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
• Long Island Volunteer Center
• Hofstra University Club
• Animal Hospital-Long Island - Jaipal Rana DVM
• Salvation Army
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• ALL Island Taxi

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Gail gave Rodriguez Home Care a rating We have been extremely happy with the caregiver who helps us with my aging father. She is really wonderful at what she does, and clearly ta...

April N. gave R & G Brenner Income Tax Center a rating I work a pretty standard day job, but I trade currencies in my spare time and I'm not too shabby at it. I made a few thousand dollars last ...

A Riley gave Long Island Junk Squad-Home Garage Clean Out House Attic Hoarding Junk Removal Estate Junk Cleanout a rating My mother is a hoarder. It is a disease that has caused her to accumulate a good 10 years worth of junk. She plans to sell it on the Interne...

Sheldon Coop gave Foley SMIT O'Boyle & Weisman a rating Foley Smit O'boyle & Weisman are great when it comes to the Law. They are prompt in their services and deliver results within a tight schedu...

Kara O. gave Yanki Plumbing and Heating a rating We hired these guys to do a quick plumbing job for us and they were very fast and very good. ...

Russell E gave Hofstra University Club a rating This is a fantastic restaurant! Wouldn't have expected to find something this excellent on a university campus, but there you are. Sometim...

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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