Is north lindenhurst a bad neighborhood? (Babylon, Nassau: legally, train, pool)

[checkmatechamp13]

Originally Posted by sean sean sean sean

Are you sure they're not actually from North Lindenhurst? Census 2000 says it's 34% black. Might seem like less in reality cuz I think a good part of N Lindy is Copiague schools.

I agree with the other comments. It can look like North Amityville in spots, but it's not like it at all. Nothing wrong with being middle class

North Lindenhurst is around 5% Black, not 34%. See here: Mapping the 2010 U.S. Census - NYTimes.com

Originally Posted by Razor123

Here are some demographics from the 2010 Census:
Population: 11,652
Population Change since 2000 Census: lost 1% (Village of Lindenhurst lost 2%!)

71% non-Hispanic White
5% Black
3% Asian
3% of 2 or more races
6% Other
19% Hispanic (black and white)

20% Foreign-born
27% speak language other than English at home
85% over 25 have graduated high school
15% over 25 have bachelor's degree or higher.
79% Homeownership Rate
21% of housing units are multi-unit structures
$372,500 Median Value of Households
$27,764 Per Capita Income
$88,868 Median Household Income (higher than the village!)
3% below poverty line (lower than the village!)

Those stats seem pretty accurate, but out of curiosity, where did you get them from?

[Razor123]

Originally Posted by checkmatechamp13

North Lindenhurst is around 5% Black, not 34%. See here: Mapping the 2010 U.S. Census - NYTimes.com



Those stats seem pretty accurate, but out of curiosity, where did you get them from?

North Lindenhurst CDP QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

[sean sean sean sean]

Originally Posted by checkmatechamp13

North Lindenhurst is around 5% Black, not 34%. See here: Mapping the 2010 U.S. Census - NYTimes.com

That's as of the 2010 Census - which wasn't published yet when that post was made well over a year ago. Sure enough, in 2000 they had North Lindenhurst at "33.9% African-American". I dunno how accurate that is, but that's what the number was... personally, I don't ever remember seeing a significant number of black people in North Lindy.

[Razor123]

Originally Posted by sean sean sean sean

That's as of the 2010 Census - which wasn't published yet when that post was made well over a year ago. Sure enough, in 2000 they had North Lindenhurst at "33.9% African-American". I dunno how accurate that is, but that's what the number was... personally, I don't ever remember seeing a significant number of black people in North Lindy.

Where did you get the 2000 Census data from?

[checkmatechamp13]

Originally Posted by sean sean sean sean

That's as of the 2010 Census - which wasn't published yet when that post was made well over a year ago. Sure enough, in 2000 they had North Lindenhurst at "33.9% African-American". I dunno how accurate that is, but that's what the number was... personally, I don't ever remember seeing a significant number of black people in North Lindy.

It must've been a typo. They probably meant to say 3.9% Black.

Every single tract shows an increase in the number of Blacks in the area, and a decrease in the number of Whites: Mapping the 2010 U.S. Census - NYTimes.com

[sean sean sean sean]

Originally Posted by Razor123

Where did you get the 2000 Census data from?

Wikipedia's North Lindenhurst page still has Census 2000 numbers on it, however...

Originally Posted by checkmatechamp13

It must've been a typo. They probably meant to say 3.9% Black.

Every single tract shows an increase in the number of Blacks in the area, and a decrease in the number of Whites: Mapping the 2010 U.S. Census - NYTimes.com

...I think checkmatechamp13 is right, and it was just a typo that has now been corrected. When I checked the actual Census 2000 page, they now have it listed as 3.9% - that makes a lot more sense.

[Razor123]

Originally Posted by sean sean sean sean

Wikipedia's North Lindenhurst page still has Census 2000 numbers on it, however...



...I think checkmatechamp13 is right, and it was just a typo that has now been corrected. When I checked the actual Census 2000 page, they now have it listed as 3.9% - that makes a lot more sense.

It may have been just some punk who edited the page to make the place look more ghetto, lol.

[checkmatechamp13]

Originally Posted by Razor123

It may have been just some punk who edited the page to make the place look more ghetto, lol.

LOL. Somebody did that for the Port Jefferson Station page and I kept on correcting it (and I left a note in the "Discussion" part of the page)

[ydsavaged]

haha Yeah wiki is pretty unreliable. I have edited/fixed many things on several LI pages.

to stay on topic North Lindenhurst is pretty much a solid middle class area. Not bad at all.... as far as I know.

[Razor123]

One of my main problems with North Lindy (I guess it could stand for the area of Babylon as a whole between SSP and Sunrise) is that there are very few sidewalks, only on and right off the major roads, except for the asforementioned pocket of Dutch Colonial homes. Thus it's not very walkable. But North Lindy has the central branch line going through it, so it's even less walkable. In order to get to the pool during the summer LEGALLY, I have to walk 1.5 miles. Geographically, It can't be more than 0.4 miles from my house! A little annoying, but hey, we need the excercise. Most of just walk on the train tracks though. Does anybody know why most of Suffolk county lacks sidewalks? Even the poorest parts of Nassau are still paved.