Lenox Hills is a neighborhood on the northern edge of
Farmingdale,
Long Island
Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United Sta ...
,
New York, near the
Melville area. The first subdivision there was established in the late 1920s on land adjacent to an 18-hole golf course then known as the ''Lenox Hills Country Club''. During the Depression of the 1930s, this golf course was purchased by the State of New York, enlarged and renamed
Bethpage State Park
Bethpage State Park is a New York state park on the border of Nassau County and Suffolk County on Long Island. The park contains tennis courts, picnic and recreational areas and a polo field, but is best known for its five golf courses, inclu ...
. The Lenox Hills Country Club course is now known as the Green Course of the Park.
Populated places in Nassau County, New York
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