EXPLORE THE COMMUNITY
New Hyde Park, New York
A Nassau County village on Long Island’s LIRR Main Line — walkable to the train, minutes from Long Island Jewish Medical Center, and home to the Herricks school district.
Presented with 70 Paul Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY 11040
1644
First Dutch & English settlers
1927
Village incorporated
11040
Nassau County, Long Island
NHP
LIRR station, rebuilt 2021–22
The Village
Long before it was a Village, this part of Nassau County was known as Dongan’s Farm — an 800-acre tract granted in 1683 to Thomas Dongan, the colonial governor of New York, whose estate stood along what is now Lakeville Road. Dutch and English settlers had already been farming the area since the 1640s, as part of the original Town of Hempstead. Growth stayed slow for two centuries; the Long Island Rail Road reached the area in the 1840s, and it wasn’t until a wave of 1920s home-building that the community pushed to govern itself. Residents voted to incorporate on August 19, 1927, and the new Village took its motto — still on the sign today — “A Great Place to Live.”
Walkability
The village core sits along Jericho Turnpike, a short walk from the LIRR station and the Lake Success Shopping Center. The MTA’s Third Track project added pedestrian overpasses at New Hyde Park Road and Covert Avenue and rebuilt the platforms, so getting across the tracks on foot is easier than it used to be. As with any Long Island suburb, day-to-day errands still lean on a car for anything past a few blocks.
Schools & Education
Herricks Union Free School District, herricks.org. School assignment is determined by exact address — confirm zoning directly with the district before assuming a match.
Herricks High School
Grades 9–12 — the district’s flagship, with strong Regents results and a wide range of electives and athletics.
Herricks Middle School
Grades 6–8, serving the district’s middle-school population out of Albertson.
Denton Avenue School
One of the district’s two elementary schools, K–5.
Center Street School
The district’s second elementary school, K–5.
Searingtown School
The district’s alternative program, serving grades K–11.
Libraries & Culture
Hillside Public Library
155 Lakeville Road. Reference services, programming, and community meeting space for New Hyde Park residents.
New Hyde Park Museum
Housed in the basement of Village Hall and run by volunteers, preserving local photos, oral histories, and Village Historian George E. Christ’s The Early History of New Hyde Park.
Village Street Fair
An annual street fair along Jericho Turnpike and Lakeville Road, running since 1995 and organized by the Village’s Cultural Commission.
Parks & Recreation
Village-run parks are reserved for residents of the Incorporated Village of New Hyde Park — confirm whether a given address falls inside the Village line before counting on access.
Memorial Park
1351–1399 Lincoln Avenue. Ballfields, tennis and basketball courts, a bocce court, a dog park, and the Village’s veterans’ memorial.
Nuzzi Park
A second Village-maintained park and ballfield; public facilities close for the winter season.
Golf & Country Clubs
All are private, members-and-guests clubs.
Fresh Meadow Country Club
Lake Success. Originally an A. W. Tillinghast design in Queens (1923); moved to its current Lake Success course in 1946 and once hosted the PGA Championship and U.S. Open.
Garden City Country Club
Garden City, a few miles south.
North Hills Country Club
Manhasset, a few miles north.
Shopping & Dining
Lake Success Shopping Center
1526 Union Turnpike. A recently revitalized center anchored by Target, with Burlington, Foot Locker, The Paper Store, Claire’s, and a Northwell Health urgent care center.
Umberto’s of New Hyde Park
633 Jericho Turnpike. Family-run since 1965; a two-story Tuscan-style pizzeria and restaurant known for its Grandma Pizza and banquet space.
Gino’s Trattoria & Pizzeria
Jericho Turnpike, near the LIRR station. Family-run Northern Italian cooking since 2000, with banquet facilities for private events.
Getting Around & Everyday Essentials
The New Hyde Park LIRR station sits on the Main Line/Port Jefferson Branch at New Hyde Park Road and Second Avenue, a short walk from Jericho Turnpike. It was rebuilt between 2021 and 2022 as part of the MTA’s $2.5 billion Third Track project, which added a third track along the corridor, removed three street-level railroad crossings nearby, and gave the station new pedestrian overpasses, ADA ramps, and a rider plaza. NICE Bus routes n24 and n25 also stop at the station. Rail schedules and service patterns change from time to time, so it’s worth checking current LIRR timetables directly rather than assuming a fixed commute time into Manhattan.
For everyday care, Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Medical Center is in New Hyde Park itself, with North Shore University Hospital a short drive away in Manhasset. Jericho Turnpike, Union Turnpike, and the Northern State Parkway connect the neighborhood to the rest of Nassau County and into Queens.
