North Babylon School District (West Babylon, Commack: house, neighborhood, to buy)

[Crookhaven]

Originally Posted by nbres

It appears that Hispanics are displacing the African-Americans in Wyandanch.

Sadly, it seems the Hispanics have become the Nouveau Poor of LI.

crooks

[Rachael84]

Originally Posted by cottercutie

There's an area of W Babylon which borders Wyandanch which is N Bab schools.. the Belmont Estates area across from Belmont State Park, North of the Southern State which I would advise you avoid. We moved out of the area after numerous gang fights on the track at Brennan High (BOCES), a couple different crack houses in the neighborhood.. and a lot of people use it as a cut through to Wyandanch from Belmont Ave so a lot of riff raff there too.

To the OP--I would really listen to this person because they actually lived in the area you're looking at. I would take this advice to heart.

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by Hockey Boy

... I noticed that there is an area of West Babylon that is part of the North Babylon school district.

Might that "area of West Babylon that is part of the North Babylon school district", actually not be in West Babylon but be in North Babylon; in the part of North Babylon that has a "West Babylon, NY 11704" mailing address?


For those who may not be familiar with North Babylon:

North Babylon is a hamlet (an unincorporated area) in the southeast part of the Town of Babylon, in the southwest part of Suffolk County, along the Babylon/Islip town line.

Beginning on the north and moving in a clockwise direction, the Hamlet of North Babylon in the Town of Babylon is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of Deer Park; on the east by the Hamlet of West Islip in the Town of Islip (the Babylon/Islip town line); on the south by the Village of Babylon; and, on the west by the Hamlet of West Babylon.





The Hamlet of North Babylon has a different border than does the "North Babylon, NY 11703" ZIP Code postal zone (i.e., a place can have a "North Babylon, NY 11703" mailing address and not be in the Hamlet of North Babylon and a place can have other than a "North Babylon, NY 11703" mailing address and be in the Hamlet of North Babylon): places that have a "North Babylon, NY 11703" mailing address that are not in the Hamlet of North Babylon are in the Village of Babylon and the Hamlet of West Babylon; and, at the same time, there are places in the Hamlet of North Babylon with a "West Babylon, NY 11704" and "Babylon, NY 11702" 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

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by Hockey Boy

My wife and I are planning on buying a house in the very near future and we are looking in serveral areas, one of which is West Babylon ...

Bear in mind that many places that have a "West Babylon, NY 11704" mailing address are not in West Babylon and that there are many places that are in West Babylon that have other than a "West Babylon, NY 11704" mailing address.


For those who may not be familiar with West Babylon:

West Babylon is a hamlet (an unincorporated area) in the central to southeast part of the Town of Babylon, in the southwest part of Suffolk County.

Beginning on the north and moving in a clockwise direction, the Hamlet of West Babylon in the Town of Babylon is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of Wyandanch; on the east by the Hamlet of North Babylon and the Village of Babylon; on the south by the Great South Bay; and, on the west by the Village of Lindenhurst and the Hamlet of North Lindenhurst.





The Hamlet of West Babylon has a different border than does the "West Babylon, NY 11704" ZIP Code postal zone (i.e., a place can have a "West Babylon, NY 11704" mailing address and not be in the Hamlet of West Babylon and a place can have other than a "West Babylon, NY 11704" mailing address and be in the Hamlet of West Babylon): places that have a "West Babylon, NY 11704" mailing address that are not in the Hamlet of West Babylon are in the Village of Lindenhurst, the Hamlet of North Lindenhurst, the Hamlet of East Farmingdale, the Hamlet of Wyandanch, the Hamlet of North Babylon and the Village of Babylon; and, at the same time, there are places in the Hamlet of West Babylon with a "Lindenhurst, NY 11757", "Wyandanch, NY 11798", "North Babylon, NY 11703" and "Babylon, NY 11702" 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

[cottercutie]

nbres, did you live there or do you now? Because I did, and thankfully I moved. Yes, there are a lot of well maintained homes but I lived there and I know that appearances can be deceiving. The house 2 streets away from mine which yes Walter, was West Babylon, with a West Babylon mailing address but North Bab schools, behind Brennan was a crack house which was boarded up while I lived in the area. A car mysteriously exploded one night on my street. A person was shot less than a block away. I moved from the area this past spring, there were numerous GANG fights on the track at Brennan High School. This was confirmed to my DF and I by the Suffolk PD when they showed up (took them almost a half hour to get there for one of the fights, at which at least one was arrested). There are more and more homes in that area going into foreclosure and in the time I lived there the neighborhood got progressively worse. A house on Mount Ave was raided one night, the yellow tape was lovely to drive by.

Wyandanch, for all intents and purposes, doesn't look like a stereotypical ghetto either, there are plenty of well maintained homes there, but doesn't mean it's a safe area.

[nancy thereader]

Brennan High School is not in North Babylon or part of the North Babylon School District. As the post says it is in West Babylon and part of BOCES

Brennan has a mailing address of North Babylon.

[cottercutie]

We were West Babylon, and across from Brennan. The house behind ours was a N Babylon mailing address as were our neighbors 3 homes down. I never realized that Brennan also had a N Babylon mailing address. But they're all West Babylon and the homes in that area are zoned for North Babylon schools. Looking at it now knowing that I want to know which postal employee zoned it like that. We were smack dab in the middle of 2 N Bab mailing addresses in WEST Babylon (mailing also). Freaking confusing!

[nbres]

Originally Posted by nancy thereader

Brennan High School is not in North Babylon or part of the North Babylon School District. As the post says it is in West Babylon and part of BOCES

Brennan has a mailing address of North Babylon.

Brennan High school is in West Babylon and is part of BOCES and not the North Babylon School District. Below is the address.

550 Mount Ave
West Babylon, NY 11704
(631) 491-4390

[nbres]

Originally Posted by cottercutie

nbres, did you live there or do you now? Because I did, and thankfully I moved. Yes, there are a lot of well maintained homes but I lived there and I know that appearances can be deceiving. The house 2 streets away from mine which yes Walter, was West Babylon, with a West Babylon mailing address but North Bab schools, behind Brennan was a crack house which was boarded up while I lived in the area. A car mysteriously exploded one night on my street. A person was shot less than a block away. I moved from the area this past spring, there were numerous GANG fights on the track at Brennan High School. This was confirmed to my DF and I by the Suffolk PD when they showed up (took them almost a half hour to get there for one of the fights, at which at least one was arrested). There are more and more homes in that area going into foreclosure and in the time I lived there the neighborhood got progressively worse. A house on Mount Ave was raided one night, the yellow tape was lovely to drive by.

Wyandanch, for all intents and purposes, doesn't look like a stereotypical ghetto either, there are plenty of well maintained homes there, but doesn't mean it's a safe area.

The area you describe is in West Babylon. Check it on one of Walter Greenspans maps. The zip code for that area is 11704. North Babylon is 11703. Brennan High School is not part of the North Babylon school district, but is part of BOCES

[Rachael84]

Well the whole point is that the section of West Babylon that falls into North Babylon schools isn't a very good area. And also that NB schools really aren't nearly as good as WB and Babylon.