Areas in Great Neck (Hempstead, Hyde Park: to rent, house, schools)

[JNY]

Hi, we are planning to rent a house in Great Neck. Are there areas that we should be cautious about/ that are considered not to be safe or nice (we small children)?
Thanks, JNY

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by JNY

Hi, we are planning to rent a house in Great Neck.

Right off the top, you should be aware that more than 8 out of every 10 places with a "Great Neck, NY" mailing address on the Great Neck peninsula are not in Great Neck.

For those who may not be familiar with Great Neck:

Great Neck is a village (incorporated in 1921) in the northwest part of the Town of North Hempstead, in the northwest part of Nassau County.

Beginning on the north and moving in a clockwise direction, the Village of Great Neck in the Town of North Hempstead is bordered on the north by the Village of Kings Point; on the east by Manhasset Bay; on the south by the Hamlet of Great Neck Gardens, the Village of Great Neck Estates and the Village of Saddle Rock; and, on the west by the Hamlet of Saddle Rock Estates and the Village Kings Point.

Great Neck is one of those many villages and hamlets on Long Island where the majority of the places with the community name as part of their mailing address are not in the village:

Quickly eyeballing the map overlay of the "Great Neck, NY 11020 through 11024" ZIP Code postal zones versus village and hamlet borders, the following 13 communities (9 villages and 4 hamlets) are at least partially within the borders of the "Great Neck, NY" postal zone and places in these communities have a "Great Neck, NY" mailing address (if the community is a village, its year of incorporation is shown inside the parenthesis):

.................................................. .....acres
Village of Great Neck (1921).................866
Village of Great Neck Estates (1911).....489
Hamlet of Great Neck Gardens................*
Village of Great Neck Plaza (1930)........199
Hamlet of Harbor Hills.............................*
Village of Kensington (1921)..................156
Village of Kings Point (1924)...............2,125
Village of Lake Success (1927)...........1,205
Village of Russell Gardens (1931)..........109
Village of Saddle Rock (1911)................169
Hamlet of Saddle Rock Estates...............*
Village of Thomaston (1931)..................270
Hamlet of University Gardens...................*

* The Hamlets of Great Neck Gardens, Harbor Hills, Saddle Rock Estates and University Gardens total 596 acres.


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b8/Great-neck-ny-map.gif (broken link)


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):

Excellent Long Island Geographic Resource

[RoastBeefJackson]

Originally Posted by JNY

Hi, we are planning to rent a house in Great Neck. Are there areas that we should be cautious about/ that are considered not to be safe or nice (we small children)?
Thanks, JNY

Its all pretty safe from what I remember, Are you Christian?

Moderator cut: anti-Semitic remarks

[missmoo168]

[quote=RoastBeefJackson;2901074]Its all pretty safe from what I remember, Are you Christian?
Christian kids
What about great neck south? We're Christian family with a 5 yr old and 18 months baby. Thinking move to great neck south for excellent school and easy commute to city. I've never thought about religion will cause problems for the kids. Can anyone share more information please?

is south area more diverse?

Thanks,
missmoo

[RoastBeefJackson]

Originally Posted by missmoo168

What about great neck south? We're Christian family with a 5 yr old and 18 months baby. Thinking move to great neck south for excellent school and easy commute to city. I've never thought about religion will cause problems for the kids. Can anyone share more information please?

is south area more diverse?

Thanks,
missmoo

Used to drive up and down Lakeview the turn around at Nassau & Northern
GN South is even more Jewish and exclusive; Christmas time you wont find one lit tree or Santa in the windows.
It now has the biggest synagogue in the country going up by the LIE. Mostly Doctors and big shots from the NS and LIJ Hospitals live in that communiety
Emmm......Id rent (if you can even rent) if I were you
If you have the $$$ for GNS check out Dougliston manor or Munsey Park and its school

[JNY]

Thanks for the information. Are there certain areas that one should stay away from? How is Steamboat - it seems to have a some kind of reputation.

[tannin li x]

the nicest areas of the villages of great neck are Kings Point , Saddle Rock and Lake Success , yes it is very jewish but who says thats a bad thing ? anywhoo manhasset is def more christian if thats wat ur looking for . i heard gn north was more exclusive cuz its on the water ...

[Smash255]

I often wonder where some of these people come up with this stuff.. While Great Neck is heavily Jewish, kids are not going to treat your kids like crap just because they are Jewish Great Neck is a very nice area, very safe and has Great Schools

[maxile]

how about Rosyln, Rosyln Heights, Port Washington or even New Hyde Park
that is zoned for Great Neck schools
also you can look into Manhasset or Mutton Town
also Little Neck and Douglaston

[sirtiger]

I am rather certain that no parts of roslyn or roslyn heights are zoned for GN schools. Some parts of NHP are zoned though.