Oyster Bay, New York | |
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Hamlet and census-designated place | |
Downtown Oyster Bay
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Location in Nassau County and the state of New York. |
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Location within the state of New York | |
Coordinates: 40°52′20.8″N 73°31′50.8″W / 40.872444°N 73.530778°WCoordinates: 40°52′20.8″N 73°31′50.8″W / 40.872444°N 73.530778°W | |
Country | United States |
State | New York |
County | Nassau |
Area | |
• Total | 1.6 sq mi (4.2 km2) |
• Land | 1.2 sq mi (3.2 km2) |
• Water | 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km2) |
Elevation | 180 ft (55 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 6,707 |
Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
• Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
ZIP code | 11771 |
Area code(s) | 516 |
Oyster Bay is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) on the North Shore of Long Island in Nassau County in the state of New York, United States. The hamlet is also the site of a station on the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Rail Road and the eastern termination point of that branch of the railroad.
The community is within the Town of Oyster Bay, New York, a town which contains 18 villages and 18 hamlets.
The hamlet's area was considerably larger before several of its parts incorporated as separate villages. At least six of the 36 villages and hamlets of the Town of Oyster Bay have shores on Oyster Bay Harbor and its inlets, and many of these were previously considered part of the hamlet of Oyster Bay; three of those are now known as Mill Neck, Bayville & Centre Island. The Oyster Bay Post Office (ZIP code 11771) serves several of the surrounding areas also, including the villages Oyster Bay Cove, Cove Neck, and Upper Brookville.
The Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District was created on July 1, 1960, by the action of the voters in the former Oyster Bay and East Norwich School Districts. The district's 13.1 square miles (34 km2) boundaries include the hamlets of Oyster Bay and East Norwich and the incorporated villages of Centre Island, Oyster Bay Cove, Cove Neck, and portions of Mill Neck, Muttontown, Laurel Hollow, and Upper Brookville. There are three schools currently in the district: Roosevelt Elementary School (Grades K-2), James H. Vernon Middle School (Grades 3-6), and Oyster Bay High School (Grades 7-12).