Salisbury, Nassau County, New York
| Salisbury | |
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| Hamlet and census-designated place | |
 Location in Nassau County and the state of New York. |
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 Salisbury
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| Coordinates: 40°44′43″N 73°33′34″W / 40.74528°N 73.55944°WCoordinates: 40°44′43″N 73°33′34″W / 40.74528°N 73.55944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Nassau |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.7 sq mi (4 km2) |
| • Land | 1.7 sq mi (4 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 12,093 |
| • Density | 7,100/sq mi (2,700/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
Salisbury is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 12,093 at the 2010 census. Many [William Levitt|Levitt]] style homes lie adjacent to Eisenhower Park, formerly Salisbury Park. Although sometimes referred to by realtors as "South Westbury", Salisbury is located in the Town of Hempstead, but located in the Westbury postal zone, served by the Westbury Railroad Station of the Long Island Railroad, shares fire districts with Westbury and East Meadow, and is within the East Meadow School District. The hamlet is 90% residential, with strip malls along Old Country Road and Carmen Avenue. There is a single house of worship, a Conservative Jewish synagogue. Most residents attend religious services in Westbury-proper. Nassau County Medical Center is nearby in East Meadow
Salisbury is so named because it sits on a broad, flat section of the larger Hempstead Plains that reminded late 19th Century Long Islanders of the Salisbury Plain in England, where Stonehenge is located. The [[Long Island Motor Parkway (LIMP), also known as the Vanderbilt Parkway] ] once bisected the Salisbury Plains running west to east across Salisbury, later Eisenhower Park. The route of the motor parkway is traced by a utility easement across the park, where it serves as a rough area separating two of the Nassau County park's three golf courses (the White and Blue Courses). The Red Course was originally part of a private golf club which played host to the 1926 PGA Championship won by the legendary Walter Hagan. A County property since 1944, in recent years the Red Course has hosted the PGA’s Champions Tour.
The park is also the former site of the Meadowbrook Polo Club, which played host to the cream of pre-World War I Long Island society. The Polo Club was served by the former Central Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, terminating at a now-demolished station across Merrick Avenue to the immediate northeast of the park's main entrance.
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