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10-25-2007, 07:50 PM
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How about North Great River - technically Central Islip, but they have a sign and everything welcoming you to that area. Wife grew up there - it is CI, no question.
It's strange how there are so many places that are divorcing themselves from Central Islip and changing their names, but they still have the same PO and schools. (Islandia, South Hauppauge, North Great River)....
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10-26-2007, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by nancy thereader
How about North Great River - technically Central Islip, but they have a sign and everything welcoming you to that area. Wife grew up there - it is CI, no question.
It's strange how there are so many places that are divorcing themselves from Central Islip and changing their names, but they still have the same PO and schools. (Islandia, South Hauppauge, North Great River)....
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I lived in Islip Terrace off Connetquot Ave, on Floral Park St. I was always under the impression that "North Great River" was south of that, closer to Sunrise (but north of the actual Hamlet of Great River)than I was. The kids in our neighborhood attended EI schools. The North Great River name then (20 years ago) was used by the people with the houses closer to Connetquot park, who didn't want the Islip Terrace or CI stigma. |
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10-26-2007, 03:18 PM
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The welcome to North Great River sign was right where Connetquot Ave. begins off of Vets Highway, and all of those initial streets off of Connetquot (Pineedge, Woodland, Sportsmen) used it. Way back when, that was not such a terrible area, relative to the rest of CI. But it has changed, and my in-laws had to leave a number of years ago.
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10-26-2007, 03:25 PM
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The welcome to North Great River sign was right where Connetquot Ave. begins off of Vets Highway, and all of those initial streets off of Connetquot (Pineedge, Woodland, Sportsmen) used it. Way back when, that was not such a terrible area, relative to the rest of CI. But it has changed, and my in-laws had to leave a number of years ago.
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OIC! I drove back and forth on Sunrise so I never came in from Vets/Connetquot -- never saw those signs.... I suppose N Great river crept North as the crud crept south. |
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10-26-2007, 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by OhBeeHave
I lived in Islip Terrace off Connetquot Ave, on Floral Park St. I was always under the impression that "North Great River" was south of that, closer to Sunrise (but north of the actual Hamlet of Great River)than I was. The kids in our neighborhood attended EI schools. The North Great River name then (20 years ago) was used by the people with the houses closer to Connetquot park, who didn't want the Islip Terrace or CI stigma.
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I was unaware that Islip Terrace had a stigma. |
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10-26-2007, 11:37 PM
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I was unaware that Islip Terrace had a stigma.
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I had plenty of people wrinkle their noses when they heard me say I was from Islip Terrace. Sharing a border with CI did not help it one iota and I believe that was the source of the stigma.
I had relativess and acquaintances living in EI (south of 27A) and they all couldn't believe when I took a place in Islip Terrace. After a year of living there, a couple of break ins on our street, having a bunch of illegal aliens make rude remarks about me in Spanish and watching the shopping center and 7-11 up Connequot get trashy, I understood completely what they meant. |
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11-08-2007, 06:20 AM
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This settles quite a bit of the debate.
Suffolk County Census Designated Place (CDP) Maps, (broken link)
As I said ...
North Coram=Fiction
Gordon Heights =Town
Apparently we have a Northampton...who knew?
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PS
Thanks Sean Sean
http://www.city-data.com/forum/long-...span-post.html
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11-08-2007, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by clamboy
Gordon Heights =Town
Apparently we have a Northampton...who knew?
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Gordon Heights is a hamlet in the Town of Brookhaven and Northampton is a hamlet in the Town of Southampton.
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This seems to be a dead link? |
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11-08-2007, 08:30 AM
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What about West Hills?
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11-08-2007, 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Jdawg8181
What about West Hills?
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Is it on the map dawg?
http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/Planning/cdp.pdf
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