would you buy a house in any of these neighborhoods in Nassau? (Hempstead: houses)

[house2008]

Is any of these neighborhoods any good to buy a house in. would you buy a house in any of these neighborhoods?


Hempstead
Farmingdale
Freeport
Roosevelt
UnionDale
Elmont


i've already heard bad stuff about hempstead, so i guess that's off the list.

[tannin li x]

Nooooooooooooooo !

[OhBeeHave]

I won't answer that because I haven't been in any of those areas in a very long time.

[Peter B]

Freeport down by the water, yes. As long as you do not need to use the school district

[Johninwestbury]

No No No No!
Unless you like dealing with gangs, crime, and illegals.

[fyrisle]

Farmingdale has some nice neighborhoods and a nice downtown. The scores in the Regent exams are pretty good. One area I particularly liked was on the south side of Bethpage State Park. I think the area is called Farmingdale Hills.

[Johninwestbury]

Originally Posted by fyrisle

Farmingdale has some nice neighborhoods and a nice downtown. The scores in the Regent exams are pretty good. One area I particularly liked was on the south side of Bethpage State Park. I think the area is called Farmingdale Hills.

I always thought that was Bethpage....Farmingdale village is what I'm referring to. There are guys loitering everywhere there.

[house2008]

thanks a lot guys, i saw a lot of houses there selling for too cheap of prices. so i figured there must be a catch.


school district is not important right now, atleast for next 5 years(have no kids yet). however, i would rather buy into a nicer SD rather than in a bad one and buy again in 5 years.


I am not familiar with most areas of Nassau. i hope you won't mind, if i keep asking you guys in this thread about neighborhoods.



How is:

New Hyde Park 11040
Mineola 11501
Williston Park 11596


would you recommend that i buy in a village or should i rather buy where its not in a village?

[fyrisle]

The area directly south of Bethpage State Park is part of Farmingdale. I checked MLS and it appears that is called Lenox Hills. I've haven't spent much time in the village but in the brief time I was there I didn't notice loiterers.

[AlexisT]

You can't make a blanket statement about villages or not, it all depends on the individual village.

The areas above are a lot better than the first set you listed. Williston Park is split between Herricks and Mineola SDs; the former is better rated.

IIRC, a substantial portion of the New Hyde Park postal zone is not in the Village of New Hyde Park. Several districts serve the area.