Lynbrook question (Hempstead, Valley Stream, Rockville Centre: houses, neighborhoods, school district)

[nibblet]

Hi, there, helpful folk!

I've been lurking on the LI forum for a while and finally decided to ask for your combined input/experience. My family is looking to relocate from NYC to LI and we're hoping to find a nice 3br home in a top-tier school district with a fast commute to Penn Station (the faster, the better). Thus far, Lynbrook and Garden City have seemed most appealing as areas matching our criteria, but we can obviously get a lot more house in Lynbrook than GC.

Can you please provide some info on the Lynbrook area? How safe is it? What is the community like? We like older houses with nice big trees and quiet, clean neighborhoods. Our house budget is around the 550k mark. Any input (or suggestions of other areas we should consider) would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time!

[Walter Greenspan]

When looking in Lynbrook, be aware that about one of every 7 places that have a "Lynbrook, NY 11563" mailing address (1,549 acres) are not in the Village of Lynbrook (1,290 acres).


For those who may not be familiar with Lynbrook:

Lynbrook -- which is Brooklyn spelled inside-out -- is a village (incorporated in 1911) in the central part of the Town of Hempstead, in the southwest part of Nassau County.

Beginning on the north and moving in a clockwise direction, the Village of Lynbrook is bordered on the north by the Village of Malverne and the Hamlet of North Lynbrook; on the east by the Hamlet of Lakeview and the Village of Rockville Centre; on the south by the Village of East Rockaway and the Hamlet of Hewlett; and, on the west by the Village of Valley Stream.





The Village of Lynbrook has a different border than does the "Lynbrook, NY 11563" ZIP Code postal zone (i.e., a place can have a "Lynbrook, NY 11563" mailing address and not be in the Village of Lynbrook and a place can be in the Village of Lynbrook and have other than a "Lynbrook, NY 11563" mailing address): places that have a "Lynbrook, NY 11563" mailing address that are not in the Village of Lynbrook are in the Hamlet of North Lynbrook and the Hamlet of Hewlett; and, at the same time, there are places in the Village of Lynbrook that have a "Rockville Centre, NY 11570" 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

[TomMoser]

Lynbrook is a nice middle class community. I grew up there and my parents still live there. The school district is among the best on Long Island. It is extremely safe. They have their own village police department which is very vigilant.

For older houses with mature trees you would do better on the north side of town.

As for Garden City, with a budget of 550K you would have a hard time finding something.