Hempstead NY Yellow Pages

Hempstead is a town known as a civil township in Nassau County on Long Island. There are around 22 villages within Hempstead and as of 2000 census there were 755,924 residents. Hempstead was settled in a treaty between Robert Fordham and John Carman in 1644 when the pair purchased land from local Native American Indian tribes. During its early days it was known as Heemstede taken from the Dutch city. During the American Revolution, American sympathizers lived in the north and loyalists in the south which caused a split in 1784 of the town.

Hempstead is home to several schools including Hempstead High School, Alverta B. Gray Schultz Middle School, Franklin School, Fulton School, Jackson Main School, Jackson Annex School, Barack Obama School, Marshall School, and Prospect School. Higher learning facilities are also home in Hempstead including the Nassau Community College, New York University, and the Hofstra University, to name a few. Hempstead is home to a variety of businesses, restaurants, and service businesses which is the main industry leading the economy.

The most popular attractions in Hempstead for residents and visitors alike are the 90 parks that are home in the area offering all kinds of activities including concerts, aquatics, cultural arts, sports, and more. Along with the parks, there are also 25 unique museums in Hempstead including Cradle of Aviation Museum, a wildlife sanctuary, and of course the beaches such as Jones Beach.

About Hempstead, New York 

• # of Businesses: 1483
• Zip Code: 11549, 11550, 11551
• AreaCode: 516
• County: Nassau
• Latitude: 40.7051
• Longitude: -73.6280
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• Long Island Business Expo
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• Hofstra University Club
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Warren Heard gave Fulton Podiatry a rating We do not often pay attention at our feet, but we ought to do so. Feet are what keeps us from falling on the ground after all and without th...

Rodney gave Little Red Train Private School a rating My child gets great instruction here and his teacher is a very caring individual who does a great job. The administrators on the other hand...

Dennis A gave Campus Pizza & Gyro a rating Convenient little takeout place near where I live, great for late night studying. Their gyros are really awesome, and their pizza ain't bad...

EJ gave Anele & Associates a rating I went to them for a legal problem and they weren’t sure about what to do. They nevertheless offered me a document that was useless for me. ...

Marvin Weiss gave North-South Machine Shop INC a rating My dad needed some tools repaired, and I don't remember what tools, but I remember he took them here, and they fixed them all for him. Job w...

Stephen C gave Five Town Deli a rating Have used them several times over the past few months. Good meat, worked well in my recipes. I don't think they're very well known. For s...

Nearby Cities 

• West Hempstead (1.48 miles)
• Uniondale (1.48 miles)
• Garden City (1.81 miles)
• Roosevelt (2.47 miles)
• Franklin Square (2.96 miles)
• Mineola (2.98 miles)
• Carle Place (3.04 miles)
• East Meadow (3.34 miles)
• Baldwin (3.51 miles)
• Malverne (3.64 miles)

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