Any Opinion about Ingraham Estates in Hempstead (New York, Union: renting, crime)

[stagrid]

I am about to go into contract on a house and it seems like a nice area in Hempstead.

Any thoughts on this?

[I_Love_LI_but]

You had better have the $$$ to put your kids in private school! Otherwise you are making a big mistake.

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by I_Love_LI_but

You had better have the $$$ to put your kids in private school! Otherwise you are making a big mistake.

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I_Love_LI_but, it would appear that, at least part of, Ingraham Estates is in that part of the Village of Hempstead that is in the Uniondale Union Free School District and not in the Hempstead Union Free School District.
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[Walter Greenspan]

stagrid, you can get a fact sheet for any city, village or hamlet on Long Island by going here American FactFinder and input the name of the city, village or hamlet for "city/town" (leave out the ZIP Code) and New York for "State", and then click "GO".

You'll get a lot of demographic, and some economic, statistics for the city, village or hamlet you selected, and if you click on "Reference map" (it's on the right hand side), you'll get a map.


Secondly, you can find out in which community (city, village or CDP) a house is actually located, which is oftentimes different from the community named in that house's mailing address, by using the Census Bureau's online address search function. (CDP or Census Designated Place is the Census Bureau equivalent for a hamlet in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.)

And, very importantly, among other things, the Census Bureau's online address search function also indicates in which school district an address is located.

[I_Love_LI_but]

Originally Posted by Walter Greenspan

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I_Love_LI_but, it would appear that, at least part of, Ingraham Estates is in that part of the Village of Hempstead that is in the Uniondale Union Free School District and not in the Hempstead Union Free School District.
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Uniondale isn't much better. Bad academic scores. Full of serious central american gangbangers.

[twingles]

From the maps it doesn't look like the worst area of Hempstead, but it's pretty close. And as ILLIB stated - good luck with the schools.

[I_Love_LI_but]

Originally Posted by twingles

From the maps it doesn't look like the worst area of Hempstead, but it's pretty close. And as ILLIB stated - good luck with the schools.

I know the neighborhood she is talking about. Had a friend who lived there way back when. It's a very pretty neighborhood and has nice houses. If you go there, you would say, "Whoa! Are you sure we are in Hempstead?"

But the schools, be they Hempstead or Uniondale screw things up seriously. They are not just low-scoring, but filled with dangerous characters from central american gangs such as MS-13 and Salvadorans with Pride. Hempstead is the base of one of these gangs and Uniondale is the base of the other. Of course they are always "visiting" each other's schools and neighborhoods to fight with one another, and it is very dangerous for innocent, non-gang members too who can get attacked for no reason or caught in the cross-fire. I would never send a child, especially teenagers, to one of those schools. I would never let one even walk on the sidewalk outside those schools.

To the OP: If you have or plan to have kids, and cannot afford private school, I would advise you not to sign that contract and find a house in a safe school district.

[TVR1997]

Years ago, they use to advertise this area and stress that it was part of the Uniondale school district (because as others have said, its quite nice, but the Hempstead schools suck). Uniondale schools suck also and you are VERY close to the trash that populates Hempstead Tpke/Fulton St/Route 24. Just driving down that corridor from Hofstra through Hempstead is a depressing scene and often requires knowledge of the Spanish language. Drive down Main St in Hempstead or even Front St which is close ot the estates section....

The homes are nice, but with the influx of immigrants you are getting some people who are renting out their homes and dividing it illegally. There's a nice landscaped median on Ingraham Lane....lots of Tudor homes with nice features.

If you have a young child you could send them to elememtary school in the Uniondale district but after that, private school only. They no longer stress UNiondale schools for a reason.

Many of the long time residents bought in when it was cheap(er) so they stay. They are Hardworking and responsible folks who keep the area nice, etc. But for the most part, black professionals are shunning the area and I would not pay 300k plus to live in the area. And I am no paranoid outsider, I know the area extremely well. Right now you tend to get many folks from NYC, a mix of Carribean immigrants (who often work hard at keeping the area) and then the um, well Central American immigrants folks have already discussed (and no its no exaggeration).

I should add this...in general while the crime is high for the area and the police patrol Uniondale much more than before, you usually won't have a problem unless you are in the mix. Uniondale has its struggles but most black/latino neighborhoods on the island are subpar for LI standards. That being said, you do have good residents in the area its just the new ones are outnumbering them and not ina good way.

[azzurrony]

I was driving down Clinton the other night and had to cut through Hempstead. There was a bunch of kids (about 11 or 12 yrs old) near one of the Bodegas as I was driving by and they were hitting each other with clubs of some sort. It was nuts. One kid would get hit and then retreat into his posse and then another would come after someone from the other group. Where the Hempstead police were is anyone's guess.

I'm just not sure they'll ever clean up Hempstead. Sad.