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Oceanside is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located in the southern part of the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 32,109 at the 2010 census. The population was 32,109 at the 2010 census.
Oceanside High School is an American public high school located in Oceanside, New York, United States.It is part of the Oceanside School District.. The school was initially built on Merle Avenue, but moved to its current location on Skillman Avenue in 1955 and expanded to its current size in 1962.
The Five Towns is an informal grouping of villages and hamlets in Nassau County, United States on the South Shore of western Long Island adjoining the border with Queens County in New York City. Although there is no official Five Towns designation, "the basic five are Lawrence, Cedarhurst, Woodmere, Hewlett and Inwood."
Hempstead may have been named after Hemel Hempstead in the English county of Hertfordshire, where village founder John Carman was born. [7] Another theory regarding the origin of the village's name is that it is derived from the town of Heemstede in the Netherlands, as this was an area from which many Dutch settlers of New Netherland originated.
Thus, the county government increased taxes to prevent a takeover by the state of New York, leading to the county having high property taxes. Nevertheless, on January 27, 2011, a State of New York oversight board seized control of Nassau County's finances, saying the wealthy and heavily taxed county had failed to balance its $2.6 billion budgets.
Salvatore DiLorenzo, 66, of Oceanside, New York. Angelo “Fifi” Gradilone, 57, of Staten Island. ... in what marks one of the biggest takedowns in recent history of the Five Families of New York.
The days of the Five Families ruling New York and sharp-suited John Gotti mingling with the stars appear to be long gone. ... 66, of Oceanside, New York. Angelo “Fifi” Gradilone, 57, of Staten ...
Baldwin in 1931. The original inhabitants of this area between Parsonage Creek near Oceanside and Milburn Creek near Freeport were Native Americans known as the Meroke, or Merrick, a band of Lenape people who were indigenous to most of the South Shore of Long Island.