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Manhasset–Lakeville Water District
The Manhasset–Lakeville Water District (MLVWD) is a public Water district, water utility district serving a large portion of Nassau County, New York, Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York (state), New York, United States. History The Manhasset–Lakeville Water District was founded in 1911, thus making it one of the oldest public water suppliers on all of Long Island. In 1958, voters in the district voted against a controversial proposal to add fluoride to the district's water supply. In the 2010s, the MLVWD replaced the Munsey Park Water Tower with a newer, more efficient one. Communities served The Manhasset–Lakeville Water District serves the following communities: * Flower Hill, New York, Flower Hill (part, with the Port Washington Water District and the Roslyn Water District) * Great Neck Plaza, New York, Great Neck Plaza (part, with the Water Authority of Great Neck North) * Lake Success, New York, Lake Success * Manhasset, New York, Manhasset * Manhasset H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water District
A water district is a Special-purpose district, special district given the task of supplying water and sewer needs to a community. This term is commonly used in the United States. See also * Irrigation district * Drinking water supply and sanitation in the United States * Fresh water supply district References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Hills, New York
North Hills is a village in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 5,464 at the time of the 2020 census. History The glacial action that formed much of Long Island deposited Shelter Rock in what is now North Hills approximately 11,000 years ago. The Matinecock had a village in the area. Farming developed in North Hills in the middle part of the 17th century. Around this time a long fence was built along the road later known as Northern Boulevard, to the north of North Hills. The lands of the Cow Neck Peninsula enclosed by the fence (present day Manhasset and Port Washington) were used for grazing. During the 19th Century, one of the largest farms in the area was owned by Isaac Underhill Willets.Aronson, Harvey, ed. Home Town Long Island'. (Newsday, 1999). . The village was incorporated in 1929 as a tax haven to prevent the Town of North Hempstead ( seated in nearby Manhasset) from raisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plandome, New York
Plandome is a Village (New York), village in the North Hempstead, New York, Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, Nassau County, on the North Shore (Long Island), North Shore of Long Island, in New York (state), New York, United States. It is one of the three villages which comprise the area of Cow Neck Peninsula, Cow Neck known as the Plandomes, and it is also considered part of the Greater Manhasset area, which is anchored by Manhasset, New York, Manhasset. The population was 1,448 at the time of the 2020 census. The Incorporated Village of Plandome was ranked fifth on ''Forbes'' 10 most affluent U.S. communities list in 2009. History Pre-incorporation (pre-colonization – 1910) The location of what is now the Village of Plandome was originally inhabited by Matinecock (tribe), Matinecock Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans. These Native American inhabitants called the area Sint Sink, meaning "place of small stones." During the 17th century, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Gardens, New York
University Gardens (also known as Lakeville and Little Neck, Nassau County) is a hamlet and a census-designated place (CDP) in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is located within the Town of North Hempstead and is part of the Greater Great Neck area. The population was 4,358 at the time of the 2020 census. The University Gardens CDP includes the University Gardens subdivision and the other unincorporated areas between it and the Nassau / Queens line, such as Great Neck Terrace. History Much of the land which is now located within the University Gardens CDP was once farmland. Suburban development in the community started to take off in the early 20th century. This includes development in and of the Little Neck Park, University Gardens, and Waverly Hills sections; at the time, the hamlet was known as Lakeville and Little Neck, Nassau County. The University Gardens development (for which the hamlet and CDP is named) was developed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomaston, New York
Thomaston is a village in the Town of North Hempstead, in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. Located at the southeastern corner of the Great Neck Peninsula, it is considered part of the Greater Great Neck area, which is anchored by the Village of Great Neck. The population was 2,759 at the time of the 2020 census. History Thomaston officially became an incorporated village on October 1, 1931, after the majority of residents voted in favor of incorporation to preserve home rule. Originally, the incorporation proposal included University Gardens and Russell Gardens. However, University Gardens chose not to be included in the proposal and Russell Gardens decided to incorporate itself separately around that time. The founders of the Incorporated Village of Thomaston were John W. Weight, Hunter L. DeLatour, Ernest A. Gallagher, and Henry A. Singley. Thomaston Village Hall was constructed in 1971 in order to provide for more efficient ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strathmore (Manhasset, New York)
Strathmore is an unincorporated, Levitt & Sons-developed Hamlet (New York), hamlet in the North Hempstead, New York, Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, Nassau County, on the North Shore (Long Island), North Shore of Long Island, in New York (state), New York, United States, within the CDP (New York), census-designated place (CDP) of Manhasset, New York, Manhasset. Although presently considered part of the Manhasset CDP, Strathmore remains distinct from the other areas of the CDP, and the hamlet's name continues to be widely-used and accepted both socially and politically. The hamlet, which consists of four large, Levitt-developed housing subdivisions, is also often referred to as The Strathmores. The southern parts of Strathmore once attempted to incorporate as the Incorporated Village of Strathmore – but the proposal was voted down in a referendum vote. Because of the outcome of the referendum, all of Strathmore remains part of the unincorporated Manhasset C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Gardens, New York
Russell Gardens is a village on the Great Neck Peninsula in the Town of North Hempstead, in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 978 at the 2020 census. The area was proposed to become part of neighboring Thomaston in that village's original incorporation plans – but residents objected and decided instead to incorporate Russell Gardens as a separate village that same year. History Russell Gardens was originally developed by Francis H. Knighton, who had previously played a small role in the Rickert–Finlay Realty Company, which developed the nearby community of Kensington. The land was largely pastoral, and games of polo were often played in the open fields. The majority of the 135-acre (55 ha) area now encompassing the village was originally part of the estate of Captain Frederick Russell. The estate had previously been owned by the Schenck family and subsequently by the Haviland family. Other areas were purcha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plandome Manor, New York
Plandome Manor is a Village (New York), village in Nassau County, New York, Nassau County, on the North Shore (Long Island), North Shore of Long Island, in New York (state), New York, United States. The majority of the village is considered part of the Greater Manhasset area, which is anchored by Manhasset, New York, Manhasset. The easternmost part of the village is more closely associated with Port Washington, New York, Port Washington. The population was 793 at the time of the 2020 census. The Incorporated Village of Plandome Manor is in the North Hempstead, New York, Town of North Hempstead, and is the northernmost of the three Plandomes. History The Village of Plandome Manor incorporated in 1931. Like the villages of Plandome and Plandome Heights to its south, Plandome Manor derives its name from the Latin 'Planus Domus', meaning plain, or level home. The manor house of Matthias Nicoll who was an early mayor of New York City and among the first generation of the Nicoll family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plandome Heights, New York
Plandome Heights is a village in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the Greater Manhasset area, which is anchored by Manhasset. The population was 1,009 at the time of the 2020 census. The Incorporated Village of Plandome Heights is located entirely within the Town of North Hempstead and is the southernmost of the three Plandomes. History In the early 20th century, Benjamin N. Duke of the Duke tobacco family developed large parts of what is now Plandome Heights through the Plandome Heights Company, which was one of Duke's real estate ventures; many of these homes were built in the Spanish style, which was a popular architectural style at the time. The Duke family owned large portions of Plandome Heights in the early 20th century. Prior to incorporating, the residents in the original part of Plandome Heights (the western and central portions) had unsuccessfully petitioned for neighboring Plandome to annex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North New Hyde Park, New York
North New Hyde Park is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 15,657 at the 2020 census. Portions of the area are also known as Floral Park Centre and Lakeville Estates. History The hamlet's name reflects the fact that it is located immediately north of New Hyde Park. The Lake Success Shopping Center, located on Union Turnpike within the hamlet, opened in 1956 and was designed by A.H. Salkowitz. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, North New Hyde Park has a total area of , all land. As aforementioned, the areas known as Floral Park Centre and Lakeville Estates are located within the boundaries of North New Hyde Park. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 14,889 people residing in the CDP. The racial makeup of the CDP was 65.67% White, 0.72% African American, 0.26% Native American, 29.14% Asian, 0% Pacific Is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munsey Park, New York
Munsey Park is a village in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the Greater Manhasset area, which is anchored by Manhasset. The population was 2,809 at the 2020 census. The Incorporated Village of Munsey Park is located entirely within the Town of North Hempstead, and has been recognized as a Tree City USA since 1983. History Development and early years (1920s) Munsey Park was first developed in the 1920s, on North Shore land previously owned by wealthy publisher Frank Andrew Munsey (1854–1925), as a commuter town and "model, restricted community", taking advantage of the Long Island Rail Road's Manhasset station, located immediately to the west of the development. The land on which the planned community now stands on was bequeathed by Munsey to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1925. The Metropolitan Museum of Art sold the portion of the estate south of Northern Boulevard (NY 25A); that area would e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Neck, New York
Great Neck is a region contained within Nassau County, New York, Nassau County, New York (state), New York, on Long Island, which covers a peninsula on the North Shore (Long Island), North Shore and includes nine incorporated villages, among them Great Neck (village), New York, Great Neck, Great Neck Estates, New York, Great Neck Estates, Great Neck Plaza, New York, Great Neck Plaza, Kings Point, New York, Kings Point, and Russell Gardens, and a number of unincorporated areas, as well as an area south of the peninsula near Lake Success, New York, Lake Success, North New Hyde Park, New York, North New Hyde Park, and the border territory of Queens. The incorporated village of Great Neck had a population of 9,989 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, while the larger Great Neck area comprises a residential community of some 40,000 people in nine villages and Hamlet (New York), hamlets in the town of North Hempstead, New York, North Hempstead, of which Great Neck is the nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
