Bellerose Terrace is a

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and

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(CDP) in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on

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, in

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, United States. The population was 2,329 at the 2020 census.

Geography

According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , all land. Bellerose Terrace is located on the border of Queens County. It is adjacent to the neighborhoods of

Bellerose, Queens Bellerose is an ethnically diverse, middle-class neighborhood on the eastern edge of the New York City borough of Queens, along the border of Queens and Nassau County, Long Island. It is adjacent to Bellerose Village and Bellerose Terrace ...

and Queens Village, Queens in

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, the Incorporated Village of Bellerose in Nassau County to the east,

Floral Park Floral Park is an incorporated village in Nassau County, Long Island, New York, United States. The population was 16,172 at the 2020 census. Floral Park is at the western border of Nassau County, mainly in the Town of Hempstead, while the ...

to the southeast, and Elmont to the south.

Demographics

2020 census

2010 Census

As of the

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of 2010, there were 2,198 people, 633 households, and 544 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 587 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 49.5%

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, 8.4%

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, 0.1% Native American, 28.1% Asian, 0.00%

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, 10.4% from other races, and 3.5% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 25.8% of the population. There were 633 households, out of which 41.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.8% were

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living together, 13.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 14.1% were non-families. 11.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.47 and the average family size was 3.76. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 24.1% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 27.5% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.5 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $92,750, and the median income for a family was $96,094. Males had a median income of $52,617 versus $53,478 for females. The

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for the CDP was $31,802. About 3.8% of families and 3.8% of the population were below the

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, including none of those under age 18 and 10.8% of those age 65 or over. According to the 2013 American Community Survey, 29.9% of families make $100,000 to $199,000 and 15.3% make $200,000 or more.

Education

Bellerose Terrace is served by the Floral Park-Bellerose Union Free School District for

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, and the Sewanhaka Central High School District for

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; the elementary district feeds into it.

Transportation

The

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travels through the heart of Bellerose Terrace. Additionally, the hamlet's southern border is the Main Line of the

Long Island Rail Road The Long Island Rail Road , or LIRR, is a Rail transport, railroad in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County on Long Islan ...

. The Hamlet is served by the LIRR's Elmont station that opened on November 20, 2021 only the eastbound platform but then westbound platform opened on October 6, 2022.

References

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