Traveling to Long Island soon (New York, Hempstead: to rent, best hotel, limo)

[thorpe]

Hi everyone,
I live in North Carolina but I will be traveling to Bellmore,NY soon on business. Can anybody tell me about Bellmore? Is it in Long Island? Is it a nice area? How close is it to Garden City or Hicksville,NY? Where is the best hotel to stay at when I come to Bellmore. What interesting things is there to do in Bellmore? I will be flying into JFK so can I take a cab to Bellmore or should I get on the LIRR? Any information you can provide about Bellmore or Long Island would be greatly appreciated.

[GCGuy]

Originally Posted by thorpe

Hi everyone,
I live in North Carolina but I will be traveling to Bellmore,NY soon on business. Can anybody tell me about Bellmore? Is it in Long Island? Is it a nice area? How close is it to Garden City or Hicksville,NY? Where is the best hotel to stay at when I come to Bellmore. What interesting things is there to do in Bellmore? I will be flying into JFK so can I take a cab to Bellmore or should I get on the LIRR? Any information you can provide about Bellmore or Long Island would be greatly appreciated.

If on business, stay at the Garden City Hotel. Nice hotel in the middle of a pretty nice town. Bellmore is maybe 15 minutes away. It's also across the street from a LI Railroad station that goes into NYC in 40 minutes or so. I think you can take the Airtrain to the LIRR in Jamaica, then go to GC. Of course a cab works, too. US Limo is a solid, reliable choice...US Limousine Service LTD

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What would you like to do when you are here...dates?

[Kbinspections]

Bellmore is on LI.

Well, I would rent a car so you can go sightseeing but a livery cer would be the way to go if you are not renting a car.

Garden city is 15 minutes away, you could stay at the Garden city hotel if you have the bucks, very nice.

Go to Jones beach, visit the nautical mile in Freeport, winerys out east (1 hour away), shop at the mirical mile in manhasset or roosevelt filed in garden city. Visit teddy roosevelts home in oyster bay (sagamore hill)

Good luck and have fun!

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by thorpe

Can anybody tell me about Bellmore?

For those who may not be familiar with Bellmore:

Bellmore is a hamlet (an unincorporated area) in the south section of the Town of Hempstead, in the central-south part of Nassau County.

Beginning on the north and moving in a clockwise direction, the Hamlet of Bellmore in the Town of Hempstead is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of North Bellmore; on the east by the Hamlet of Wantagh; on the south by the East Bay; and, on the west by the Hamlet of Merrick.





Bellmore is one of those villages and hamlets on Long Island where the majority of the places with the community name in their mailing address are not in the hamlet: places that have a "Bellmore, NY 11710" mailing address that are not in the Hamlet of Bellmore are in the Hamlet of North Bellmore, the Hamlet of Merrick and the Hamlet of Wantagh.


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

[GCGuy]

Originally Posted by Kbinspections

Bellmore is on LI.

Well, I would rent a car so you can go sightseeing but a livery cer would be the way to go if you are not renting a car.

Garden city is 15 minutes away, you could stay at the Garden city hotel if you have the bucks, very nice.

Go to Jones beach, visit the nautical mile in Freeport, winerys out east (1 hour away), shop at the mirical mile in manhasset or roosevelt filed in garden city. Visit teddy roosevelts home in oyster bay (sagamore hill)

Good luck and have fun!

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General:
Explore Long Island - Explore Long Island brings you all things to do on Long Island - Including Jones Beach, The Hamptons, Montauk Point, and Long Island Wineries.
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Some nice towns to visit:
Great Neck
Oyster Bay
Locust Valley
Huntington
Cold Spring Harbor
Northport
Babylon
Garden City
Rockville Centre

[thorpe]

Thank you for the information!

[GCGuy]

Originally Posted by thorpe

Thank you for the information!

Sure thing. Anything of interest?

[MTAtech]

I concur with a suggestion to rent a car from the airport. Bellmore is a LI suburb. It's about 15 minutes north of Jones Beach, one of the nicest beaches anywhere. If you go to the beach on a weekday, it won't be too crowded.

If you have time, head east and visit the LI wineries and do tasting. LI has dozens of wineries. What's interesting about LI is that it ranges from 70x100 suburb homes to rural farm lands. If you have lots of time, you can do a wine tour to Orient Point and take the ferry to Connecticut and go to the casinos.

If your time is limited, I recommend the Cradle of Aviation Museum, an air and space museum.