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Dix Hills, New York
U.S. Census Map
Dix Hills, New York Location within the state of New York
Coordinates: 40°47′46″N 73°20′4″W / 40.79611, -73.33444
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Suffolk
Area
- Total	15.9 sq mi (41.3 km²)
- Land	15.9 sq mi (41.3 km²)
- Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²)
Elevation	203 ft (62 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	26,024
- Density	1,632.1/sq mi (630.2/km²)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code	11746
Area code(s)	631
FIPS code	36-20687
GNIS feature ID	1867400

Located in western Suffolk County, New York, on Long Island, Dix Hills is a hamlet (and census-designated place). The population was 26,024 at the 2000 census. Image File history File links Wikitext. ... Image File history File links Red_pog2. ... This list of countries, arranged alphabetically, gives an overview of countries of the world. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  US Government Portal      The political units and divisions of the United States include: The 50 states... This article is about the state. ... List of New York counties Map of the counties of New York State (click for larger version) Albany County: formed in 1683 as one of the original 12 counties. ... Suffolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... This article is about the physical quantity. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Elevation histogram of the surface of the Earth – approximately 71% of the Earths surface is covered with water. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... 2000 US Census logo The Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ... Population density per square kilometre by country, 2006 Population density map of the world in 1994. ... Timezone and TimeZone redirect here. ... Metronome, a public art installation showing the time in New York City The Eastern Time Zone (ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of Northern America and the west coast of South America. ... -12 | -11 | -10 | -9:30 | -9 | -8 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -3:30 | -3 | -2:30 | -2 | -1 | -0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Although DST is common in Europe and North America, most of the worlds people do not use it. ... −12 | −11 | −10 | −9:30 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −6 | −5 | −4 | −3:30 | −3 | −2:30 | −2 | −1 | −0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Mr. ... A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating telephone number ranges to countries, regions, areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks such as mobile phone networks. ... The area code 631 is used in the state of New York in eastern Long Island exclusively for Suffolk County. ... Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the U.S. Federal government for use by all (non-military) government agencies and by government contractors. ... GNIS (The Geographic Names Information System) contains name and locative information about almost two million physical and cultural features located throughout the United States of America and its Territories. ... A hamlet is (usually — see below) a small settlement, too small or unimportant to be considered a village. ... A census-designated place (CDP) is an area identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical reporting. ...

Dix Hills is in the Town of Huntington, and mostly feeds into the Half Hollow Hills school district (#5). For the hamlet within the Town of Huntington, see Huntington (CDP), New York. ... The Half Hollow Hills community/school district (central school district #5) is located in Dix Hills, New York. ...

Geography

Dix Hills is located at 40°47′46″N, 73°20′4″W (40.796065, -73.334426)^[1] In between Elwood on the North, Deer Park and Wheatley Heights on the south, Melville on the west and Commack on the east, Dix Hills is severed by the Long Island Expressway, which cuts almost straight through the middle, and the Northern State Parkway. It is divided geographically into 7 unofficial sections: southeast, northeast, south central, north central, southwest, northwest, and north. The Long Island Expressway (LIE) is one of the interstate highways with the designation of Interstate 495. ...

Southeast Dix Hills comprises the Pine Hill neighborhoods of Lauren and Lincoln in between Lincoln Avenue to the west, Commack Road to the east and south (where the road curves south of Pine Hill Lane), and the Long Island Expressway to the north. This area has moderately hilly terrain and possesses perhaps the most wooded area in Dix Hills including what is known as the "crazy eights"^{[citation needed]} or "Sand Mountain", a hilly patch of land located between the Pine Hill/Dix Highway curve and the Long Island Expressway (officially Thornwood Park Preserve and Northpoint Park).

Northeast Dix Hills, containing the neighborhoods of Buttonwood, Wagonwheel, and Village Hill, lies north of the LIE between Carll's Straight Path/Deforest Road to the west, Commack Road to the east, and the Northern State Parkway to the north. It is bisected by the steep hills of Vanderbilt Parkway. This area is one of the towns hilliest. One peculiar feature of this area is that the eastern part (east of Village Hill Drive - the western half of the loop as it goes back to Vanderbilt Parkway in a semicircle) is considered part of Dix Hills by neighborhood residents even though it technically lies in Commack and the Commack School District as opposed to Dix Hills' Half Hollow Hills. It is home to several small parks as well as Commack Middle School on Vanderbilt and Forest Park Elementary School on Deforest Road (Carll's Straight Path north of Vanderbilt).

South Central Dix Hills, comprising North Otsego, lying north of Otsego Avenue, and South Otsego, lying south of the street (whose eastern end ends in Otsego Park) lies between Lincoln Ave and Otsego Park to the east, Deer Park Avenue (Route 231) to the west, the LIE to the north and the Deer Park border to the south. Almost completely flat except for the northern end on the expressway, this area contains Candlewood Middle school on Carll's Straight Path, Otsego Elementary School on Otsego Avenue adjacent to the park, and a steep wooded area similar to the crazy eights called highland park, along the LIE, but better known in local youth culture as the "chicken farms."

North Central Dix Hills is a hilly area bordered by Carll's Straight Path and Deforest Road on the east, Deer Park Avenue on the west, the Northern State Parkway on the north and the LIE to the south. Most of this section's population lives in the southern portion south of Vanderbilt Parkway in the Candlewood neighborhood with North Candlewood Path as its main thoroughfare. Most of the area north of it is occupied by Dix Hills Park. The western border is home to "religion row", an area where several churches, synagogues and mosques line a one-mile stretch of Deer Park Avenue from the Expressway to Vanderbilt Parkway along with Vanderbilt Elementary school, located on Deer Park Avenue just north of Vanderbilt Parkway.

Northwest Dix Hills comprises the largest area of Dix Hills, stretching from Deer Park Avenue in the east to Carman Road and Bagatelle Road in the west and the LIE and Northern State on the South and North, respectively. With the neighborhoods of Landview, Suncrest and Caledonia, it contains both of Half Hollow Hills' high schools, High School East on Vanderbilt Parkway (Landview) and High School West (Caledonia) on Wolf Hill Road, as well as the school district's Central Office at the former Manasquan Elementary School on Half Hollow Road. It also is home to Five Towns College at the northern end of Burr's Lane. All three neighborhoods contain hilly terrain. Five Towns College is an institution of higher learning located in Dix Hills, Long Island, New York (USA). ...

Southwest Dix Hills is nestled between Deer Park Avenue on the east, Bagatelle Road and the Melville border on the west, the Deer Park and Wheatley Heights borders on the south and the LIE on the north. This area features the neighborhoods of South Hollow, north of Ryder Avenue, and Trescott, in between Ryder Avenue and Straight Path, as well as the smaller enclave of Woodlawn, between Straight Path and Deer Park Avenue, right before Straight Path ends into Deer Park Avenue at Straight Path's northern end. Southwest Dix Hills is home to the former Half Hollow Hills Country Club and Strathmore Park on Ryder Avenue as well as Paumonauk Elementary School on Straight Path on the Deer Park town line. The biggest hill in Dix Hills, on Calumet Drive, lies just east of Burr's Lane and southwest of Ibsen Avenue, which is the steepest street in Dix Hills.

North Dix Hills occupies the northern most section on the border with Elwood and East Northport and is also the smallest, running from Old Country Road in the west, to Swathmore Lane in the east and Jericho Turnpike and the Northern State Parkway on the north and south respectively. This section is hilly as well and despite being just a few square miles geographically, it is divided up into several sections because Route 231 splits into East Deer Park Avenue and Park Avenue just north of the Northern State Parkway. These are Arista, along Park Avenue, and Villanova, along East Deer Park Avenue. Majestic Drive, in between Jericho Turnpike and the split, is part of Villanova. Old Country Road is a major east-west thoroughfare through central Nassau County on Long Island, New York. ...

Dix Hills is served by the Dix Hills Fire Department, through three stations. Dix Hills FD's Headquarters is located on Deer Park Avenue, immediately north of the Northern State Parkway, just before the road splits and houses Company 2. Substation #1 is located on Deer Park Avenue, south of the LIE, diagonally across from Half Hollow Rd and houses Company 3. Substation #2 houses Company 1 and is located on Carll's Straight Path, just south of the LIE, in between Dix Highway and Old Brook Rd, north of Candlewood Middle School. Each station houses one "class-A" pumper, one heavy rescue-pumper (heavy rescue refers to the hydraulic tools these apparatus contain that allow firefighters to extricate patients from vehicles), one mini-pumper/brush truck, and at least one ambulance. The Dix Hills Fire Department consists of approximately 150 volunteer firefighters and EMTs who respond to over 2,000 calls for assistance each year - ranging from fires to motor vehicle accidents to medical and traumatic emergencies. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 15.9 square miles (41.3 km²), all land. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ...

Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 26,024 people, 7,952 households, and 7,236 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 1,632.1 per square mile (630.0/km²). There were 8,057 housing units at an average density of 505.3/sq mi (195.0/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 86.71% White, 3.25% African American, 0.05% Native American, 7.36% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.84% from other races, and 1.77% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.82% of the population. Image:1870 census Lindauer Weber 01. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...

There were 7,952 households out of which 44.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 82.1% were married couples living together, 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 9.0% were non-families. 7.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.25 and the average family size was 3.39. Matrimony redirects here. ...

In the CDP the population was spread out with 28.5% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 28.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 98.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.7 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $104,160, and the median income for a family was $108,081. Males had a median income of $78,230 versus $42,361 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $41,426. About 2.1% of families and 2.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.1% of those under age 18 and 2.2% of those age 65 or over. Although Dix Hills is a beautiful place to live, its rolling hills and persistent wild life deem it an inferior choice to that of Brooklyn. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ... Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...

Notable residents

• The jazz musician John Coltrane lived in Dix Hills during the last years of his life.
• Dix Hills is the home of U.S. Representative Steve Israel (D-N.Y.).
• Former Jets wide receiver Wesley Walker
• Actor Ralph Macchio (The Karate Kid) was raised in Dix Hills
• Radio talk show host Kim Serafin grew up in Dix Hills. ^[3]
• Writer/artist Judd Winick from MTV's The Real World (San Francisco) grew up in Dix Hills
• Actress Dina Meyer lived in Dix Hills
• Twisted Sister front man Dee Snyder lived in Dix Hills
• New York Islanders hockey vets Clark Gillies, Bob Bourne, and Ron Hextall lived in Dix Hills
• Members of the band Jodeci lived in Dix Hills
• Actor Frank Borrelli, best known for his role as Vito Spatafore, Jr. on The Sopranos.
• Actor Brian Bloom previously lived in Dix Hills.
• Rapper Curtis Jackson-50 cent owns a house in Dix Hills.
• Wrestler Mark LoMonaco grew up in Dix Hills.
• Actress Mel Harris lived in Dix Hills.
• Dallas Cowboys defensive end Stephen Bowen lived in Dix Hills through High School

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External links

• Dix Hills, New York is at coordinates 40°47′46″N 73°20′04″W / 40.796065, -73.334426 (Dix Hills, New York)Coordinates: 40°47′46″N 73°20′04″W / 40.796065, -73.334426 (Dix Hills, New York)
• Half Hollow Hills Community Library
• Dix Hills Fire Department

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