Woodmere, New York
| Woodmere, New York | |
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| Hamlet and census-designated place | |
 Location in Nassau County and the state of New York. |
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| Coordinates: 40°38′10″N 73°43′10″W / 40.63611°N 73.71944°WCoordinates: 40°38′10″N 73°43′10″W / 40.63611°N 73.71944°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 New York
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| County | Nassau |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.0 km2 (2.7 sq mi) |
| • Land | 6.6 km2 (2.6 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.4 km2 (0.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 17,121 |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC−5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) |
| ZIP Code | 11598 |
| Area code(s) | 516 |
| FIPS code | 36-82942 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0971684 |
Woodmere is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 17,121 at the 2010 census.
Woodmere is one of the Long Island communities known as the Five Towns, which is usually said to comprise the villages of Lawrence and Cedarhurst, the hamlets of Woodmere and Inwood, and "The Hewletts", which consist of the villages of Hewlett Bay Park, Hewlett Harbor and Hewlett Neck and the hamlet of Hewlett, along with Woodsburgh.
Councilmen Bruce Blakeman and Anthony D'Esposito represent Woodmere on the Town of Hempstead Board.
Part of the community is in the Hewlett-Woodmere School District (District 14), with the rest served by the Lawrence Public Schools (District 15).
The Hebrew Academy of Long Beach (HALB) Elementary School for grades 1-8 is a Jewish day school that moved in March 2017 from Long Beach to Woodmere. Their all-boys high school, known as the Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva High School for Boys (DRS), is also located in Woodmere.
Lawrence Woodmere Academy is a pre-kindergarten through grade 12 coeducational preparatory school.
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