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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Helen G. gave Quest Diagnostics a rating I usually run all my hematological tests and other stuff in Quest Diagnostics, which is located nearby in Hempstead. I am prone to have high...

UT gave Public Storage - Self Storage a rating I have not been all that satisfied with my storage unit. The unit itself is okay, and accessing it isn't that difficult. But I have not be...

Ted O gave CHUCK E Cheese's a rating I brought my kids here for their birthday party (twins). I remember coming here when I was a kid, so this is a classic! They had as much f...

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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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