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'{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Bethpage |settlement_type = [[Hamlet (New York)|Hamlet]] and [[census-designated place]] |nickname = |motto = <!-- Images --> |image_skyline = Welcome_to_Bethpage.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |image_seal = <!-- Maps --> |pushpin_map = New York |pushpin_label_position = none |pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of New York |image_map = Nassau County New York incorporated and unincorporated areas Bethpage highlighted.svg |mapsize = 260px |map_caption = Location in [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]] and the state of New York. <!-- Location --> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = New York |subdivision_type2 = [[County (New York)|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Town (New York)|Town]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Town of Oyster Bay, New York|Oyster Bay]] |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date = <!-- Area --> |area_footnotes = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 9.4 |area_land_km2 = 9.4 |area_water_km2 = 0.0 |area_total_sq_mi = 3.6 |area_land_sq_mi = 3.6 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.0 <!-- Population --> |population_as_of = [[United States Census, 2010|2010]] |population_footnotes =<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder2.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=American FactFinder |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911234518/http://factfinder2.census.gov/ |archivedate=September 11, 2013 |df=mdy }}</ref> |population_total = 16429 |population_density_km2 = {{#expr:16429/9.4 ROUND 1}} |population_density_sq_mi = <!-- General information --> |timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]] |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]] |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 32 |elevation_ft = 105 |coordinates = {{coord|40|44|48|N|73|29|4|W|region:US-NY|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]] |postal_code = 11714 |area_code = [[Area code 516|516]] |blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] |blank_info = 36-06387 |blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID |blank1_info = 0943803 |website = |footnotes = }} '''Bethpage''' is a [[Hamlet (New York)|hamlet]] located on [[Long Island]] within the [[Oyster Bay (town), New York|Town of Oyster Bay]] in [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]], New York, United States, as well as a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) with borders slightly different from those of the hamlet. The CDP's population was 16,429 at the [[2010 United States Census]].<ref name="GR2" /> The area is served by the Bethpage Post Office, [[ZIP code]] 11714, whose boundaries are slightly different from that of the CDP. The area is also served by [[Bethpage Union Free School District]], [[Island Trees Union Free School District]], [[Plainedge Union Free School District]], and [[Hicksville Union Free School District]], the boundaries of which include parts of some surrounding hamlets, including parts of Old Bethpage, Plainview, and Plainedge. The [[Hempstead (town), New York|Town of Hempstead]], on its website, includes a small part of Bethpage hamlet that is in the [[Levittown, New York|Levittown]] census-designated place.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.townofhempstead.org/content/home/townmap.html |title=Town of Hempstead Map |accessdate=2008-01-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118102621/http://www.townofhempstead.org/content/home/townmap.html |archivedate=January 18, 2008 |df=mdy }}</ref> ==History== {{Further|Bethpage Purchase}} [[Image:NYSHM Grumman Corp.jpg|thumb|left|NYS Historic Marker for the Grumman Corporation]] The name ''Bethpage'' comes from the Quaker [[Thomas Powell (1641–1722)|Thomas Powell]], who named the area after the Biblical town [[Bethphage]], which was between Jericho and Jerusalem in the Holy Land. Present-day Bethpage was part of the 1695 [[Bethpage Purchase]]. An early name for the northern section of present-day Bethpage was ''Bedelltown'',<ref name=1873TOB> {{cite web |url=http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=852058&imageID=1527321&word=oyster%20bay&s=1&notword=&d=&c=&f=&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&total=16&num=0&imgs=12&pNum=&pos=3# |title=1873 map of Town of Oyster Bay |publisher= New York Public Library |accessdate=2008-04-07}} </ref><ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.lirrhistory.com/timeline.html |title =LIRR timeline: 1898 map used as background |publisher= |accessdate=}} </ref> a name that appeared on maps at least as late as 1906.<ref> {{cite web | url=http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/2420/Farmingdale++Medow+Brook/Nassau+County+1906+Long+Island/New+York/ | title= 1906 map of Central Nassau County |accessdate=2011-04-30}}</ref> On maps just before the arrival of the [[Long Island Rail Road]] (LIRR), the name ''Bethpage'' appears for a community now included in both the post office district and school district of the adjacent community of [[Farmingdale, New York|Farmingdale]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgdisplaylargemeta.cfm?strucID=252877&imageID=434024&word=long%20island%201842&s=1&notword=&d=&c=&f=&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&num=0&imgs=12&total=2&pos=1 |title= Geological map of Long & Staten islands with the environs of New York |author= W.W. Mather |publisher= New York Public Library |date= c. 1842 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (The location marked ''Bethpage'' is near Merritts Road, just north of Hempstead Turnpike. An unbounded area further east in Suffolk County is marked ''Hardscrabble''. The map is dated 1842 with a question mark. Neither Farmingdale nor Hicksville appears on the map. The Hicksville LIRR station opened in 1837, and its absence suggests an earlier date for the map. The LIRR also had taken a different route east of Hicksville, arriving in Farmingdale in 1841.)</ref> In 1841,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.lirrhistory.com/lirrhist.html |title=Early LIRR History |publisher= |accessdate= }} </ref> train service began to [[Farmingdale (LIRR station)|Farmingdale station]], near a new settlement less than a mile eastward from what had previously appeared on maps as ''Bethpage''. Schedules at that time do not mention Bethpage as a stop, but have a notation "late Bethpage".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=BEagle&BaseHref=BEG/1841/11/02&PageLabelPrint=&EntityId=Ar00121&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T |title=1841 ''Brooklyn Eagle'' LIRR timetable |date=November 2, 1841 |publisher=[[Brooklyn Eagle]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612125240/http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=BEagle&BaseHref=BEG%2F1841%2F11%2F02&PageLabelPrint=&EntityId=Ar00121&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T |archivedate=June 12, 2011 |df=mdy-all }} (Whether "late Bethpage" is meant to indicate a flag stop at the community near Merritts Road, or that the area near the Farmingdale LIRR station had lately been called ''Bethpage'' has not yet been determined.) </ref> On an 1855 map,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/1855_Colton_Map_of_Connecticut_and_Long_Island_-_Geographicus_-_ConnecticutLongIsland-colton-1855.jpg | title=1855 Colton map}} </ref> the location identified as ''Bethpage'' has shifted slightly westward to include a nearby area now called [[Plainedge, New York|Plainedge]]. Between 1851<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lirrhistory.com/aug2000/1851fare.JPG |title=1851 schedule without Bethpage}} </ref> and 1854,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1854/04/13/archives/railroads.html |title= Railroads |date=April 13, 1854 |page=7 |work=The New York Times|accessdate=2008-04-07}} </ref> the LIRR initiated a stop within present-day Bethpage at a [[Bethpage (LIRR station)|station]] then called ''Jerusalem Station'', and on January 29, 1857 a local post office opened, also named ''Jerusalem Station''.<ref name=NCPO/><ref> Jerusalem was a community to the south, now called Wantagh. One of the reasons later given for changing the name from ''Jerusalem Station'' was that residents wanted to establish an identity of their own that did not depend on their being a station for another community. </ref> LIRR schedules listed the station also as simply ''Jerusalem''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://arrts-arrchives.com/custom4.html |title= 1863 LIRR timetable |accessdate=2008-04-07}} </ref><ref> The schedule shows the stop is 2 miles from Farmingdale and 3 miles from Hicksville, the same distances for the existing Bethpage LIRR station as of {{CURRENTYEAR}}. </ref> Residents succeeded in changing the name of the post office to ''Central Park'', effective March 1, 1867 (respelled as ''Centralpark'' from 1895 to 1899).<ref name=NCPO>{{cite web |url=http://bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org/Civil/Nassau.P.O.html |title=Nassau County Post Offices 1794–1879 |author=David Roberts |accessdate=2019-05-26}} {{cite book |title=New York Postal History: The Post Offices & First Postmasters from 1775 to 1980 |author=John L. Kay & Chester M. Smith, Jr.|publisher=American Philatelic Society|year=1982}} </ref><ref> [[Central Park]] in Manhattan had opened in 1859. </ref> The Central Park Fire Company was organized in April 1910, and incorporated in May 1911. In May 1923 the Central Park Water District was created. Following the 1932 opening of nearby [[Bethpage State Park]], the name of the local post office was changed to Bethpage on October 1, 1936. The name ''Bethpage'' was, however, already in use by an adjacent community,<ref name=1873TOB/> which resisted suggestions of a merger and instead renamed itself [[Old Bethpage, New York|Old Bethpage]]. The change from Central Park to Bethpage was one of the last complete name changes of Nassau County's post offices.<ref name=NCPO/> From 1936 until 1994, Bethpage was home to the [[Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation]], which made, among other things, the [[F-14 Tomcat]], the Navy version of the [[General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark]] and the [[Apollo Lunar Excursion Module]] (LEM) for moon landings, and for this reason Bethpage is mentioned in the film ''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]''. In 1994, Grumman was purchased by [[Northrop Corporation|Northrop]] and formed [[Northrop Grumman]]. Although no longer headquartered in Bethpage, the company still retains operations there.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}} Grumman was made famous by the performance of its F4F Wildcat fighter aircraft and its successor the [[Grumman F6F Hellcat]], which shot down 5,223 enemy aircraft, more than any other naval aircraft. The [[Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Bethpage]] (NWIRP) started operations in 1942, west of the Grumman site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/remediation_hudson_pdf/130003ou3rod.pdf|title=RECORD OF DECISION Northrop Grumman|date=March 2013|work=www.dec.gov|accessdate=April 9, 2014}}</ref> [[Altice USA]] (f/k/a Cablevision), is headquartered in Grumman's former main office. In August 2015, [[Beechcraft Bonanza#Model 35 Bonanza|a small airplane]] with engine trouble failed to reach Farmingdale airport, and was redirected to "Bethpage Airport" by the air traffic controller. However, the pilot could not find that airport because it was closed and had buildings on it, and the plane crashed on LIRR tracks.<ref>http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/NTSB-Says-ATC-Directed-Pilot-In-Distress-To-Closed-Airport-224747-1.html</ref><ref>http://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20150816X95657&key=1</ref> ==Geography== [[File:Bethpage-ny-map.gif|thumb|left|U.S. Census Map]] According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP, or Census Designated Place, has a total area of {{convert|3.6|sqmi|km2}}, all land. For the 2000 Census, the boundaries of the CDP were adjusted compared to those of the 1990 census, with some territory gained and some lost.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-34.pdf |title=New York: 2000 Population and Housing Unit Counts |date=September 2003 |accessdate=2010-12-22 |page = III-9}}</ref> ===Surrounding areas=== Bethpage is surrounded by the hamlets of [[Farmingdale, New York|Farmingdale]], [[Plainview, New York|Plainview]], [[Levittown, New York|Levittown]], [[Hicksville, New York|Hicksville]], [[Old Bethpage]] and [[Plainedge]]. ==Demographics for the CDP== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="float:right; text-align:right; font-size:85%; clear:right" |+align=top|Historical Populations<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nassaulibrary.org/bethpage/cphs/cphs-opqr.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830005150/http://www.nassaulibrary.org/bethpage/cphs/cphs-opqr.html |archivedate=August 30, 2008 |title=Encyclopedia of the Unincorporated Village of Bethpage |date=January 21, 2006 |accessdate=2012-04-20}}</ref> |- !Year<br> !! Population<br> |- |1903|| 306 |- |1909|| 530 |- |1930 || 1,888 |- |1940 || 2,590 |- |1960 || 15,840 |- |1970 || 18,550 |- |1980 || 16,846 |- |1990 || 15,761 |- |2000|| 16,543 |- |2010|| 16,429 |} ===2010 census=== As of the census of 2010,<ref>http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1</ref> there were 16,429 people, 5,710 households, and 4,516 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 4,564.5 per square mile (1,764.4/km²). There were 5,788 housing units at an average density of 1,597.0/sq&nbsp;mi (617.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 90.8% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] 85.8% [[Non-Hispanic Whites|Non-Hispanic White]], 0.6% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 5.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.5% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.4% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 7% of the population.<ref name="GR2" /> There were 5,710 households out of which 32% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.0% were married couples living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.9% were non-families. Of all households 17.9% were made up of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.89 and the average family size was 3.27.<ref name="GR2" /> In the CDP, the population was spread out with 22.7% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 18.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.8 males.<ref name="GR2" /> The median income for a household in the CDP was $70,173, and the median income for a family was $78,573. Males had a median income of $53,404 versus $36,708 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $27,850. About 2.1% of families and 3.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.0% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.<ref name="GR2" /> ===2000 census=== As of the census of 2000, there were 16,543 people, 5,710 households, and 4,516 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 4,564.5 per square mile (1,764.4/km²). There were 5,788 housing units at an average density of 1,597.0/sq&nbsp;mi (617.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.17% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.29% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.02% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.99% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.00% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.54% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.75% of the population.<ref name="GR2" /> The median income for a household in the CDP was $70,173, and the median income for a family was $78,573. Males had a median income of $53,404 versus $36,708 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $27,850. About 2.1% of families and 3.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.0% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.<ref name="GR2" /> ==Schools== {{main|Bethpage Union Free School District}} {{See also|Briarcliffe College}} Bethpage residents can be zoned for the [[Bethpage Union Free School District]], the [[Plainedge Union Free School District]], the [[Island Trees Union Free School District]], or the [[Hicksville Union Free School District]]. ==Economy== [[Image:Bethpage Business Park.jpg|thumb|Bethpage Business Park.]] The grocery chains [[King Kullen]] and [[Best Yet Market]] are based in Bethpage. [[USPS]] also has a sorting facility in the town that serves the New York region. Bethpage is also home to the North America Headquarters of technology company LogiTag and Altice formerly known as [[Cablevision]]. Bethpage is home to two movie studios, Gold Coast Studios and Grumman Studios. Gold coast studios filmed major motion pictures such as "Spider-Man 2", "PanAm", and "Sisters" amongst others and is the home of "Kevin Can Wait". Grumman Studios has filmed "The Amazing Spider-man", "SALT" and broadcast "The Sound of Music" recently. [[Goya Foods]] has its Long Island division in Bethpage.<ref>"[http://www.goya.com/english/about/contact_us.html Contact Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424071548/http://www.goya.com/english/about/contact_us.html |date=April 24, 2011 }}." [[Goya Foods]]. Retrieved on March 26, 2016. "Goya Foods of Long Island 201 Grumman Road West Bethpage, NY 11714"</ref> ==Other points of interest== Bethpage was the home of the [[Grumman]] plant that produced the [[Apollo Lunar Module]]s, or LEMs. [[Bethpage State Park]] offers five golf courses to choose from. One of them, the [[Bethpage Black Course|Black Course]], was the site of the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] in [[2002 U.S. Open Golf Championship|2002]] and [[2009 U.S. Open Golf Championship|2009]]. [[Tiger Woods]] won the event in 2002 and [[Lucas Glover]] in 2009. While the park and its five golf courses are located almost entirely within [[Old Bethpage, New York|Old Bethpage]] and its offices are located within the neighboring [[Farmingdale, New York|Farmingdale]] postal district, it is easily accessed from Bethpage. Bethpage Water District was announced as the best tasting drinking water in New York State at the state fair in Syracuse in 2006.<ref>[http://www.bethpagewater.org/proclomation.jpg ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227062520/http://www.bethpagewater.org/proclomation.jpg |date=February 27, 2012 }}</ref> In 2010 chlorine was added to the drinking water following new Nassau County Board of Health regulations, leading many residents to complain that the taste of the water had declined.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, [[Stephen Edward Karopczyc]], lived in Bethpage.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.medalofhonor.com/StephenKaropczyc.htm |title=Medal of Honor.com- Stephen E. Karopczyc |access-date=January 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061022002934/http://www.medalofhonor.com/StephenKaropczyc.htm |archive-date=October 22, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The former Karopczyc School in Bethpage (part of the [[Island Trees Union Free School District]]) was renamed for him. The school now houses the Island Trees Public Library. Popular Photography's Technical Editor Philip J. Ryan was also born in Bethpage. Former [[MLB]] pitcher [[Joe Sambito]] graduated from Bethpage High School. Bethpage has an ice skating rink called Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center. It has two sheets of ice for skating. This rink is home to the Long Island Blues special hockey team, who practice and play home games at the rink.<ref>[http://www.oysterbaytown.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7BF5EDEC47-D633-40FB-BE56-1D0F60C3B0EC%7D&DE=%7BEFF99A8B-5000-4067-98AB-33E8B2BD133A%7D ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325110019/http://www.oysterbaytown.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7BF5EDEC47-D633-40FB-BE56-1D0F60C3B0EC%7D&DE=%7BEFF99A8B-5000-4067-98AB-33E8B2BD133A%7D |date=March 25, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://longislandblues.org/ |title=Long Island Blues Hockey Club powered by GOALLINE.ca |publisher=Longislandblues.org |date= |accessdate=2014-08-03}}</ref> ==Superfund site== Bethpage's history as a space and aviation epicenter have left a legacy of heavy metals, toxic waste and radioactive<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-orders-engineering-investigation-expedite-containment-long-island-groundwater. | title=Governor Cuomo Orders Engineering Investigation to Expedite Containment of Long Island Groundwater Plumes}}</ref> byproducts dumped into the surrounding ground and leeching into the water. Bethpage as of 2012 has been declared a class 2 [[Superfund site]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.antonnews.com/levittowntribune/news/23711-dec-outlines-remediation-plan-for-bethpage-plume.html |title=DEC Outlines Remediation Plan For Bethpage Plume |publisher=Antonnews.com |date=June 29, 2012 |accessdate=2014-08-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810085436/http://www.antonnews.com/levittowntribune/news/23711-dec-outlines-remediation-plan-for-bethpage-plume.html |archivedate=August 10, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The rate of cancers and birth defects in Bethpage is statistically well above the national average, which many attribute to the polluted soil and ground water.<ref>{{cite web |author=Author |url=http://www.bethpagecancerproject.com/1/post/2013/07/blog-series-letters-togrumman-from-the-bethpage-community-part-i.html |title=Blog Series: Letters to Grumman from the Bethpage Community, Part I |publisher=Bethpage Cancer Project |date= |accessdate=2014-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808042312/http://www.bethpagecancerproject.com/1/post/2013/07/blog-series-letters-togrumman-from-the-bethpage-community-part-i.html |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Hazardous Waste Site Classifications<ref>http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8654.html</ref> Bethpage residents have taken action, by filing a $500 Million lawsuit against Grumman. <ref> {{cite news | url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/bethpage-residents-file-500m-lawsuit-against-northrop-grumman-1.12323453| title= Bethpage Residents File $500M Lawsuit Against Northrop Grumman | author=Emily Dooley| newspaper= Newsday | accessdate=2018-12-12}}</ref> ==Notable people== * [[Eric Asimov]] (born 1957), wine and food critic (''[[The New York Times]]'') * [[Sophia Braeunlich]] (1854–1898), business manager, journalist * [[Nicholas Braun]] (born 1988), actor * [[Lori Carson]] (born 1958), singer-songwriter * [[Jim Christian]] (born 1965), college basketball player, coach * [[Richard Hilton]] (born 1956), Musician, engineer, studio designer, keyboardist and guitarist ([[Chic]]) * [[Jim Hodder (musician)|Jim Hodder]] (1947–1990), musician ([[Steely Dan]]) * [[Chuck Lorre]] (born 1952), television producer * [[Jason Moss (writer)|Jason Moss]] (1975–2006), attorney, author * [[Alex Reynolds]] (born 1987), professional wrestler for [[All_Elite_Wrestling|All Elite Wrestling]] * [[Joe Sambito]] (born 1952), Major League Baseball pitcher * [[Rob Scuderi]] (born 1978), National Hockey League player * [[Leslie Segrete]] (born 1975), designer, television personality * [[Helen Slater]] (born 1963), actress, singer * [[Gary Smulyan]] (born 1956), jazz musician * [[Gavin Spielman]] (born 1972), painter * [[Al Weis]] (born 1938), Major League Baseball infielder. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category|Bethpage, New York}} {{wikivoyage|Bethpage}} * [http://www.bethpagecommunity.com/ Bethpage Community] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080820033136/http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-historytown-hist003r,0,7179596.story ''Newsday'' article on Bethpage] * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316194613/http://www.nassaulibrary.org/bethpage/cphs/cphsmain.html |date=March 16, 2008 |title=Encyclopedia of the Unincorporated Village of Bethpage }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20031025220831/http://www.powertolearn.com/li_history/bethpagephotos.html Three photos of old buildings, since demolished (archived)] * [http://www.bethpagecommunity.com/about_us/about_us Bethpage History] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20001117173500/http://www.powertolearn.com/li_history/bethpage.html More Bethpage History] * [http://docs.unh.edu/NY/islp04sw.jpg 1903 map showing Bethpage as Central Park]&nbsp;– includes Bethpage Junction of LIRR, and a creek from area that emptied into the Atlantic * [https://web.archive.org/web/20020914131607/http://www.bcbeth.com/ Briarcliffe College – Bethpage] * [http://www.bethpagebaseball.org Bethpagebaseball.org Bethpage baseball] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20111019025541/http://www.oysterbaytown.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7BF5EDEC47-D633-40FB-BE56-1D0F60C3B0EC%7D&DE=%7BEFF99A8B-5000-4067-98AB-33E8B2BD133A%7D Information about Bethpage ice rinks] * [http://longislandblues.org/ Long Island Blues Special Hockey website] {{OysterBayNY}} {{HempsteadNY}} [[Category:Bethpage, New York|*]] [[Category:Census-designated places in Nassau County, New York]] [[Category:Census-designated places in New York (state)]] [[Category:Hamlets in Nassau County, New York]] [[Category:Hamlets in New York (state)]] [[Category:Biblical place names in New York (state)]]'
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'{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Bethpage |settlement_type = [[Hamlet (New York)|Hamlet]] and [[census-designated place]] |nickname = |motto = <!-- Images --> |image_skyline = Welcome_to_Bethpage.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |image_seal = <!-- Maps --> |pushpin_map = New York |pushpin_label_position = none |pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of New York |image_map = Suffolk New York incorporated and unincorporated areas Bethpage highlighted.svg |mapsize = 260px |map_caption = Location in [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]] and the state of New York. <!-- Location --> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = New York |subdivision_type2 = [[County (New York)|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Town (New York)|Town]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Town of Oyster Bay, New York|Oyster Bay]] |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date = <!-- Area --> |area_footnotes = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 9.4 |area_land_km2 = 9.4 |area_water_km2 = 0.0 |area_total_sq_mi = 3.6 |area_land_sq_mi = 3.6 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.0 <!-- Population --> |population_as_of = [[United States Census, 2010|2010]] |population_footnotes =<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder2.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=American FactFinder |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911234518/http://factfinder2.census.gov/ |archivedate=September 11, 2013 |df=mdy }}</ref> |population_total = 16429 |population_density_km2 = {{#expr:16429/9.4 ROUND 1}} |population_density_sq_mi = <!-- General information --> |timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]] |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = [[Eastern Daylight Time|EDT]] |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 32 |elevation_ft = 105 |coordinates = {{coord|40|44|48|N|73|29|4|W|region:US-NY|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]] |postal_code = 11714 |area_code = [[Area code 516|516]] |blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]] |blank_info = 36-06387 |blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID |blank1_info = 0943803 |website = |footnotes = }} '''Bethpage''' is a [[Hamlet (New York)|hamlet]] located on [[Long Island]] within the [[Oyster Bay (town), New York|Town of Oyster Bay]] in [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]], New York, United States, as well as a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) with borders slightly different from those of the hamlet. The CDP's population was 16,429 at the [[2010 United States Census]].<ref name="GR2" /> The area is served by the Bethpage Post Office, [[ZIP code]] 11714, whose boundaries are slightly different from that of the CDP. The area is also served by [[Bethpage Union Free School District]], [[Island Trees Union Free School District]], [[Plainedge Union Free School District]], and [[Hicksville Union Free School District]], the boundaries of which include parts of some surrounding hamlets, including parts of Old Bethpage, Plainview, and Plainedge. The [[Hempstead (town), New York|Town of Hempstead]], on its website, includes a small part of Bethpage hamlet that is in the [[Levittown, New York|Levittown]] census-designated place.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.townofhempstead.org/content/home/townmap.html |title=Town of Hempstead Map |accessdate=2008-01-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080118102621/http://www.townofhempstead.org/content/home/townmap.html |archivedate=January 18, 2008 |df=mdy }}</ref> ==History== {{Further|Bethpage Purchase}} [[Image:NYSHM Grumman Corp.jpg|thumb|left|NYS Historic Marker for the Grumman Corporation]] The name ''Bethpage'' comes from the Quaker [[Thomas Powell (1641–1722)|Thomas Powell]], who named the area after the Biblical town [[Bethphage]], which was between Jericho and Jerusalem in the Holy Land. Present-day Bethpage was part of the 1695 [[Bethpage Purchase]]. An early name for the northern section of present-day Bethpage was ''Bedelltown'',<ref name=1873TOB> {{cite web |url=http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&strucID=852058&imageID=1527321&word=oyster%20bay&s=1&notword=&d=&c=&f=&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&total=16&num=0&imgs=12&pNum=&pos=3# |title=1873 map of Town of Oyster Bay |publisher= New York Public Library |accessdate=2008-04-07}} </ref><ref> {{cite web |url=http://www.lirrhistory.com/timeline.html |title =LIRR timeline: 1898 map used as background |publisher= |accessdate=}} </ref> a name that appeared on maps at least as late as 1906.<ref> {{cite web | url=http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/2420/Farmingdale++Medow+Brook/Nassau+County+1906+Long+Island/New+York/ | title= 1906 map of Central Nassau County |accessdate=2011-04-30}}</ref> On maps just before the arrival of the [[Long Island Rail Road]] (LIRR), the name ''Bethpage'' appears for a community now included in both the post office district and school district of the adjacent community of [[Farmingdale, New York|Farmingdale]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgdisplaylargemeta.cfm?strucID=252877&imageID=434024&word=long%20island%201842&s=1&notword=&d=&c=&f=&lWord=&lField=&sScope=&sLevel=&sLabel=&num=0&imgs=12&total=2&pos=1 |title= Geological map of Long & Staten islands with the environs of New York |author= W.W. Mather |publisher= New York Public Library |date= c. 1842 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (The location marked ''Bethpage'' is near Merritts Road, just north of Hempstead Turnpike. An unbounded area further east in Suffolk County is marked ''Hardscrabble''. The map is dated 1842 with a question mark. Neither Farmingdale nor Hicksville appears on the map. The Hicksville LIRR station opened in 1837, and its absence suggests an earlier date for the map. The LIRR also had taken a different route east of Hicksville, arriving in Farmingdale in 1841.)</ref> In 1841,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.lirrhistory.com/lirrhist.html |title=Early LIRR History |publisher= |accessdate= }} </ref> train service began to [[Farmingdale (LIRR station)|Farmingdale station]], near a new settlement less than a mile eastward from what had previously appeared on maps as ''Bethpage''. Schedules at that time do not mention Bethpage as a stop, but have a notation "late Bethpage".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=BEagle&BaseHref=BEG/1841/11/02&PageLabelPrint=&EntityId=Ar00121&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T |title=1841 ''Brooklyn Eagle'' LIRR timetable |date=November 2, 1841 |publisher=[[Brooklyn Eagle]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612125240/http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=BEagle&BaseHref=BEG%2F1841%2F11%2F02&PageLabelPrint=&EntityId=Ar00121&ViewMode=GIF&GZ=T |archivedate=June 12, 2011 |df=mdy-all }} (Whether "late Bethpage" is meant to indicate a flag stop at the community near Merritts Road, or that the area near the Farmingdale LIRR station had lately been called ''Bethpage'' has not yet been determined.) </ref> On an 1855 map,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/1855_Colton_Map_of_Connecticut_and_Long_Island_-_Geographicus_-_ConnecticutLongIsland-colton-1855.jpg | title=1855 Colton map}} </ref> the location identified as ''Bethpage'' has shifted slightly westward to include a nearby area now called [[Plainedge, New York|Plainedge]]. Between 1851<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lirrhistory.com/aug2000/1851fare.JPG |title=1851 schedule without Bethpage}} </ref> and 1854,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1854/04/13/archives/railroads.html |title= Railroads |date=April 13, 1854 |page=7 |work=The New York Times|accessdate=2008-04-07}} </ref> the LIRR initiated a stop within present-day Bethpage at a [[Bethpage (LIRR station)|station]] then called ''Jerusalem Station'', and on January 29, 1857 a local post office opened, also named ''Jerusalem Station''.<ref name=NCPO/><ref> Jerusalem was a community to the south, now called Wantagh. One of the reasons later given for changing the name from ''Jerusalem Station'' was that residents wanted to establish an identity of their own that did not depend on their being a station for another community. </ref> LIRR schedules listed the station also as simply ''Jerusalem''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://arrts-arrchives.com/custom4.html |title= 1863 LIRR timetable |accessdate=2008-04-07}} </ref><ref> The schedule shows the stop is 2 miles from Farmingdale and 3 miles from Hicksville, the same distances for the existing Bethpage LIRR station as of {{CURRENTYEAR}}. </ref> Residents succeeded in changing the name of the post office to ''Central Park'', effective March 1, 1867 (respelled as ''Centralpark'' from 1895 to 1899).<ref name=NCPO>{{cite web |url=http://bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org/Civil/Nassau.P.O.html |title=Nassau County Post Offices 1794–1879 |author=David Roberts |accessdate=2019-05-26}} {{cite book |title=New York Postal History: The Post Offices & First Postmasters from 1775 to 1980 |author=John L. Kay & Chester M. Smith, Jr.|publisher=American Philatelic Society|year=1982}} </ref><ref> [[Central Park]] in Manhattan had opened in 1859. </ref> The Central Park Fire Company was organized in April 1910, and incorporated in May 1911. In May 1923 the Central Park Water District was created. Following the 1932 opening of nearby [[Bethpage State Park]], the name of the local post office was changed to Bethpage on October 1, 1936. The name ''Bethpage'' was, however, already in use by an adjacent community,<ref name=1873TOB/> which resisted suggestions of a merger and instead renamed itself [[Old Bethpage, New York|Old Bethpage]]. The change from Central Park to Bethpage was one of the last complete name changes of Nassau County's post offices.<ref name=NCPO/> From 1936 until 1994, Bethpage was home to the [[Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation]], which made, among other things, the [[F-14 Tomcat]], the Navy version of the [[General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark]] and the [[Apollo Lunar Excursion Module]] (LEM) for moon landings, and for this reason Bethpage is mentioned in the film ''[[Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13]]''. In 1994, Grumman was purchased by [[Northrop Corporation|Northrop]] and formed [[Northrop Grumman]]. Although no longer headquartered in Bethpage, the company still retains operations there.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}} Grumman was made famous by the performance of its F4F Wildcat fighter aircraft and its successor the [[Grumman F6F Hellcat]], which shot down 5,223 enemy aircraft, more than any other naval aircraft. The [[Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Bethpage]] (NWIRP) started operations in 1942, west of the Grumman site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/remediation_hudson_pdf/130003ou3rod.pdf|title=RECORD OF DECISION Northrop Grumman|date=March 2013|work=www.dec.gov|accessdate=April 9, 2014}}</ref> [[Altice USA]] (f/k/a Cablevision), is headquartered in Grumman's former main office. In August 2015, [[Beechcraft Bonanza#Model 35 Bonanza|a small airplane]] with engine trouble failed to reach Farmingdale airport, and was redirected to "Bethpage Airport" by the air traffic controller. However, the pilot could not find that airport because it was closed and had buildings on it, and the plane crashed on LIRR tracks.<ref>http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/NTSB-Says-ATC-Directed-Pilot-In-Distress-To-Closed-Airport-224747-1.html</ref><ref>http://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=20150816X95657&key=1</ref> ==Geography== [[File:Bethpage-ny-map.gif|thumb|left|U.S. Census Map]] According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP, or Census Designated Place, has a total area of {{convert|3.6|sqmi|km2}}, all land. For the 2000 Census, the boundaries of the CDP were adjusted compared to those of the 1990 census, with some territory gained and some lost.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2000/phc-3-34.pdf |title=New York: 2000 Population and Housing Unit Counts |date=September 2003 |accessdate=2010-12-22 |page = III-9}}</ref> ===Surrounding areas=== Bethpage is surrounded by the hamlets of [[Farmingdale, New York|Farmingdale]], [[Plainview, New York|Plainview]], [[Levittown, New York|Levittown]], [[Hicksville, New York|Hicksville]], [[Old Bethpage]] and [[Plainedge]]. ==Demographics for the CDP== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="float:right; text-align:right; font-size:85%; clear:right" |+align=top|Historical Populations<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nassaulibrary.org/bethpage/cphs/cphs-opqr.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830005150/http://www.nassaulibrary.org/bethpage/cphs/cphs-opqr.html |archivedate=August 30, 2008 |title=Encyclopedia of the Unincorporated Village of Bethpage |date=January 21, 2006 |accessdate=2012-04-20}}</ref> |- !Year<br> !! Population<br> |- |1903|| 306 |- |1909|| 530 |- |1930 || 1,888 |- |1940 || 2,590 |- |1960 || 15,840 |- |1970 || 18,550 |- |1980 || 16,846 |- |1990 || 15,761 |- |2000|| 16,543 |- |2010|| 16,429 |} ===2010 census=== As of the census of 2010,<ref>http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1</ref> there were 16,429 people, 5,710 households, and 4,516 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 4,564.5 per square mile (1,764.4/km²). There were 5,788 housing units at an average density of 1,597.0/sq&nbsp;mi (617.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 90.8% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] 85.8% [[Non-Hispanic Whites|Non-Hispanic White]], 0.6% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 5.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.5% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.4% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 7% of the population.<ref name="GR2" /> There were 5,710 households out of which 32% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.0% were married couples living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.9% were non-families. Of all households 17.9% were made up of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.89 and the average family size was 3.27.<ref name="GR2" /> In the CDP, the population was spread out with 22.7% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 18.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.8 males.<ref name="GR2" /> The median income for a household in the CDP was $70,173, and the median income for a family was $78,573. Males had a median income of $53,404 versus $36,708 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $27,850. About 2.1% of families and 3.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.0% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.<ref name="GR2" /> ===2000 census=== As of the census of 2000, there were 16,543 people, 5,710 households, and 4,516 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 4,564.5 per square mile (1,764.4/km²). There were 5,788 housing units at an average density of 1,597.0/sq&nbsp;mi (617.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.17% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.29% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.02% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.99% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.00% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.54% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.75% of the population.<ref name="GR2" /> The median income for a household in the CDP was $70,173, and the median income for a family was $78,573. Males had a median income of $53,404 versus $36,708 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $27,850. About 2.1% of families and 3.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.0% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.<ref name="GR2" /> ==Schools== {{main|Bethpage Union Free School District}} {{See also|Briarcliffe College}} Bethpage residents can be zoned for the [[Bethpage Union Free School District]], the [[Plainedge Union Free School District]], the [[Island Trees Union Free School District]], or the [[Hicksville Union Free School District]]. ==Economy== [[Image:Bethpage Business Park.jpg|thumb|Bethpage Business Park.]] The grocery chains [[King Kullen]] and [[Best Yet Market]] are based in Bethpage. [[USPS]] also has a sorting facility in the town that serves the New York region. Bethpage is also home to the North America Headquarters of technology company LogiTag and Altice formerly known as [[Cablevision]]. Bethpage is home to two movie studios, Gold Coast Studios and Grumman Studios. Gold coast studios filmed major motion pictures such as "Spider-Man 2", "PanAm", and "Sisters" amongst others and is the home of "Kevin Can Wait". Grumman Studios has filmed "The Amazing Spider-man", "SALT" and broadcast "The Sound of Music" recently. [[Goya Foods]] has its Long Island division in Bethpage.<ref>"[http://www.goya.com/english/about/contact_us.html Contact Us] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110424071548/http://www.goya.com/english/about/contact_us.html |date=April 24, 2011 }}." [[Goya Foods]]. Retrieved on March 26, 2016. "Goya Foods of Long Island 201 Grumman Road West Bethpage, NY 11714"</ref> ==Other points of interest== Bethpage was the home of the [[Grumman]] plant that produced the [[Apollo Lunar Module]]s, or LEMs. [[Bethpage State Park]] offers five golf courses to choose from. One of them, the [[Bethpage Black Course|Black Course]], was the site of the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] in [[2002 U.S. Open Golf Championship|2002]] and [[2009 U.S. Open Golf Championship|2009]]. [[Tiger Woods]] won the event in 2002 and [[Lucas Glover]] in 2009. While the park and its five golf courses are located almost entirely within [[Old Bethpage, New York|Old Bethpage]] and its offices are located within the neighboring [[Farmingdale, New York|Farmingdale]] postal district, it is easily accessed from Bethpage. Bethpage Water District was announced as the best tasting drinking water in New York State at the state fair in Syracuse in 2006.<ref>[http://www.bethpagewater.org/proclomation.jpg ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227062520/http://www.bethpagewater.org/proclomation.jpg |date=February 27, 2012 }}</ref> In 2010 chlorine was added to the drinking water following new Nassau County Board of Health regulations, leading many residents to complain that the taste of the water had declined.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, [[Stephen Edward Karopczyc]], lived in Bethpage.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.medalofhonor.com/StephenKaropczyc.htm |title=Medal of Honor.com- Stephen E. Karopczyc |access-date=January 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061022002934/http://www.medalofhonor.com/StephenKaropczyc.htm |archive-date=October 22, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The former Karopczyc School in Bethpage (part of the [[Island Trees Union Free School District]]) was renamed for him. The school now houses the Island Trees Public Library. Popular Photography's Technical Editor Philip J. Ryan was also born in Bethpage. Former [[MLB]] pitcher [[Joe Sambito]] graduated from Bethpage High School. Bethpage has an ice skating rink called Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center. It has two sheets of ice for skating. This rink is home to the Long Island Blues special hockey team, who practice and play home games at the rink.<ref>[http://www.oysterbaytown.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7BF5EDEC47-D633-40FB-BE56-1D0F60C3B0EC%7D&DE=%7BEFF99A8B-5000-4067-98AB-33E8B2BD133A%7D ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325110019/http://www.oysterbaytown.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7BF5EDEC47-D633-40FB-BE56-1D0F60C3B0EC%7D&DE=%7BEFF99A8B-5000-4067-98AB-33E8B2BD133A%7D |date=March 25, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://longislandblues.org/ |title=Long Island Blues Hockey Club powered by GOALLINE.ca |publisher=Longislandblues.org |date= |accessdate=2014-08-03}}</ref> ==Superfund site== Bethpage's history as a space and aviation epicenter have left a legacy of heavy metals, toxic waste and radioactive<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-orders-engineering-investigation-expedite-containment-long-island-groundwater. | title=Governor Cuomo Orders Engineering Investigation to Expedite Containment of Long Island Groundwater Plumes}}</ref> byproducts dumped into the surrounding ground and leeching into the water. Bethpage as of 2012 has been declared a class 2 [[Superfund site]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.antonnews.com/levittowntribune/news/23711-dec-outlines-remediation-plan-for-bethpage-plume.html |title=DEC Outlines Remediation Plan For Bethpage Plume |publisher=Antonnews.com |date=June 29, 2012 |accessdate=2014-08-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810085436/http://www.antonnews.com/levittowntribune/news/23711-dec-outlines-remediation-plan-for-bethpage-plume.html |archivedate=August 10, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> The rate of cancers and birth defects in Bethpage is statistically well above the national average, which many attribute to the polluted soil and ground water.<ref>{{cite web |author=Author |url=http://www.bethpagecancerproject.com/1/post/2013/07/blog-series-letters-togrumman-from-the-bethpage-community-part-i.html |title=Blog Series: Letters to Grumman from the Bethpage Community, Part I |publisher=Bethpage Cancer Project |date= |accessdate=2014-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808042312/http://www.bethpagecancerproject.com/1/post/2013/07/blog-series-letters-togrumman-from-the-bethpage-community-part-i.html |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Hazardous Waste Site Classifications<ref>http://www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/8654.html</ref> Bethpage residents have taken action, by filing a $500 Million lawsuit against Grumman. <ref> {{cite news | url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/bethpage-residents-file-500m-lawsuit-against-northrop-grumman-1.12323453| title= Bethpage Residents File $500M Lawsuit Against Northrop Grumman | author=Emily Dooley| newspaper= Newsday | accessdate=2018-12-12}}</ref> ==Notable people== * [[Eric Asimov]] (born 1957), wine and food critic (''[[The New York Times]]'') * [[Sophia Braeunlich]] (1854–1898), business manager, journalist * [[Nicholas Braun]] (born 1988), actor * [[Lori Carson]] (born 1958), singer-songwriter * [[Jim Christian]] (born 1965), college basketball player, coach * [[Richard Hilton]] (born 1956), Musician, engineer, studio designer, keyboardist and guitarist ([[Chic]]) * [[Jim Hodder (musician)|Jim Hodder]] (1947–1990), musician ([[Steely Dan]]) * [[Chuck Lorre]] (born 1952), television producer * [[Jason Moss (writer)|Jason Moss]] (1975–2006), attorney, author * [[Alex Reynolds]] (born 1987), professional wrestler for [[All_Elite_Wrestling|All Elite Wrestling]] * [[Joe Sambito]] (born 1952), Major League Baseball pitcher * [[Rob Scuderi]] (born 1978), National Hockey League player * [[Leslie Segrete]] (born 1975), designer, television personality * [[Helen Slater]] (born 1963), actress, singer * [[Gary Smulyan]] (born 1956), jazz musician * [[Gavin Spielman]] (born 1972), painter * [[Al Weis]] (born 1938), Major League Baseball infielder. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category|Bethpage, New York}} {{wikivoyage|Bethpage}} * [http://www.bethpagecommunity.com/ Bethpage Community] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080820033136/http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-historytown-hist003r,0,7179596.story ''Newsday'' article on Bethpage] * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316194613/http://www.nassaulibrary.org/bethpage/cphs/cphsmain.html |date=March 16, 2008 |title=Encyclopedia of the Unincorporated Village of Bethpage }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20031025220831/http://www.powertolearn.com/li_history/bethpagephotos.html Three photos of old buildings, since demolished (archived)] * [http://www.bethpagecommunity.com/about_us/about_us Bethpage History] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20001117173500/http://www.powertolearn.com/li_history/bethpage.html More Bethpage History] * [http://docs.unh.edu/NY/islp04sw.jpg 1903 map showing Bethpage as Central Park]&nbsp;– includes Bethpage Junction of LIRR, and a creek from area that emptied into the Atlantic * [https://web.archive.org/web/20020914131607/http://www.bcbeth.com/ Briarcliffe College – Bethpage] * [http://www.bethpagebaseball.org Bethpagebaseball.org Bethpage baseball] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20111019025541/http://www.oysterbaytown.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7BF5EDEC47-D633-40FB-BE56-1D0F60C3B0EC%7D&DE=%7BEFF99A8B-5000-4067-98AB-33E8B2BD133A%7D Information about Bethpage ice rinks] * [http://longislandblues.org/ Long Island Blues Special Hockey website] {{OysterBayNY}} {{HempsteadNY}} [[Category:Bethpage, New York|*]] [[Category:Census-designated places in Nassau County, New York]] [[Category:Census-designated places in New York (state)]] [[Category:Hamlets in Nassau County, New York]] [[Category:Hamlets in New York (state)]] [[Category:Biblical place names in New York (state)]]'
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The CDP's population was 16,429 at the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Census" title="2010 United States Census">2010 United States Census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-1">&#91;1&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>The area is served by the Bethpage Post Office, <a href="/wiki/ZIP_code" class="mw-redirect" title="ZIP code">ZIP code</a> 11714, whose boundaries are slightly different from that of the CDP. The area is also served by <a href="/wiki/Bethpage_Union_Free_School_District" title="Bethpage Union Free School District">Bethpage Union Free School District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Island_Trees_Union_Free_School_District" title="Island Trees Union Free School District">Island Trees Union Free School District</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plainedge_Union_Free_School_District" title="Plainedge Union Free School District">Plainedge Union Free School District</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hicksville_Union_Free_School_District&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Hicksville Union Free School District (page does not exist)">Hicksville Union Free School District</a>, the boundaries of which include parts of some surrounding hamlets, including parts of Old Bethpage, Plainview, and Plainedge. The <a href="/wiki/Hempstead_(town),_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Hempstead (town), New York">Town of Hempstead</a>, on its website, includes a small part of Bethpage hamlet that is in the <a href="/wiki/Levittown,_New_York" title="Levittown, New York">Levittown</a> census-designated place.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">&#91;2&#93;</a></sup> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2>Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Geography"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Geography</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Surrounding_areas"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Surrounding areas</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Demographics_for_the_CDP"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Demographics for the CDP</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#2010_census"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">2010 census</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#2000_census"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">2000 census</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Schools"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Schools</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#Economy"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Economy</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Other_points_of_interest"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Other points of interest</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Superfund_site"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">Superfund site</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#Notable_people"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Notable people</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">10</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bethpage,_New_York&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Bethpage_Purchase" title="Bethpage Purchase">Bethpage Purchase</a></div> <div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/wiki/File:NYSHM_Grumman_Corp.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/NYSHM_Grumman_Corp.jpg/220px-NYSHM_Grumman_Corp.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="thumbimage" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/NYSHM_Grumman_Corp.jpg/330px-NYSHM_Grumman_Corp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/NYSHM_Grumman_Corp.jpg/440px-NYSHM_Grumman_Corp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="890" data-file-height="630" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:NYSHM_Grumman_Corp.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>NYS Historic Marker for the Grumman Corporation</div></div></div> <p>The name <i>Bethpage</i> comes from the Quaker <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Powell_(1641%E2%80%931722)" title="Thomas Powell (1641–1722)">Thomas Powell</a>, who named the area after the Biblical town <a href="/wiki/Bethphage" title="Bethphage">Bethphage</a>, which was between Jericho and Jerusalem in the Holy Land. Present-day Bethpage was part of the 1695 <a href="/wiki/Bethpage_Purchase" title="Bethpage Purchase">Bethpage Purchase</a>. An early name for the northern section of present-day Bethpage was <i>Bedelltown</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-1873TOB_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1873TOB-3">&#91;3&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">&#91;4&#93;</a></sup> a name that appeared on maps at least as late as 1906.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">&#91;5&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>On maps just before the arrival of the <a href="/wiki/Long_Island_Rail_Road" title="Long Island Rail Road">Long Island Rail Road</a> (LIRR), the name <i>Bethpage</i> appears for a community now included in both the post office district and school district of the adjacent community of <a href="/wiki/Farmingdale,_New_York" title="Farmingdale, New York">Farmingdale</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">&#91;6&#93;</a></sup> In 1841,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">&#91;7&#93;</a></sup> train service began to <a href="/wiki/Farmingdale_(LIRR_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Farmingdale (LIRR station)">Farmingdale station</a>, near a new settlement less than a mile eastward from what had previously appeared on maps as <i>Bethpage</i>. Schedules at that time do not mention Bethpage as a stop, but have a notation "late Bethpage".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">&#91;8&#93;</a></sup> On an 1855 map,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">&#91;9&#93;</a></sup> the location identified as <i>Bethpage</i> has shifted slightly westward to include a nearby area now called <a href="/wiki/Plainedge,_New_York" title="Plainedge, New York">Plainedge</a>. </p><p>Between 1851<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">&#91;10&#93;</a></sup> and 1854,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">&#91;11&#93;</a></sup> the LIRR initiated a stop within present-day Bethpage at a <a href="/wiki/Bethpage_(LIRR_station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bethpage (LIRR station)">station</a> then called <i>Jerusalem Station</i>, and on January 29, 1857 a local post office opened, also named <i>Jerusalem Station</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-NCPO_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCPO-12">&#91;12&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">&#91;13&#93;</a></sup> LIRR schedules listed the station also as simply <i>Jerusalem</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">&#91;14&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">&#91;15&#93;</a></sup> Residents succeeded in changing the name of the post office to <i>Central Park</i>, effective March 1, 1867 (respelled as <i>Centralpark</i> from 1895 to 1899).<sup id="cite_ref-NCPO_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCPO-12">&#91;12&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">&#91;16&#93;</a></sup> The Central Park Fire Company was organized in April 1910, and incorporated in May 1911. In May 1923 the Central Park Water District was created. </p><p>Following the 1932 opening of nearby <a href="/wiki/Bethpage_State_Park" title="Bethpage State Park">Bethpage State Park</a>, the name of the local post office was changed to Bethpage on October 1, 1936. The name <i>Bethpage</i> was, however, already in use by an adjacent community,<sup id="cite_ref-1873TOB_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1873TOB-3">&#91;3&#93;</a></sup> which resisted suggestions of a merger and instead renamed itself <a href="/wiki/Old_Bethpage,_New_York" title="Old Bethpage, New York">Old Bethpage</a>. The change from Central Park to Bethpage was one of the last complete name changes of Nassau County's post offices.<sup id="cite_ref-NCPO_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCPO-12">&#91;12&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>From 1936 until 1994, Bethpage was home to the <a href="/wiki/Grumman_Aircraft_Engineering_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation">Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation</a>, which made, among other things, the <a href="/wiki/F-14_Tomcat" class="mw-redirect" title="F-14 Tomcat">F-14 Tomcat</a>, the Navy version of the <a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111_Aardvark" title="General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark">General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Apollo_Lunar_Excursion_Module" class="mw-redirect" title="Apollo Lunar Excursion Module">Apollo Lunar Excursion Module</a> (LEM) for moon landings, and for this reason Bethpage is mentioned in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Apollo_13_(film)" title="Apollo 13 (film)">Apollo 13</a></i>. In 1994, Grumman was purchased by <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Corporation" title="Northrop Corporation">Northrop</a> and formed <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman" title="Northrop Grumman">Northrop Grumman</a>. Although no longer headquartered in Bethpage, the company still retains operations there.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> Grumman was made famous by the performance of its F4F Wildcat fighter aircraft and its successor the <a href="/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat">Grumman F6F Hellcat</a>, which shot down 5,223 enemy aircraft, more than any other naval aircraft. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Naval_Weapons_Industrial_Reserve_Plant,_Bethpage" title="Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Bethpage">Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Bethpage</a> (NWIRP) started operations in 1942, west of the Grumman site.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">&#91;17&#93;</a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Altice_USA" title="Altice USA">Altice USA</a> (f/k/a Cablevision), is headquartered in Grumman's former main office. </p><p>In August 2015, <a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Bonanza#Model_35_Bonanza" title="Beechcraft Bonanza">a small airplane</a> with engine trouble failed to reach Farmingdale airport, and was redirected to "Bethpage Airport" by the air traffic controller. However, the pilot could not find that airport because it was closed and had buildings on it, and the plane crashed on LIRR tracks.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">&#91;18&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">&#91;19&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Geography">Geography</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bethpage,_New_York&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Geography">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Bethpage-ny-map.png" class="image"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Bethpage-ny-map.png/220px-Bethpage-ny-map.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="thumbimage" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Bethpage-ny-map.png/330px-Bethpage-ny-map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Bethpage-ny-map.png/440px-Bethpage-ny-map.png 2x" data-file-width="575" data-file-height="425" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Bethpage-ny-map.png" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>U.S. Census Map</div></div></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the CDP, or Census Designated Place, has a total area of 3.6 square miles (9.3&#160;km<sup>2</sup>), all land. For the 2000 Census, the boundaries of the CDP were adjusted compared to those of the 1990 census, with some territory gained and some lost.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">&#91;20&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Surrounding_areas">Surrounding areas</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bethpage,_New_York&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Surrounding areas">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Bethpage is surrounded by the hamlets of <a href="/wiki/Farmingdale,_New_York" title="Farmingdale, New York">Farmingdale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plainview,_New_York" title="Plainview, New York">Plainview</a>, <a href="/wiki/Levittown,_New_York" title="Levittown, New York">Levittown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hicksville,_New_York" title="Hicksville, New York">Hicksville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Old_Bethpage" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Bethpage">Old Bethpage</a> and <a href="/wiki/Plainedge" class="mw-redirect" title="Plainedge">Plainedge</a>. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Demographics_for_the_CDP">Demographics for the CDP</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bethpage,_New_York&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Demographics for the CDP">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="float:right; text-align:right; font-size:85%; clear:right"> <caption align="top">Historical Populations<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">&#91;21&#93;</a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year<br /></th> <th>Population<br /> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1903</td> <td>306 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1909</td> <td>530 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1930</td> <td>1,888 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1940</td> <td>2,590 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960</td> <td>15,840 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970</td> <td>18,550 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980</td> <td>16,846 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990</td> <td>15,761 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td>16,543 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010</td> <td>16,429 </td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2010_census">2010 census</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bethpage,_New_York&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: 2010 census">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>As of the census of 2010,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">&#91;22&#93;</a></sup> there were 16,429 people, 5,710 households, and 4,516 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 4,564.5 per square mile (1,764.4/km²). There were 5,788 housing units at an average density of 1,597.0/sq&#160;mi (617.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 90.8% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a> 85.8% <a href="/wiki/Non-Hispanic_Whites" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-Hispanic Whites">Non-Hispanic White</a>, 0.6% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.1% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 5.5% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 1.5% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 1.4% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 7% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-1">&#91;1&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>There were 5,710 households out of which 32% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.0% were married couples living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.9% were non-families. Of all households 17.9% were made up of individuals and 11.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.89 and the average family size was 3.27.<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-1">&#91;1&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>In the CDP, the population was spread out with 22.7% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 18.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.8 males.<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-1">&#91;1&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>The median income for a household in the CDP was $70,173, and the median income for a family was $78,573. Males had a median income of $53,404 versus $36,708 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $27,850. About 2.1% of families and 3.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.0% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-1">&#91;1&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="2000_census">2000 census</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bethpage,_New_York&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: 2000 census">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>As of the census of 2000, there were 16,543 people, 5,710 households, and 4,516 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 4,564.5 per square mile (1,764.4/km²). There were 5,788 housing units at an average density of 1,597.0/sq&#160;mi (617.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.17% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 0.29% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.02% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 2.99% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 1.00% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 1.54% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 4.75% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-1">&#91;1&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>The median income for a household in the CDP was $70,173, and the median income for a family was $78,573. Males had a median income of $53,404 versus $36,708 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $27,850. About 2.1% of families and 3.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.0% of those under age 18 and 4.3% of those age 65 or over.<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-1">&#91;1&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Schools">Schools</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bethpage,_New_York&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Schools">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bethpage_Union_Free_School_District" title="Bethpage Union Free School District">Bethpage Union Free School District</a></div> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Briarcliffe_College" title="Briarcliffe College">Briarcliffe College</a></div> <p>Bethpage residents can be zoned for the <a href="/wiki/Bethpage_Union_Free_School_District" title="Bethpage Union Free School District">Bethpage Union Free School District</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Plainedge_Union_Free_School_District" title="Plainedge Union Free School District">Plainedge Union Free School District</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Island_Trees_Union_Free_School_District" title="Island Trees Union Free School District">Island Trees Union Free School District</a>, or the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hicksville_Union_Free_School_District&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Hicksville Union Free School District (page does not exist)">Hicksville Union Free School District</a>. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Economy">Economy</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bethpage,_New_York&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Economy">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:222px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Bethpage_Business_Park.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Bethpage_Business_Park.jpg/220px-Bethpage_Business_Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="thumbimage" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Bethpage_Business_Park.jpg/330px-Bethpage_Business_Park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Bethpage_Business_Park.jpg/440px-Bethpage_Business_Park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="923" data-file-height="630" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Bethpage_Business_Park.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Bethpage Business Park.</div></div></div> <p>The grocery chains <a href="/wiki/King_Kullen" title="King Kullen">King Kullen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Best_Yet_Market" class="mw-redirect" title="Best Yet Market">Best Yet Market</a> are based in Bethpage. <a href="/wiki/USPS" class="mw-redirect" title="USPS">USPS</a> also has a sorting facility in the town that serves the New York region. Bethpage is also home to the North America Headquarters of technology company LogiTag and Altice formerly known as <a href="/wiki/Cablevision" title="Cablevision">Cablevision</a>. </p><p>Bethpage is home to two movie studios, Gold Coast Studios and Grumman Studios. Gold coast studios filmed major motion pictures such as "Spider-Man 2", "PanAm", and "Sisters" amongst others and is the home of "Kevin Can Wait". Grumman Studios has filmed "The Amazing Spider-man", "SALT" and broadcast "The Sound of Music" recently. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Goya_Foods" title="Goya Foods">Goya Foods</a> has its Long Island division in Bethpage.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">&#91;23&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Other_points_of_interest">Other points of interest</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bethpage,_New_York&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Other points of interest">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Bethpage was the home of the <a href="/wiki/Grumman" title="Grumman">Grumman</a> plant that produced the <a href="/wiki/Apollo_Lunar_Module" title="Apollo Lunar Module">Apollo Lunar Modules</a>, or LEMs. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Bethpage_State_Park" title="Bethpage State Park">Bethpage State Park</a> offers five golf courses to choose from. One of them, the <a href="/wiki/Bethpage_Black_Course" title="Bethpage Black Course">Black Course</a>, was the site of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Open_(golf)" title="U.S. Open (golf)">U.S. Open</a> in <a href="/wiki/2002_U.S._Open_Golf_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="2002 U.S. Open Golf Championship">2002</a> and <a href="/wiki/2009_U.S._Open_Golf_Championship" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 U.S. Open Golf Championship">2009</a>. <a href="/wiki/Tiger_Woods" title="Tiger Woods">Tiger Woods</a> won the event in 2002 and <a href="/wiki/Lucas_Glover" title="Lucas Glover">Lucas Glover</a> in 2009. While the park and its five golf courses are located almost entirely within <a href="/wiki/Old_Bethpage,_New_York" title="Old Bethpage, New York">Old Bethpage</a> and its offices are located within the neighboring <a href="/wiki/Farmingdale,_New_York" title="Farmingdale, New York">Farmingdale</a> postal district, it is easily accessed from Bethpage. </p><p>Bethpage Water District was announced as the best tasting drinking water in New York State at the state fair in Syracuse in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24">&#91;24&#93;</a></sup> In 2010 chlorine was added to the drinking water following new Nassau County Board of Health regulations, leading many residents to complain that the taste of the water had declined.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Edward_Karopczyc" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen Edward Karopczyc">Stephen Edward Karopczyc</a>, lived in Bethpage.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">&#91;25&#93;</a></sup> The former Karopczyc School in Bethpage (part of the <a href="/wiki/Island_Trees_Union_Free_School_District" title="Island Trees Union Free School District">Island Trees Union Free School District</a>) was renamed for him. The school now houses the Island Trees Public Library. Popular Photography's Technical Editor Philip J. Ryan was also born in Bethpage. Former <a href="/wiki/MLB" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB">MLB</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Joe_Sambito" title="Joe Sambito">Joe Sambito</a> graduated from Bethpage High School. </p><p>Bethpage has an ice skating rink called Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center. It has two sheets of ice for skating. This rink is home to the Long Island Blues special hockey team, who practice and play home games at the rink.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">&#91;26&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27">&#91;27&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Superfund_site">Superfund site</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bethpage,_New_York&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Superfund site">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Bethpage's history as a space and aviation epicenter have left a legacy of heavy metals, toxic waste and radioactive<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">&#91;28&#93;</a></sup> byproducts dumped into the surrounding ground and leeching into the water. Bethpage as of 2012 has been declared a class 2 <a href="/wiki/Superfund_site" class="mw-redirect" title="Superfund site">Superfund site</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">&#91;29&#93;</a></sup> The rate of cancers and birth defects in Bethpage is statistically well above the national average, which many attribute to the polluted soil and ground water.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">&#91;30&#93;</a></sup> Hazardous Waste Site Classifications<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31">&#91;31&#93;</a></sup> Bethpage residents have taken action, by filing a $500 Million lawsuit against Grumman. <sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32">&#91;32&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notable_people">Notable people</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bethpage,_New_York&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Notable people">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Asimov" title="Eric Asimov">Eric Asimov</a> (born 1957), wine and food critic (<i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sophia_Braeunlich" title="Sophia Braeunlich">Sophia Braeunlich</a> (1854–1898), business manager, journalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Braun" title="Nicholas Braun">Nicholas Braun</a> (born 1988), actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lori_Carson" title="Lori Carson">Lori Carson</a> (born 1958), singer-songwriter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Christian" title="Jim Christian">Jim Christian</a> (born 1965), college basketball player, coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hilton" title="Richard Hilton">Richard Hilton</a> (born 1956), Musician, engineer, studio designer, keyboardist and guitarist (<a href="/wiki/Chic" title="Chic">Chic</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Hodder_(musician)" title="Jim Hodder (musician)">Jim Hodder</a> (1947–1990), musician (<a href="/wiki/Steely_Dan" title="Steely Dan">Steely Dan</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Lorre" title="Chuck Lorre">Chuck Lorre</a> (born 1952), television producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jason_Moss_(writer)" title="Jason Moss (writer)">Jason Moss</a> (1975–2006), attorney, author</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alex_Reynolds&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Alex Reynolds (page does not exist)">Alex Reynolds</a> (born 1987), professional wrestler for <a href="/wiki/All_Elite_Wrestling" title="All Elite Wrestling">All Elite Wrestling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Sambito" title="Joe Sambito">Joe Sambito</a> (born 1952), Major League Baseball pitcher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Scuderi" title="Rob Scuderi">Rob Scuderi</a> (born 1978), National Hockey League player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Segrete" title="Leslie Segrete">Leslie Segrete</a> (born 1975), designer, television personality</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Slater" title="Helen Slater">Helen Slater</a> (born 1963), actress, singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Smulyan" title="Gary Smulyan">Gary Smulyan</a> (born 1956), jazz musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Spielman" title="Gavin Spielman">Gavin Spielman</a> (born 1972), painter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Weis" title="Al Weis">Al Weis</a> (born 1938), Major League Baseball infielder.</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bethpage,_New_York&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="reflist" style="list-style-type: decimal;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-GR2-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-GR2_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GR2_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GR2_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GR2_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GR2_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GR2_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GR2_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-GR2_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130911234518/http://factfinder2.census.gov/">"American FactFinder"</a>. <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.townofhempstead.org/content/home/townmap.html">the original</a> on January 18, 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2008-01-16</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Town+of+Hempstead+Map&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.townofhempstead.org%2Fcontent%2Fhome%2Ftownmap.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABethpage%2C+New+York" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-1873TOB-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-1873TOB_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-1873TOB_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"> <cite class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchdetail.cfm?trg=1&amp;strucID=852058&amp;imageID=1527321&amp;word=oyster%20bay&amp;s=1&amp;notword=&amp;d=&amp;c=&amp;f=&amp;lWord=&amp;lField=&amp;sScope=&amp;sLevel=&amp;sLabel=&amp;total=16&amp;num=0&amp;imgs=12&amp;pNum=&amp;pos=3#">"1873 map of Town of Oyster Bay"</a>. New York Public Library<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 7,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=1873+map+of+Town+of+Oyster+Bay&amp;rft.pub=New+York+Public+Library&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fdigitalgallery.nypl.org%2Fnypldigital%2Fdgkeysearchdetail.cfm%3Ftrg%3D1%26strucID%3D852058%26imageID%3D1527321%26word%3Doyster%2520bay%26s%3D1%26notword%3D%26d%3D%26c%3D%26f%3D%26lWord%3D%26lField%3D%26sScope%3D%26sLevel%3D%26sLabel%3D%26total%3D16%26num%3D0%26imgs%3D12%26pNum%3D%26pos%3D3%23&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABethpage%2C+New+York" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <cite class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lirrhistory.com/timeline.html">"LIRR timeline: 1898 map used as background"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=LIRR+timeline%3A+1898+map+used+as+background&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lirrhistory.com%2Ftimeline.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABethpage%2C+New+York" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <cite class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/2420/Farmingdale++Medow+Brook/Nassau+County+1906+Long+Island/New+York/">"1906 map of Central Nassau County"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 30,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=1906+map+of+Central+Nassau+County&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.historicmapworks.com%2FMap%2FUS%2F2420%2FFarmingdale%2B%2BMedow%2BBrook%2FNassau%2BCounty%2B1906%2BLong%2BIsland%2FNew%2BYork%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABethpage%2C+New+York" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web">W.W. Mather (c. 1842). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgdisplaylargemeta.cfm?strucID=252877&amp;imageID=434024&amp;word=long%20island%201842&amp;s=1&amp;notword=&amp;d=&amp;c=&amp;f=&amp;lWord=&amp;lField=&amp;sScope=&amp;sLevel=&amp;sLabel=&amp;num=0&amp;imgs=12&amp;total=2&amp;pos=1">"Geological map of Long &amp; Staten islands with the environs of New York"</a>. 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An unbounded area further east in Suffolk County is marked <i>Hardscrabble</i>. The map is dated 1842 with a question mark. Neither Farmingdale nor Hicksville appears on the map. The Hicksville LIRR station opened in 1837, and its absence suggests an earlier date for the map. The LIRR also had taken a different route east of Hicksville, arriving in Farmingdale in 1841.)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lirrhistory.com/lirrhist.html">"Early LIRR History"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Early+LIRR+History&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lirrhistory.com%2Flirrhist.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABethpage%2C+New+York" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110612125240/http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&amp;Source=Page&amp;Skin=BEagle&amp;BaseHref=BEG%2F1841%2F11%2F02&amp;PageLabelPrint=&amp;EntityId=Ar00121&amp;ViewMode=GIF&amp;GZ=T">"1841 <i>Brooklyn Eagle</i> LIRR timetable"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Eagle" title="Brooklyn Eagle">Brooklyn Eagle</a>. November 2, 1841. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&amp;Source=Page&amp;Skin=BEagle&amp;BaseHref=BEG/1841/11/02&amp;PageLabelPrint=&amp;EntityId=Ar00121&amp;ViewMode=GIF&amp;GZ=T">the original</a> on June 12, 2011.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=1841+Brooklyn+Eagle+LIRR+timetable&amp;rft.pub=Brooklyn+Eagle&amp;rft.date=1841-11-02&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Feagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.org%2FDefault%2FScripting%2FArticleWin.asp%3FFrom%3DArchive%26Source%3DPage%26Skin%3DBEagle%26BaseHref%3DBEG%2F1841%2F11%2F02%26PageLabelPrint%3D%26EntityId%3DAr00121%26ViewMode%3DGIF%26GZ%3DT&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABethpage%2C+New+York" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/> (Whether "late Bethpage" is meant to indicate a flag stop at the community near Merritts Road, or that the area near the Farmingdale LIRR station had lately been called <i>Bethpage</i> has not yet been determined.)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a class="external text" href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/1855_Colton_Map_of_Connecticut_and_Long_Island_-_Geographicus_-_ConnecticutLongIsland-colton-1855.jpg">"1855 Colton map"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=1855+Colton+map&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F3%2F38%2F1855_Colton_Map_of_Connecticut_and_Long_Island_-_Geographicus_-_ConnecticutLongIsland-colton-1855.jpg&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABethpage%2C+New+York" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lirrhistory.com/aug2000/1851fare.JPG">"1851 schedule without Bethpage"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=1851+schedule+without+Bethpage&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lirrhistory.com%2Faug2000%2F1851fare.JPG&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABethpage%2C+New+York" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation news"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1854/04/13/archives/railroads.html">"Railroads"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. April 13, 1854. p.&#160;7<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 7,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&amp;rft.atitle=Railroads&amp;rft.pages=7&amp;rft.date=1854-04-13&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1854%2F04%2F13%2Farchives%2Frailroads.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABethpage%2C+New+York" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NCPO-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NCPO_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NCPO_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NCPO_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web">David Roberts. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org/Civil/Nassau.P.O.html">"Nassau County Post Offices 1794–1879"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 26,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Nassau+County+Post+Offices+1794%E2%80%931879&amp;rft.au=David+Roberts&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org%2FCivil%2FNassau.P.O.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABethpage%2C+New+York" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/> <cite class="citation book">John L. Kay &amp; Chester M. Smith, Jr. (1982). <i>New York Postal History: The Post Offices &amp; First Postmasters from 1775 to 1980</i>. American Philatelic Society.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=New+York+Postal+History%3A+The+Post+Offices+%26+First+Postmasters+from+1775+to+1980&amp;rft.pub=American+Philatelic+Society&amp;rft.date=1982&amp;rft.au=John+L.+Kay+%26+Chester+M.+Smith%2C+Jr.&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABethpage%2C+New+York" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> Jerusalem was a community to the south, now called Wantagh. One of the reasons later given for changing the name from <i>Jerusalem Station</i> was that residents wanted to establish an identity of their own that did not depend on their being a station for another community.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://arrts-arrchives.com/custom4.html">"1863 LIRR timetable"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 7,</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=1863+LIRR+timetable&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Farrts-arrchives.com%2Fcustom4.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABethpage%2C+New+York" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> The schedule shows the stop is 2 miles from Farmingdale and 3 miles from Hicksville, the same distances for the existing Bethpage LIRR station as of 2019.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <a href="/wiki/Central_Park" title="Central Park">Central Park</a> in Manhattan had opened in 1859.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/remediation_hudson_pdf/130003ou3rod.pdf">"RECORD OF DECISION Northrop Grumman"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>www.dec.gov</i>. 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Antonnews.com. June 29, 2012. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.antonnews.com/levittowntribune/news/23711-dec-outlines-remediation-plan-for-bethpage-plume.html">the original</a> on August 10, 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 3,</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=DEC+Outlines+Remediation+Plan+For+Bethpage+Plume&amp;rft.pub=Antonnews.com&amp;rft.date=2012-06-29&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.antonnews.com%2Flevittowntribune%2Fnews%2F23711-dec-outlines-remediation-plan-for-bethpage-plume.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABethpage%2C+New+York" class="Z3988"></span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886058088"/></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web">Author. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140808042312/http://www.bethpagecancerproject.com/1/post/2013/07/blog-series-letters-togrumman-from-the-bethpage-community-part-i.html">"Blog Series: Letters to Grumman from the Bethpage Community, Part I"</a>. 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