| Manhasset Valley Park | |
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 Manhasset Valley Park in 2012. | |
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| Type | Public |
| Location | Manhasset, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 40°47′24″N73°42′25″W / 40.79000°N 73.70694°W |
| Area | 26.6 acres (10.8 ha) |
| Owned by | Town of North Hempstead |
| Paths | Yes |
| Parking | Yes |
| Website | Town of North Hempstead – Manhasset Valley Park |
Manhasset Valley Park is a park in Manhasset, on Long Island, in New York, United States. It is operated by the Town of North Hempstead.
Manhasset Valley Park is located in the valley separating the Great Neck and Cow Neck Peninsulas. [1] [2] It contains walking paths, a playground, and athletic fields. A stream flows through the park. [3]
Before the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch was extended from Great Neck to Port Washington via. the Manhasset Viaduct, the commercial heart of Manhasset was located in this area, which was nicknamed "The Valley." [4] After the Port Washington Branch was extended to Port Washington and the Manhasset station opened on Plandome Road, the commercial center of the hamlet moved there; that area was nicknamed "The Hill." [4]
The park was formerly operated by Nassau County, prior to its transfer to the Town of North Hempstead. [5] The transfer of ownership was part of an effort made by Nassau to cut costs. [5]
The park is roughly 26.6 acres (10.8 ha) in total size. [5]
Flower Hill is a village in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The eastern half is considered part of the Greater Roslyn area, which is anchored by the Incorporated Village of Roslyn. Western and northern parts are more closely associated with Manhasset and Port Washington. The population was 4,794 at the time of the 2020 census.
Manhasset is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered the anchor community of the Greater Manhasset area. The population was 8,176 at the 2020 census.
North Hempstead is one of three towns in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 237,639 at the 2020 census.
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 2020 census.
Plandome is a village in the Town of North Hempstead 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 1,349 at the 2010 census.
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 1,005 at the 2010 census.
Plandome Manor is a village in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The majority of the village is considered part of the Greater Manhasset area, which is anchored by Manhasset. The easternmost part of the village is more closely associated with Port Washington. The population was 872 at the 2010 census.
Port Washington is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) on the Cow Neck Peninsula in the Town of North Hempstead, in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York. The hamlet is the anchor community of the Greater Port Washington area. The population was 16,753 at the 2020 census.
The Port Washington Branch is an electrified, mostly double-tracked rail line and service owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. It branches north from the Main Line at the former Winfield Junction station, just east of the Woodside station in the New York City borough of Queens, and runs roughly parallel to Northern Boulevard past Mets-Willets Point, Flushing, Murray Hill, Broadway, Auburndale, Bayside, Douglaston, Little Neck, and then crosses into Nassau County for stops in Great Neck, Manhasset, and Plandome before terminating at Port Washington.
The Webster Avenue Bridge is a road bridge over the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch between the Long Island villages of Plandome Heights and Flower Hill.
The Cow Neck Peninsula is a peninsula in Nassau County, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island.
Strathmore is an unincorporated, Levitt & Sons-developed hamlet in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States, within the census-designated place (CDP) of Manhasset.
The Manhasset Park District is a park district serving much of the Greater Manhasset area of Nassau County, Long Island, New York, United States. It is headquartered a 62 Manhasset Avenue, Manhasset, NY 11030.
Leeds Pond is a natural pond in Plandome Manor, in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States.
Plandome Pond Park is a park in the Incorporated Village of Plandome Heights, in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. It is located within and operated by the Town of North Hempstead.
North Hempstead Beach Park is a beach located on Hempstead Harbor in Port Washington, in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is located in and owned and operated by the Town of North Hempstead.
Park Avenue is a road in Manhasset and Munsey Park in the Town of North Hempstead, in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. It serves as a through street between Plandome Road and Port Washington Boulevard.
Stonytown Road is a 1.32-mile road in the incorporated villages of Flower Hill, Plandome, and Plandome Manor in the Town of North Hempstead, in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It serves as a major east-west through street across the Cow Neck Peninsula, between Plandome Road and North Plandome Road to the west and Port Washington Boulevard to the east – as well as forming portions of municipal boundaries.
Plandome Road is a road in Manhasset and the incorporated villages of Plandome, Plandome Heights, and Plandome Manor in the Town of North Hempstead, in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It serves as a major north–south through street across the west side of the Cow Neck Peninsula, between Northern Boulevard to the south and Stonytown Road and North Plandome Road to the north, and is the main thoroughfare in downtown Manhasset.