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
• ALL Nation Driving School
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ST gave Hofstra Museum a rating A fun afternoon activity for the family. We loved exploring the sculpture garden. There was a lot of really amazing stuff to see there. I...

TopAz gave Dashing Dan's Taxi Dispatch a rating Had a bad experience with a driver and when I Called to complain they would not accept the complaint Driver cursed at me through his windo...

AC gave Sortos Travel Service a rating I heard that travel agencies were worth it ... but only now do I know it's true! We had some extra cash saved up, but we wanted to save as ...

Renee E. gave Gamestop a rating Usually GameStop has pretty good deals on stuff. The employees are very helpful. Last year I waited in line overnight for one of the Call ...

O George gave Supreme Fitness Enterprises LLC a rating Awesome gym. Their weights are perfect for me, and they have lots of exercise machines open most of the time. ...

R Mayo gave Family Dollar Store a rating This is a surprisingly nice store, really. I walked in here on a whim one day while I was waiting for takeout, and I thought I'd find nothi...

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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