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
• Quest Diagnostics
• China Taste
• Tim Daniels Plumbing & Heating
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Ricky Gregory gave Fulton School a rating Full ton School is a great school for your tiny tot to study in. You must consider putting your kids there coz they’ll get class education. ...

OR gave Big Al's Breakfast & LUNCH a rating This is the best place you are ever going to eat if you love breakfast. They make great omelettes. They’re huge and packed full of delicio...

AC gave Yanki Plumbing and Heating a rating Yanki Plumbing and Heating are highly recommended for the following reasons: they are proficient in their job and need very little supervisi...

Wanda C gave Hofstra University Club a rating Great place to eat when you're on campus or even if you're just in the area. Even if you weren't here for an event or anything, I think it'...

Harriet A. Weeks gave Frontier Collision a rating After I was involved in an accident I needed an auto body shop that would be willing to work with my insurance claim. After seeing advertisi...

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 ...

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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