Floral Park, New York
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Motto: "A Great Place to Live"
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Location within the state of New York
Coordinates: 40°43′26″N 73°42′21″W / 40.72389, -73.70583
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Nassau
County	Nassau County
Founded	1800s
Incorporation	1908
Government
- Type	Strong Mayor-Council
- Mayor	Phil Guarnieri (C)
Area
- Total	1.4 sq mi (3.5 km²)
- Land	1.4 sq mi (3.5 km²)
- Water	0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²)
Elevation [1]	92 ft (28 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	15,967
- Density	11,635.9/sq mi (4,499.9/km²)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes	11001-11003
Area code(s)	516
FIPS code	36-26264
GNIS feature ID	0950296
Website: http://www.fpvillage.org

Floral Park is an incorporated village in Nassau County, New York on Long Island. The population was 15,967 at the 2000 census. The village is at the western border of Nassau County, and is located in both the Town of Hempstead and the Town of North Hempstead. The neighborhood of Floral Park, Queens is adjacent to the village. For other uses, see Motto (disambiguation). ... 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      A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of... 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. ... Theodore Roosevelt home at Sagamore Hill Nassau County is a suburban county in the New York Metropolitan Area east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. ... 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. ... Theodore Roosevelt home at Sagamore Hill Nassau County is a suburban county in the New York Metropolitan Area east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. ... Mayor-Council government is one of two variations of government most commonly used in modern representative municipal governments in the United States. ... The Citizens Party was a short lived United States political party organized by environmental scientist Barry Commoner in approximately 1980. ... 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. ... Population density per square kilometre by country, 2006 Population density map of the world in 1994. ... Timezone and TimeZone redirect here. ... Eastern Standard Time redirects here. ... -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. ... Eastern Daylight Time or EDT is equal to: In North America, Eastern Standard Time + 1, or UTC − 4 hours. ... −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. ... 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. ... Administrative divisions of New York State differ from those in certain other countries or even various other U.S. states, leading to misunderstandings regarding the governmental nature of an area. ... Theodore Roosevelt home at Sagamore Hill Nassau County is a suburban county in the New York Metropolitan Area east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. ... This article is about the state. ... This article is about the island in New York State. ... The Town of Hempstead is one of the three towns (otherwise known as civil townships) in Nassau County, New York, United States. ... North Hempstead is a town located in Nassau County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 222,611. ... Floral Park is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. ...

About

Floral Park is partially in the Town of Hempstead and in the north is in the Town of North Hempstead. Hempstead is a town located in Nassau County, New York. ... North Hempstead is a town located in Nassau County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 222,611. ...

Notable people associated with Floral Park include composer John Williams (b. 1932), who was born in Floral Park.^[2] NFL quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Vinny Testaverde attended Sewanhaka High School, which is partially in Floral Park. In the Marvel Comics universe, X-Men member Iceman was born in Floral Park.^[3] Floral Park was also the childhood home to Jimmy McFarland, the actor playing Agent Fox Mulder in NBC's remake of the hit television sci-fi series, The X-Files. Williams conducting the London Symphony Orchestra during the recording of the score for Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. ... NFL redirects here. ... Heisman redirects here. ... Vincent Frank Testaverde (born November 13, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former American football quarterback who last played for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. ... Sewanhaka High School is located in Floral Park, New York. ... This article is about the comic book company. ... The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ... Iceman (Robert Bobby Louis Drake) is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero, a member of the X-Men. ...

Transportation

Floral Park is a station on the Long Island Rail Road on the Hempstead line between Stewart Manor and New Hyde Park (the line splits at Floral Park) to the east and Bellerose to the west. The village is currently leading efforts to stop a Long Island Rail Road track expansion project, which allegedly would negatively impact the village.^[4] Floral Park is a Long Island Rail Road train station in Floral Park, New York at Tulip and Atlantic Avenues. ... LIRR redirects here. ... New Hyde Park is a train station on the Main Line (Port Jefferson Branch) of the Long Island Rail Road. ...

Jericho Turnpike is a major arterial that dissects the northern end of the village, while Tulip Avenue serves as the main street in the area.

Media

Two newspapers serve Floral Park, which are The Floral Park Dispatch^[5] and The Gateway.

Government

Further information: List of mayors of Floral Park, New York

Floral Park has a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Phil Guarnieri, and the four-member village board includes trustees Kevin J. Greene, Thomas J. Tweedy, James E. Rhatigan and Mary-Grace Tomecki. Floral Park has its own police force, the Floral Park Police Department which is headed by police commissioner Michael Reid. Floral Park also has a volunteer fire department. The Floral Park Fire Department is led by Chief Frank Wakely, Jr., and assistant chiefs Richard Militello, Everett Ulmer, John Kelleher, and Robert Hayes. The department consists of 3 engine companies, one ladder company, and one rescue company. Mayor-Council government is one of two variations of government most commonly used in modern representative municipal governments. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... The word trustee is a legal term that refers to a holder of property on behalf of a beneficiary. ... Firefighter with an axe A firefighter, sometimes still called a fireman though women have increasingly joined firefighting units, is a person who is trained and equipped to put out fires, rescue people and in some areas provide emergency medical services. ...

Floral Park has two local political parties: the Citizens Party and the Unity Party. The latter was more recently founded; for several decades the Citizens Party's candidates tended to run unopposed by any other political parties.

The village currently owns and maintains 33 various-sized parks. These range from about 10 square feet (0.93 m²), to a full village recreation center with five baseball fields, a roller hockey rink, two handball courts, a pool, and a kiddie pool. Membership is required to use these facilities, and member identification must be produced upon request. The baseball diamond of the San Diego Padres PETCO Park, seen from the stands. ...

Floral Park is considered to have a high standard of living. The violent crime rate in 2003 was 0.8 per 1,000 and there were 0 homicides. This figure is particularly impressive considering that Floral Park borders Floral Park, Queens, a similarly prosperous and peaceful part of New York City proper. The standard of living refers to the quality and quantity of goods and services available to people and the way these services and goods are distributed within a population. ... A violent crime or crime of violence is a crime in which the offender uses or threatens violent force upon the victim. ... Floral Park is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

History

Floral Park-Bellerose School.

The area that is now Floral Park once marked the western edge of the great Hempstead Plains, and by some reports was initially known as Plainfield. Farms and tiny villages dominated the area through the 1870s when the development of the Long Island Rail Road and Jericho Turnpike cut through the area. Hinsdale had more than two dozen flower farms after the Civil War.^[6] The present-day village of Floral Park was once called East Hinsdale.^[7] THe Hempstead Plains is a region of central Long Island in New York State in what is now Nassau County. ... LIRR redirects here. ... New York State Route 25 is a major east-west road running from the Queensboro Bridge on the East River in Queens, New York City to the Orient Point Ferry terminal on the end of the North Fork of Long Island. ...

In 1874 John Lewis Childs arrived in the area to work for C.L. Allen as a seed seller. After building his own seed and bulb business and starting America's first seed catalog business, Childs bought a great deal of land in the area. To promote his own business and the local horticultural industry, Childs named the local streets after flowers and renamed the area Floral Park. The expansion of the Floral Park Post Office and nearby village businesses are attributed solely to the success of Childs' business.^[8] When the local Post Office took the name Floral Park, the Long Island Rail Road followed suit by changing the name of the East Hinsdale station to Floral Park in 1888. Formerly part of Queens, Floral Park became part of the new county of Nassau in 1899, and it was incorporated as a village in 1908. Childs served as its first president starting that year.^[9] The Latin words hortus (garden plant) and cultura (culture) together form horticulture, classically defined as the culture or growing of garden plants. ... LIRR redirects here. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ...

In 1903 the village boasted more than 200 acres (0.81 km²) of Childs' flower beds. The massive volume of his mail order business grew the local post office to such an extent that it drew comparisons with the post offices of Chicago, Baltimore, and Boston.^[10]

Geography

The western village boundary is the border of New York City. Floral Park is located at 40°43′26″N, 73°42′21″W (40.7238889, -73.7058333)^[11]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.5 km²), all of it land. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ...

Demographics

Floral Park Fire Department.

Floral Park Police Department

As of the census^[12] of 2000, there were 15,967 people, 5,770 households, and 4,258 families residing in the village. The population density was 11,635.9 people per square mile (4,499.9/km²). There were 5,892 housing units at an average density of 4,293.8/sq mi (1,660.5/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 93.56% White, 0.46% African American, 0.06% Native American, 3.88% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 1.03% from other races, and 0.98% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.38% 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 5,770 households out of which 34.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.9% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.2% were non-families. 23.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.30. Matrimony redirects here. ...

In the village the population was spread out with 24.5% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 89.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.4 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $73,719, and the median income for a family was $87,243. Males had a median income of $56,527 versus $38,592 for females. The per capita income for the village was $31,183. About 2.2% of families and 3.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.8% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over. 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. ...

Education

Two high schools are located in Floral Park: Floral Park Memorial High School and Sewanhaka High School, both of which are part of the Sewanhaka Central High School District (which also includes schools in nearby New Hyde Park, Franklin Square and Elmont.)^[13] Floral Park Memorial High School (FPMHS) is a coeducational, public high school in Floral Park, New York, United States. ... Sewanhaka High School is located in Floral Park, New York. ... The Sewanhaka Central High School District is located in western Nassau County on Long Island, in New York State. ... New Hyde Park is a village located in Nassau County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 9,523. ... Franklin Square is a hamlet (and a census-designated place) located in Nassau County, New York. ... Elmont is a hamlet (and census-designated place) as well as suburb of New York City in Long Island, Nassau County, New York, in the Town of Hempstead. ...

There are three elementary schools in Floral Park. Two of them, John Lewis Childs School and Floral Park-Bellerose School, are part of the Floral Park-Bellerose School District (the latter school also serves the neighboring village of Bellerose) and Bellerose Terrace. [1] Our Lady of Victory Elementary School is operated by the Roman Catholic Our Lady of Victory parish. Bellerose is a village in Nassau County, New York in the USA. The population was 1,173 at the 2000 census. ...

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External links

• Floral Park official website
• Floral Park Fire Department website
• Floral Park - Bellerose Schools
• Floral Park Historical Society
• Sewanhaka High School District
• Long Island Rail Road Online Museum--Floral Park/East Hinsdale

• Floral Park, New York is at coordinates 40°43′21″N 73°42′12″W / 40.722427, -73.703207 (Floral Park, New York)Coordinates: 40°43′21″N 73°42′12″W / 40.722427, -73.703207 (Floral Park, New York)

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