West Sayville, New York
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West Sayville is a
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and census-designated place (CDP) in
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, United States. It had a population of 5,011 at the 2010 census.


Geography

West Sayville is located on the South Shore of
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in the
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of
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. Its coordinates are 40°43’54”N 73°6’18”W (40.731594, -73.099701). West Sayville's coastline borders the
Great South Bay The Great South Bay is a lagoon situated between Long Island and Fire Island, in the State of New York. It is about long and has an average depth of and is at its deepest. It is protected from the Atlantic Ocean by Fire Island, a barrier island ...
. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, West Sayville has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.31%, is water. West Sayville's ZIP code is 11796. The West Sayville Post Office is located at 12 Washington Avenue.


Demographics


Demographics of the CDP

The United States Census Bureau reported that during the 2010 census, the population of West Sayville was 5,011, with a population density of 2,386.2 per square mile. Of the total population, 2,407 (48.0%) were males and 2,604 (52.0%) were females. There were 1,771 households, 1,314 families and 606 families with children under the age of eighteen. In addition, there were a total of 2,124 housing units, of which 1,771 (83.4%) were occupied and 353 (16.6%) were unoccupied. Of the occupied housing units, 1,485 (83.9%) were owner-occupied units, and the remaining 286 (16.1%) were renter-occupied units. The median household income was reported as $95,938 by the U.S. Census Bureau with 93.3% holding a high school education.


Education

West Sayville is under the jurisdiction of the Sayville School District. The two schools within West Sayville are Sayville High School at 20 Brook Street, and Cherry Avenue Elementary School on 155 Cherry Avenue. Parts of West Sayville attend
Connetquot School District The Connetquot Central School District of Islip is a school district located in the Town of Islip of Suffolk County, New York on Long Island. There is one preschool, seven elementary schools, two middle schools, and one senior high school. Th ...
. One private school is West Sayville Christian School at 37 Rollstone Avenue, serving kindergarten through eighth grade. The former St. John's University Oakdale campus was partially in West Sayville. The university had acquired it, then La Salle Center (previously
La Salle Military Academy La Salle Military Academy, later known as La Salle Center, was a Roman Catholic, Catholic school with middle school/junior high school and high school divisions located in Oakdale, New York. It closed in 2001, and the school's extensive campus w ...
), in 1999. The university leased the center to La Salle Center until its 2001 closure. In 2016 Amity University had purchased that campus. Amity then decided to establish a New York branch of
Harrow School Harrow School () is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English boarding school for boys) in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England. The school was founded in 1572 by John Lyon (school founder), John Lyon, a local landowner an ...
.
Harrow International School New York Harrow International School New York is an international school in Oakdale, New York, on Long Island, that is scheduled to open in 2025. It is a subsidiary of the Harrow School in the United Kingdom, and the first such one to open in the United Stat ...
is scheduled to open, in the former St. John's campus, in September 2025.


Historic locations/people

The Greene House is located at 93 Montauk Highway.
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stopped at this historic house during a tour of Long Island to rest and refresh himself and his horses in 1790. Edith Corse Evans, heir to a hide-tanning and real estate fortune with a West Sayville summer home, was a passenger on the ''Titanic''. During the sinking of the ''Titanic'' on April 15, 1912, Edith Corse Evans gave up the last seat on the last lifeboat to save a mother of six children. Evans lost her life after the ocean liner sank into the Atlantic Ocean, but her efforts saved Caroline Brown from
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. The West Sayville Radio Station at Cherry Avenue was a German
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wireless transmitter built in 1912 to broadcast primarily to Germany. In 1915, the transmitter allegedly relayed a message from the German Embassy to "get Lucy", referring to the RMS ''Lusitania'' which was sunk on May 7. Whether the signals coming from the transmitter in Sayville authorized the attack or not, they caused concern for the US government, which was raised again when it was used in the transmission of the Zimmermann Telegram by Germany to Mexico to request their assistance in the invasion of the United States during World War I. This historic transmission was sent through the West Sayville Radio Station on January 16, 1917, and President
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sent a contingent of
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to seize the wireless station in order to ensure that no further encrypted messages were sent. This was the first hostile action taken by the United States against Germany during World War I. Today the land where the transmitter was located is part of the
Sayville National Wildlife Refuge The Sayville National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) located in West Sayville, New York about inland from the Great South Bay. Sayville NWR is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a sub-unit of Wertheim Nati ...
.


Emergency services

West Sayville is part of the West Sayville-Oakdale Fire District. The West Sayville Fire Department is the volunteer fire department agency employed by the West Sayville-Oakdale Fire District to provide fire protection for this area. This agency responds to all fire-related emergencies and motor vehicle crashes with personal injury, as well as numerous other emergency incidents within the borders of the West Sayville-Oakdale Fire District. The West Sayville Fire Department is a certified New York State fire department. West Sayville receives emergency medical services from the Sayville Community Ambulance Company. This volunteer ambulance company responds to all medical emergencies within the West Sayville area. They are a certified New York State Department of Health, Emergency Medical Service agency that provides Advanced Life Support (ALS) care. West Sayville is protected by the
Suffolk County Police Department The Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD) provides police services to 5 of the 10 Towns in Suffolk County, New York. It is the second largest county police agency in the United States, with approximately 2500 sworn officers. History Prior ...
's Fifth Precinct. The Suffolk County Police Department is an accredited police agency that responds to all incidents that require law enforcement personnel. They also provide crime scene investigation, arson investigation, detective and many other related law enforcement services to the West Sayville area. West Sayville is also home to the Suffolk County Police Department Detectives Association, located at 465 Main Street. West Sayville receives emergency management services from the Town of Islip Office of Emergency Management and the Suffolk County Office of Emergency Management.


Parks and recreation

The
Long Island Maritime Museum The Long Island Maritime Museum is located in West Sayville, New York. History The Long Island Maritime Museum was founded in 1966 on the waterfront grounds of the former Meadowedge estate of Mrs. Florence Bourne Hard in West Sayville. Flore ...
is located at 86 West Avenue in West Sayville, which is committed to the research, preservation and interpretation of the region's rich nautical heritage and the role of Long Island in their national maritime story.


Suffolk County parks

West Sayville's County Parks Administration Building and Operations Center are within Charles R. Dominy County Park, all of which are located on 200 Main Street. Other county parks in West Sayville include Green's Creek County Park/Marina on Clyde Street and Cherry Avenue County Dog Park on Cherry Avenue. The Mansion at West Sayville (Meadowedge) sits on the grounds of the West Sayville County Park. It was built in 1910 as a gift from Commodore Frederick and Mrs. Bourne to their daughter Florence. It is now a catering facility owned by a private company.


Town of Islip parks

Town of Islip parks include the Division Avenue Park/Playground on the street it was named after, the West Avenue Docks and the Baymen Soccer Complex on Cherry Avenue.


Churches

*West Sayville Reformed Bible Church is located at 31 Rollstone Avenue. *Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, also known as the Saint Mary's Orthodox Church is located at 38 Cherry Avenue.


References

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