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
• Iglesia Presbiterian Hispana
• R & C Auto Service Inc
• Subway
• Linda's Restaurant
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CW gave Foley SMIT O'Boyle & Weisman a rating When I opened my business I needed somethings drawn up for my website. They drafted up my privacy policy and my terms of service, and didn't...

Kimberly E. Kirkland gave Hofstra Museum a rating I was looking for something fun to do with my kids on a three day weekend, and we ran into the Hofstra Museum on the university campus. At ...

A Desai gave Alberto's Pizzeria a rating This is the closest pizza place to my house, which is great because we get food here all the time. They also make really delicious sandwich...

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...

Betsy McConnell gave Wings ''N' Things a rating This is really an incredible restaurant … mind you, it’s in a ghetto area, but they have a drive-through, which I typically use, because I d...

O Weinstein gave Rice's Autobody & Painting a rating I needed to get the paint on my car re-done after some damage. I got a number of ludicrously high quotes from some other auto body shops, a...

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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