West Hills & Cold Spring Hills elementary schools (Oyster Bay, Huntington: houses, neighborhoods)

[monkeygorilla]

W are looking to move from NYC to the either the West Hills or Cold Spring Hills neighborhoods of Huntington. It seems the majority of the houses in these areas are in the South Huntington school district. Does anyone know if these areas would go to Countrywood or Oakwood primary schools? Are there any major differences between these 2 schools for grades K-2? Thanks so much.

[Walter Greenspan]

For those who may not be familiar with West Hills:

West Hills is a hamlet (an unincorporated area) in the southwest part of the Town of Huntington, in the northwest part of Suffolk County, along the Nassau/Suffolk County line.

Beginning on the north and moving in a clockwise direction, the Hamlet of West Hills in the Town of Huntington is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of Cold Spring Harbor and the Hamlet of Huntington Station; on the east by the Hamlet of Huntington Station and Hamlet of South Huntington; on the south by the Hamlet of Melville; and, on the west by the Hamlet of Woodbury in the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County (the Suffolk/Nassau County line and the Huntington/Oyster Bay Town line).

West Hills is one of those many villages and hamlets on Long Island where none of the places in the community have the hamlet name in their mailing address: places in the Hamlet of West Hills have a "Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724", "Huntington, NY 11743", "Huntington Station, NY 11746", or "Melville, NY 11747" mailing address.


For a good set of town-by-town maps showing all the villages and hamlets in each of LI's 13 towns (3 in Nassau County and 10 in Suffolk County):

http://www.city-data.com/forum/long-...-resource.html

[monkeygorilla]

Originally Posted by Walter Greenspan

For those who may not be familiar with West Hills:

West Hills is a hamlet (an unincorporated area) in the southwest part of the Town of Huntington, in the northwest part of Suffolk County, along the Nassau/Suffolk County line.

Beginning on the north and moving in a clockwise direction, the Hamlet of West Hills in the Town of Huntington is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of Cold Spring Harbor and the Hamlet of Huntington Station; on the east by the Hamlet of Huntington Station and Hamlet of South Huntington; on the south by the Hamlet of Melville; and, on the west by the Hamlet of Woodbury in the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County (the Suffolk/Nassau County line and the Huntington/Oyster Bay Town line).

West Hills is one of those many villages and hamlets on Long Island where none of the places in the community have the hamlet name in their mailing address: places in the Hamlet of West Hills have a "Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724", "Huntington, NY 11743", "Huntington Station, NY 11746", or "Melville, NY 11747" mailing address.


For a good set of town-by-town maps showing all the villages and hamlets in each of LI's 13 towns (3 in Nassau County and 10 in Suffolk County):

http://www.city-data.com/forum/long-...-resource.html

So am I understanding correctly...West Hills actually has 4 zip codes? How confusing. Is Cold Spring Hills the same?

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by monkeygorilla

So am I understanding correctly...West Hills actually has 4 zip codes?

Yup, and none of them have the "West Hills" name.

Originally Posted by monkeygorilla

How confusing.

This might be of some help:
http://www.city-data.com/forum/long-...where-you.html

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by monkeygorilla

Is Cold Spring Hills the same?

I'm double-checking with my source at the Suffolk County Planning Department, but my thinking is that Cold Spring Hills is a neighborhood in the Hamlet of West Hills (in that part of the Hamlet of West Hills that has a "Huntington, NY 11743" mailing address).

For the NYS definition of city, town, village, hamlet and postal zone:
http://www.city-data.com/forum/new-y...-glossary.html

[monkeygorilla]

Originally Posted by Walter Greenspan

I'm double-checking with my source at the Suffolk County Planning Department, but my thinking is that Cold Spring Hills is a neighborhood in the Hamlet of West Hills (in that part of the Hamlet of West Hills that has a "Huntington, NY 11743" mailing address).

For the NYS definition of city, town, village, hamlet and postal zone:
http://www.city-data.com/forum/new-y...-glossary.html

Glad I'm not the only one confused!!!

[sean sean sean sean]

Cold Spring Hills is entirely in West Hills, I always assumed it had a Cold Spring Harbor zip code (hence "Cold Spring Hills") but I just looked it up and I'm wrong..it's Huntington 11743. It's the neighborhood that was built on or around the Oheka Castle property, north of Jericho Turnpike...you can't miss the big gate at the corner of Avery Rd. The other parts of West Hills are a more residential area to the east of Cold Spring Hills and the Sweet Hollow/Mount Misery area south of 25 which is on Jayne's Hill - highest point on LI.

On Oakwood Rd. there's a historic marker showing where the West Hills post office used to be (in 1826), just noticed it the other day...I'd be willing to go out on a limb and say every location in West Hills would go to Oakwood, Countrywood is all the way on the other side of 110.

[monkeygorilla]

Originally Posted by sean sean sean sean

Cold Spring Hills is entirely in West Hills, I always assumed it had a Cold Spring Harbor zip code (hence "Cold Spring Hills") but I just looked it up and I'm wrong..it's Huntington 11743. It's the neighborhood that was built on or around the Oheka Castle property, north of Jericho Turnpike...you can't miss the big gate at the corner of Avery Rd. The other parts of West Hills are a more residential area to the east of Cold Spring Hills and the Sweet Hollow/Mount Misery area south of 25 which is on Jayne's Hill - highest point on LI.

On Oakwood Rd. there's a historic marker showing where the West Hills post office used to be (in 1826), just noticed it the other day...I'd be willing to go out on a limb and say every location in West Hills would go to Oakwood, Countrywood is all the way on the other side of 110.

Your response is very, very helpful!! Thank you so much!!! Do you happen to know what the local perception is of the West Hills/ Cold Spring Hills area?

[sean sean sean sean]

Originally Posted by monkeygorilla

Your response is very, very helpful!! Thank you so much!!! Do you happen to know what the local perception is of the West Hills/ Cold Spring Hills area?

I would assume most people associate Cold Spring Hills with the gold coast due to it's connection with Oheka Castle and the fact that there's a country club right smack in the middle of the neighborhood. It more closely resembles a Nassau County north shore neighborhood than anything to the east.

The rest of West Hills is less known, although probably any teenager on LI could tell you where it is if you referred to it as "Mount Misery", which is the name of a road in the area and what that part of West Hills is referred to colloquially. Since it has that name and there's an old cemetery on Sweet Hollow Road, there's tons of ghost stories about it....although the real etymology is probably more closely related to the fact that it's on a very steep hill and getting up the road was miserable in the days of horse drawn carriages. It's very rural for the area with narrow, curvy streets and plenty of wooded property.

[monkeygorilla]

Originally Posted by sean sean sean sean

I would assume most people associate Cold Spring Hills with the gold coast due to it's connection with Oheka Castle and the fact that there's a country club right smack in the middle of the neighborhood. It more closely resembles a Nassau County north shore neighborhood than anything to the east.

The rest of West Hills is less known, although probably any teenager on LI could tell you where it is if you referred to it as "Mount Misery", which is the name of a road in the area and what that part of West Hills is referred to colloquially. Since it has that name and there's an old cemetery on Sweet Hollow Road, there's tons of ghost stories about it....although the real etymology is probably more closely related to the fact that it's on a very steep hill and getting up the road was miserable in the days of horse drawn carriages. It's very rural for the area with narrow, curvy streets and plenty of wooded property.

Thanks for the info!! I'm going to have to find some of those ghost stories...I love spooky things!!!