Bethpage, New York
Bethpage, New York | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Nassau |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.6 sq mi (9.4 km2) |
| • Land | 3.6 sq mi (9.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 105 ft (32 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 16,543 |
| • Density | 4,564.5/sq mi (1,762.4/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 11714 |
| Area code | 516 |
| FIPS code | 36-06387 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0943803 |
Bethpage is a hamlet and a census-designated place located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York, USA. The population was 16,543 at the 2000 United States Census.
The hamlet is served by its own school district, the boundaries of which include parts of some surrounding hamlets including Old Bethpage and Plainedge. The Zip Code for most of the hamlet is 11714 except for the most northeastern portion which lies in the Old Bethpage postal district of 11804. The Town of Hempstead, on its website,[1] includes a small part of Bethpage that is in the Levittown census-designated place.
History
The name Bethpage comes from the Bethpage Purchase in 1695. An early name for the northern section of present-day Bethpage was Bedelltown.[2][3]
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.[4] In 1841,[5] train service began to Farmingdale station, near a new settlement less than a mile eastward from what had previously appeared on maps as Bethpage. Schedules at that time do not mention Bethpage as a stop, but have a notation "late Bethpage".[6] On an 1855 map,[7] the location identified as Bethpage has shifted slightly westward to include a nearby area now called Plainedge.
From at least 1854,[8] the LIRR stopped within present-day Bethpage at a station then called Jerusalem Station, and on January 29, 1857 a local post office opened, also named Jerusalem Station.[9][10] LIRR schedules listed the station also as simply Jerusalem.[11][12] Residents succeeded in changing the name of the post office to Central Park, effective March 1, 1867 (respelled as Centralpark from 1895 to 1899).[9][13] The Central Park Fire Company was organized in April 1910, and incorporated in May 1911. In May 1923 the Central Park Water District was created.
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 name Bethpage was, however, already in use by an adjacent community,[2] 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.[9]
From 1936 until 1994, Bethpage was home to the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, which made, among other things, the F-14 Tomcat and the Apollo Lunar Module for moon landings. (Bethpage is thus mentioned in the film Apollo 13.) Cablevision Systems Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is headquartered in Grumman's former main office.
Geography
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According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.6 square miles (9.4 km²), all land.
Demographics
As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there were 16,543 people, 5,710 households, and 4,516 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 4,564.5 per square mile (1,764.4/km²). There were 5,788 housing units at an average density of 1,597.0/sq mi (617.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.17% White, 0.29% African American, 0.02% Native American, 2.99% Asian, 1.00% from other races, and 1.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.75% of the population.
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. 17.9% of all households 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.
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.
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.
Schools
See Bethpage Union Free School District
Bethpage Little League
Bethpage Little League is a volunteer organization, operating under charter of Little League Baseball and Softball, whose purpose is to provide a Little League Baseball and Softball Program for the Community of Bethpage.Established in 1952, Bethpage Little League is a non-profit organization run entirely by volunteers (board of directors, managers, coaches and all other duties). The league is dedicated to the principle of providing a safe, fun environment in which the children can enjoy learning the rules and playing baseball or softball. The League boundaries are specified by the Little League National organization. Bethpage Little League is part of Little League New York District 32.
Football
Bethpage has become famous among New York high school varsity football teams for being the home of an excellent football program, having won 10 Nassau County and 5 Long Island Championships since 1984 when the playoffs expanded to four teams. The tradition of Bethpage football started in 1952 when Howard C. Vogts created the first team, and he has since become New York State’s all-time winningest high school varsity football coach. Vogts' remarkable career record stands at 342-114-10 mark in 53 seasons. One of Bethpage's most notable records was a 60-game home unbeaten streak (59-0-1) between 1989 and 2004. They lost to the Wantagh Warriors to end that streak. It ended on October 23, 2004 when the Golden Eagles lost 27-0 to the Wantagh Warriors, led by senior quarterback Pete Houck. Since that loss, Bethpage has won 11 straight at home. Until yet again losing to the Wantagh Warriors again 22-15 in 2007. Bethpage considers their 3 biggest rivals to be 1. Plainedge High School Red Devils 2. Sayville High School 3. Lynbrook High School Owls
Other points of interest
Bethpage was the home of the Grumman plant that produced the Apollo Lunar Modules, or LEMs.
Bethpage State Park offers five golf courses to choose from. One of them, the black course, was the site of the U.S. Open in 2002 and will again be the site for the upcoming event in 2009. Tiger Woods won the event in 2002. While the park and its five golf courses are located almost entirely within Old Bethpage and its offices are located within the neighboring Farmingdale postal district, it is easily accessed from Bethpage.
Bethpage Water District was announced as the best tasting drinking water in New York State at the state fair in Syracuse in 2006. [1]
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Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, Stephen Edward Karopczyc, lived in Bethpage. [14] The former Karopczyc School in Levittown (part of the Island Trees Union Free School District) was renamed for him. The school now houses the Island Trees Public Library.
Footnotes
- ^ "Town of Hempstead Map".
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|Accessdate=ignored (|accessdate=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "1873 map of Town of Oyster Bay". New York Public Library. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
- ^ "LIRR timeline: 1898 map used as background".
- ^ "Geological map of Long & Staten islands with the environs of New York". New York Public Library. 1842?.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|authors=ignored (help) (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".
- ^ "1841 Brooklyn Eagle LIRR timetable". Brooklyn Eagle. 1841-11-02. (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".
- ^ "RAILROADS". New York Times. 1854-04-13. pp. p7. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
{{cite news}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ a b c David Roberts. "Nassau County Post Offices 1794-1879". Retrieved 2007-12-23. 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 2008-04-07.
- ^ 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 2008[update].
- ^ Central Park in Manhattan had opened in 1859.
- ^ Medal of Honor.com- Stephen E. Karopczyc
External links
- Bethpage Community
- Newsday article on Bethpage
- Encyclopedia of the Unincorporated Village of Bethpage
- More Bethpage History
- 1903 map showing Bethpage as Central Park - includes Bethpage Junction of LIRR, and a creek from area that emptied into the Atlantic
- Briarcliffe College - Bethpage
- Powell family in 1880 Census Click on Next Household to see others. Start from [2] to [3]
- first Bethpage Bedell family in 1880 census click on Next Household to look for more
