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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."
Lynbrook is a village in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 20,438 at the time of the 2020 census. The population was 20,438 at the time of the 2020 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.1 square miles (0.26 km 2), all land. [3] The hamlet is located between the Villages of Lynbrook and Malverne. [4] [5] The ZIP code is Lynbrook's 11563. Fire protection is provided by the Malverne Volunteer Fire Department. [4]
Nassau County, on Long Island, became a county in the U.S. state of New York in 1899 after separating from Queens County. Included in the list are two cities, three towns, 64 incorporated villages, and 63 unincorporated hamlets whose names are used for overlapping Census-designated places (CDPs).
East Rockaway is a village in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States.The population was 9,818 at the 2010 census. [3]The Incorporated Village of East Rockaway is at the edge of Rockaway Peninsula Proper in the town of Hempstead, adjacent to Hewlett Harbor, Hewlett, Rockville Centre, Lynbrook, and Oceanside.
The series' name is a reference to the real "Five Towns", an informal grouping of villages and hamlets located on Long Island, New York's South Shore of western Nassau County. "The Hewletts" ( Hewlett , Hewlett Harbor, Hewlett Bay Park , and Hewlett Neck ) are generally grouped together as one of the "Five Towns," with the other four being ...
The hamlet's name comes from the Hewlett family. George Hewlett, the first Hewlett to settle in the area, was born in England in 1634. [3] [4] He was part of an English community which emigrated to Long Island - by way of Connecticut - and negotiated treaties with the Dutch governors and native inhabitants to establish a population center in what is now Hempstead.
Cedarhurst is a village in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 7,374 as of the 2020 census. The Incorporated Village of Cedarhurst is located in the region of Long Island's South Shore known as the Five Towns.