Bethpage, New York
Bethpage, New York
Central Park | ||
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FIPS code 36-06387 | | |
GNIS feature ID | 0943803 |
Bethpage (formerly known as Central Park) is a
History
The name Bethpage comes from the
On maps just before the arrival of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), the name Bethpage appears for a community now included in both the post office district and school district of the adjacent community of Farmingdale.[6] In 1841,[7] train service began to
Between 1851[10] and 1854,[11] the LIRR initiated a stop within present-day Bethpage at a
Following the 1932 opening of nearby Bethpage State Park, the name of the local post office was changed to Bethpage on October 1, 1936. The LIRR station was also renamed Bethpage station. The name Bethpage was, however, already in use by an adjacent community,[3] which resisted suggestions of a merger and instead renamed itself Old Bethpage. The change from Central Park to Bethpage was one of the last complete name changes of Nassau County's post offices.[12]
From 1936 until 1994, Bethpage was home to the
The Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Bethpage (NWIRP) started operations in 1942, west of the Grumman site.[18]
Altice USA (f/k/a Cablevision), is headquartered in Grumman's former main office.
In August 2015, a small airplane with engine trouble failed to reach Farmingdale airport, and was redirected to "Bethpage Airport" by the air traffic controller. However, the pilot could not find that airport because it was closed and had buildings on it, and the plane crashed on LIRR tracks.[19][20]
Superfund site
Bethpage's history as a space and aviation center has left heavy metals, toxic waste, and radioactive
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP, or Census Designated Place, has a total area of 3.6 square miles (9.3 km2), all land. For the 2000 Census, the boundaries of the CDP were adjusted compared to those of the 1990 census, with some territory gained and some lost.[26]
The area is served by the Bethpage Post Office,
Economy
The grocery chain
Bethpage is home to two movie studios.[28] Gold Coast Studios has filmed major motion pictures in Bethpage including The Amazing Spider-Man 2[29] and Sisters,[30] as well as the television series Pan Am[31] and Kevin Can Wait.[32] Grumman Studios also worked on The Amazing Spider-Man 2,[29] and has filmed Avengers,[33] Salt[34] and broadcast The Sound of Music Live![35]
Goya Foods has its Long Island division in Bethpage.[36]
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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2000 | 16,543 | — | |
2010 | 16,429 | −0.7% | |
2020 | 16,658 | 1.4% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[37] |
Year |
Population |
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1903 | 306 |
1909 | 530 |
1930 | 1,888 |
1940 | 2,590 |
1960 | 15,840 |
1970 | 18,550 |
1980 | 16,846 |
1990 | 15,761 |
2000 | 16,543 |
2010 | 16,429 |
2020 | 16,658 |
2010 census
As of the census of 2010,
There were 5,710 households, out of which 32% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.0% were married couples living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.9% were non-families. Of all households 17.9% were made up of individuals, and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.89 and the average family size was 3.27.[2]
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 22.7% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 18.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.8 males.[2]
The median income for a household in the CDP was $70,173, and the median income for a family was $78,573. Males had a median income of $53,404 versus $36,708 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $27,850. About 2.1% of families and 3.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.0% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.[2]
Arts and culture
Bethpage was the home of the Grumman plant that produced the Apollo Lunar Modules, or LEMs.
Bethpage Water District was announced as the best tasting drinking water in New York State at the New York State Fair in Syracuse in 2006.[40] In 2010 chlorine was added to the drinking water following new Nassau County Board of Health regulations, leading many residents to complain that the taste of the water had declined.[41]
The Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center in Bethpage has an NHL-size rink for skating, and is home to the Long Island Blues special hockey team, who practice and play home games at the rink.[43][44]
Education
Bethpage residents can be zoned for the Bethpage Union Free School District, the Plainedge Union Free School District, the Island Trees Union Free School District, or the Hicksville Union Free School District.[45]
Additionally, Briarcliffe College used to have a campus in Bethpage.[46]
Notable people
- Eric Asimov (born 1957), wine and food critic (The New York Times)
- Sophia Braeunlich (1854–1898), business manager, journalist
- Nicholas Braun (born 1988), actor
- Lori Carson (born 1958), singer-songwriter
- Jim Christian (born 1965), college basketball player, coach
- Jim Hodder (1947–1990), musician (Steely Dan)
- Jason Moss (1975–2006), attorney, author
- Alex Reynolds (born 1987), professional wrestler for All Elite Wrestling
- Joe Sambito (born 1952), Major League Baseball pitcher
- Rob Scuderi (born 1978), National Hockey League player
- Leslie Segrete (born 1975), designer, television personality
- Helen Slater (born 1963), actress, singer
- Gary Smulyan (born 1956), jazz musician
- Gavin Spielman (born 1972), painter
- Al Weis (born 1938), Major League Baseball infielder.
References
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ a b "1873 map of Town of Oyster Bay". New York Public Library. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
- ^
"LIRR timeline: 1898 map used as background". Archived from the original on December 15, 2001.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "1906 map of Central Nassau County". Retrieved April 30, 2011.
- ^ W.W. Mather (c. 1842). "Geological map of Long & Staten islands with the environs of New York". New York Public Library.[permanent dead link] (The location marked Bethpage is near Merritts Road, just north of Hempstead Turnpike. An unbounded area further east in Suffolk County is marked Hardscrabble. The map is dated 1842 with a question mark. Neither Farmingdale nor Hicksville appears on the map. The Hicksville LIRR station opened in 1837, and its absence suggests an earlier date for the map. The LIRR also had taken a different route east of Hicksville, arriving in Farmingdale in 1841.)
- ^ "Early LIRR History". Archived from the original on March 4, 2000.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "1841 Brooklyn Eagle LIRR timetable". Brooklyn Eagle. November 2, 1841. Archived from the original on June 12, 2011. (Whether "late Bethpage" is meant to indicate a flag stop at the community near Merritts Road, or that the area near the Farmingdale LIRR station had lately been called Bethpage has not yet been determined.)
- ^ "1855 Colton map".
- ^ "1851 schedule without Bethpage". Archived from the original on August 29, 2000.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Railroads". The New York Times. April 13, 1854. p. 7. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
- ^ a b c Roberts, David. "Nassau County Post Offices 1794–1879". Retrieved May 26, 2019. John L. Kay & Chester M. Smith, Jr. (1982). New York Postal History: The Post Offices & First Postmasters from 1775 to 1980. American Philatelic Society.
- ^ Jerusalem was a community to the south, now called Wantagh. One of the reasons later given for changing the name from Jerusalem Station was that residents wanted to establish an identity of their own that did not depend on their being a station for another community.
- ^ "1863 LIRR timetable". Retrieved April 7, 2008.
- ^ The schedule shows the stop is 2 miles from Farmingdale and 3 miles from Hicksville, the same distances for the existing Bethpage LIRR station as of 2024.
- ^ Central Park in Manhattan had opened in 1859.
- ^ "Northrop Grumman in Bethpage, New York". Retrieved October 25, 2021.
- ^ "RECORD OF DECISION Northrop Grumman" (PDF). www.dec.gov. March 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
- ^ Editorial Staff (August 25, 2015). "NTSB Says ATC Directed Pilot In Distress To Closed Airport". AVweb. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
- ^ "Aviation Accident".
- ^ "Governor Cuomo Orders Engineering Investigation to Expedite Containment of Long Island Groundwater Plumes".
- ^ "DEC Outlines Remediation Plan For Bethpage Plume". Antonnews.com. June 29, 2012. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
- ^ "Blog Series: Letters to Grumman from the Bethpage Community, Part I". Bethpage Cancer Project. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
- ^ "Hazardous Waste Site Classification".
- ^ Dooley, Emily. "Bethpage Residents File $500M Lawsuit Against Northrop Grumman". Newsday. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
- ^ "New York: 2000 Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF). September 2003. p. III-9. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
- ^ "Town of Hempstead Map". Archived from the original on January 18, 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-16.
- ^ Phillips, Ted (May 14, 2020). "LI's TV, film industry looks to post-shutdown future". Newsday. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- ^ a b Du, Lisa (March 12, 2013). "'Spider-Man' sequel to film at Bethpage studios". Newsday. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- ^ Lovece, Frank (December 17, 2015). "8 LI locales where Fey, Poehler shot 'Sisters'". Newsday. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- ^ Christ, Lindsay (March 23, 2011). "Christina Ricci Films ABC's 'Pan Am' on Long Island | Long Island Press". archive.longislandpress.com. Long Island Press. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- ^ Sacks, Ethan (September 18, 2016). "'Kevin Can Wait' brings Kevin James home in Long Island's first sitcom". nydailynews.com. Daily News. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- ^ Lovece, Frank (October 19, 2010). "'Avengers' being shot at Grumman Studios". Newsday. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- ^ "Angelina Jolie Lands at Grumman Studios". Grumman Studios. January 15, 2009. Archived from the original on February 12, 2011.
- ^ "'The Sound of Music' airs live from Grumman Studios on Long Island". longisland.news12.com. news12 Long Island. December 6, 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- ^ "Contact Us Archived April 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine." Goya Foods. Retrieved on March 26, 2016. "Goya Foods of Long Island 201 Grumman Road West Bethpage, NY 11714"
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- ^ "Encyclopedia of the Unincorporated Village of Bethpage". January 21, 2006. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
- ^ United States Census
- ^ "Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Rinks". Archived February 27, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Schwartz, David M.; LaRocco, Paul (February 18, 2020). "In proud Bethpage, years of worry take emotional toll". Newsday.
- ^ "Medal of Honor.com- Stephen E. Karopczyc". Archived from the original on October 22, 2006. Retrieved January 25, 2007.
- ^ [1] Archived March 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Long Island Blues Hockey Club powered by GOALLINE.ca". Longislandblues.org. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
- ^ "Long Island Index: Interactive Map". www.longislandindexmaps.org. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
- ^ "Briarcliffe College is Long Island's hottest college for business, technology and graphic design". September 14, 2002. Archived from the original on September 14, 2002. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
External links
- Bethpage Community
- Encyclopedia of the Unincorporated Village of Bethpage at the Wayback Machine (archived March 16, 2008)
- 1903 map showing Bethpage as Central Park – includes Bethpage Junction of LIRR, and a creek from area that emptied into the Atlantic