevard and Archer Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. It …