Garden City, Long Island
| Garden City, New York | |
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| Incorporated Village of Garden City | |
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| Coordinates: 40°43′37″N 73°38′59″W / 40.72694°N 73.64972°WCoordinates: 40°43′37″N 73°38′59″W / 40.72694°N 73.64972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Nassau |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.3 sq mi (13.8 km2) |
| • Land | 5.3 sq mi (13.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 89 ft (27 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 22,371 |
| • Density | 4,200/sq mi (1,600/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP codes | 11530 |
| Area code(s) | 516 |
| FIPS code | 36-28178 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0950875 |
| Website | www |
Garden City is a village in the town of Hempstead in central Nassau County, New York, in the United States. It was founded by multi-millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart in 1869, and is on Long Island, to the east of New York City, 18.5 miles (29.8 km) from midtown Manhattan. The village is mostly in the Town of Hempstead with a small portion in the Town of North Hempstead.
As of the 2010 census, the population of the incorporated village was 22,371.
The Garden City name is applied to several other unincorporated, nearby jurisdictions. In the region, hamlets such as Garden City South, Garden City Park and East Garden City are next to the incorporated village of Garden City, but are not themselves part of it. Roosevelt Field, the shopping center built on the former airfield from which Charles Lindbergh took off on his landmark 1927 transatlantic flight, is in East Garden City.
Adelphi University's main campus is in Garden City.
In 1869, the Irish-born millionaire Alexander Turney Stewart bought a portion of the lightly populated Hempstead Plains. In a letter, Stewart described his intentions for Garden City:
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