Another NEWSDAY geographic goof, "Manhasset congregation passes along good fortune" (Hempstead: estate)

[Walter Greenspan]

Another example of NEWSDAY mistaking the community name in a place's mailing address for the community in which that place is located:

Manhasset congregation passes along good fortune -- Newsday.com (broken link)


In the opening paragraph, the article states, "Nestled comfortably off Shelter Rock Road in Manhasset ... "

Located at 48 Shelter Rock Road, the Veatch House and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock are in North Hills (Manhasset P.O.)

In other words, if you want to send a letter to the Veatch House and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock, you would address this letter to "Manhasset, NY"; however, if you want to actually go to the Veatch House and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock, you would go to North Hills.

It is important to note that North Hills is one of those many villages and hamlets on Long Island where none of the places in the community have the village name as part of their mailing address.


For those who may not be familiar with North Hills:

North Hills is a village (incorporated in 1929) in the center 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 North Hills in the Town of North Hempstead is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of Manhasset and the Village of Roslyn Estates; on the east by the Hamlet of Roslyn Heights and the Hamlet of Searingtown; on the south by the Hamlet of Manhasset Hills; and, on the west by the Village of Lake Success and the Hamlet of Manhasset.





North Hills is one of those many villages and hamlets on Long Island where none of the places in the community have the village name as part of their mailing address: places in the Village of North Hills have a "Roslyn, NY 11576", "Roslyn Heights, NY 11577", "Albertson, NY 11507", "New Hyde Park, NY 11040" and "Manhasset, NY 11030" 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): Excellent Long Island Geographic Resource