 Seal of the Manhasset Park District | |
 The Manhasset Park District's headquarters in 2022. | |
| Park district overview | |
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| Formed | 1921 |
| Headquarters | 62 Manhasset Avenue, Manhasset, NY 11030 |
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| Website | https://manhassetparkdistrictny.gov/ |
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.
The Manhasset Park District was established in 1921. [1]
In the late 1940s, there was a controversial, failed proposal to build a 3-acre park in the northern part of the Strathmore area of Manhasset; this area is called North Strathmore. [2] [3] [4] [5] It was argued that all of Greater Manhasset would be paying for a park which only North Strathmore residents would be able to use. [3] When the vote on the $45,000 (1949 USD) bond referendum was held, the referendum was rejected, and consequently, the Manhasset Park District never built the park. [2] [3] [4] [5]
In 1974, the Village of Roslyn Estates unsuccessfully attempted to have the district's boundaries redrawn to include the village after the district added 260 parking spaces to the commuter parking fields at the Manhasset Long Island Rail Road station. [6] [7] Its Mayor, Robert D. Zucker, stated that Roslyn Estates residents preferred the Manhasset station over the closer Roslyn station due to the how service to/from Pennsylvania Station on the Port Washington Branch is direct, whereas a change at Jamaica is required on the Oyster Bay Branch. [6] Roslyn Estates residents would have the ability to be guaranteed a parking space at the Manhasset station for commuting to/from Manhattan if the boundaries were redrawn to include the village. [6] District and North Hempstead officials, along with Manhasset residents, were against redrawing the boundaries to include Roslyn Estates, given that Roslyn Estates is part of the Greater Roslyn area (as opposed to being part of Greater Manhasset), and felt that the needs of Greater Manhasset should be the Manhasset Park District's main focus. [6] [7]
In the 1990s, over 1,000 district residents petitioned for the Strathmore Bath Club to be purchased by the Manhasset Park District to keep it operating as a public park. [8] [9] The plan was unsuccessful, and the club was demolished and replaced with single-family homes. [10]
The Manhasset Park District serves the following communities in Manhasset: [11]
The Manhasset Park District operates the following parks and recreational facilities: [1]
The Manhasset Park District also maintains commuter parking lots at the Manhasset station on the Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch. [1]
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 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.
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.
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.
Roslyn Estates 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 Roslyn area, which is anchored by the Incorporated Village of Roslyn. The population was 1,318 at the 2020 census.
The Port Washington Branch is an electrified two-track 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.
Walter Uhl was a major 20th Century builder on Long Island, in New York, and was the founder of the Flower Hill Building Corporation. He is especially well known for his work in Flower Hill, New York.
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.
Leeds Pond is a natural pond in Plandome Manor, in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States.
The Port Washington Parking District is a special public parking district in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. It serves the Greater Port Washington area of Long Island's North Shore and is operated by the Town of North Hempstead.
The Port Washington Water District is a public water utility district in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States.
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.
Manhasset Woods Road is a 1.16-mile (1.87 km) road in the incorporated villages of Flower Hill and Munsey Park 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 lower portion of the Cow Neck Peninsula, between Northern Boulevard to the south and Stonytown Road to the north.