East Rockaway
| East Rockaway | |
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 Village Hall |
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| Located in Nassau County and New York | |
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | new York |
| County : | Nassau County |
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 39 ′ N , 73 ° 40 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 9,818 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 3,776.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.7 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 2.6 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 3 m |
| Postal code : | 11518 |
| Area code : | +1 516 |
| FIPS : | 36-22876 |
| GNIS ID : | 0949233 |
| Website : | www.villageofeastrockaway.org |
| Mayor : | Bruno Romano |
East Rockaway is a village in Nassau County , New York , in the United States . At the time of the 2010 United States Census , East Rockaway had 9,818 residents.
The incorporated Village of East Rockaway is entirely located in the Town of Hempstead and is adjacent to Lynbrook , Hewlett , Rockville Center , and Oceanside . The residents are mostly of Italian and Irish descent. There are notable Jewish communities in the Waverly Park neighborhood and along the Hewlett town boundary .
history
Originally the place was named Near Rockaway. Its origins lay in shipping and trade on the south coast of Long Island . The location was favorable for ships because it was due to deep navigable gullies into the interior of the peninsula. Finally, in 1688, a flour mill was built on the Mill River by Joseph Haviland . The Haviland-Davison Grist Mill in Memorial Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. An oven that was added later served to make bread for the surrounding population. The village prospered thanks to shipping and the mill.
In 1869 the name of the place was changed to East Rockaway, and in 1900 the place was incorporated as the Village. The first president of the village was Floyd Johnson, and at the time of incorporation the place had 969 residents.
Demographics
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 509 | - | |
| 1900 | 739 | - | |
| 1910 | 1200 | 62.4% | |
| 1920 | 2005 | 67.1% | |
| 1930 | 4340 | 116.5% | |
| 1940 | 5610 | 29.3% | |
| 1950 | 7970 | 42.1% | |
| 1960 | 10,721 | 34.5% | |
| 1970 | 11,795 | 10% | |
| 1980 | 10,917 | -7.4% | |
| 1990 | 10.152 | -7% | |
| 2000 | 10,414 | 2.6% | |
| 2010 | 9818 | -5.7% | |
| 2015 estimate | 9894 | 0.8% | |
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US Decennial Census
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At the time of the United States Census 2000, East Rockaway was inhabited by 10,414 people. The population density was 3942.0 people per km ². There were 4003 housing units at an average of 1515.3 per km². The East Rockaway population was 95.64% White , 0.61% Black or African American , 0.03% Native American , 1.71% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 1.09% said others Belonging to races and 0.91% named two or more races. 5.79% of the population declared to be Hispanic or Latinos of any race.
The residents of East Rockaway were distributed to 3926 households out of which 32.6% were living in children under 18 years of age. 59.4% of households were married, 8.8% had a female head of household without a husband, and 29.0% were not families. 25.9% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 11.2% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.20.
The population was divided into 23.7% minors, 6.1% 18–24 year olds, 30.6% 25–44 year olds, 24.1% 45–64 year olds and 15.4% aged 65 years or more. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 women there were 90.3 men. For every 100 women over 18, there were 87.4 men.
The median household income in East Rockaway was 59,911 US dollars and the median family income reached the amount of 78,363 US dollars. The median income for men was $ 50,365 compared with $ 36,387 for women. The per capita income was $ 30,601. 3.5% of the population and 2.4% of families had an income below the poverty line , including 3.6% of minors and 6.0% of those aged 65 and over.
education
There are two elementary schools in the East Rockaway School District for grades 1-6 and one junior / senior high school for grades 7-12, with approximately 100 students in each grade.
Known residents
- Gary Giddins (born 1948), writer
- Reid Gorecki (* 1980), baseball player
- Brian Keith (1921-1997), actor
- Don Murray (born 1929), actor
Municipal services
The village is under the jurisdiction of the fourth district of the Nassau County Police Department. Fire and emergency medical services are provided by the volunteer East Rockaway Fire Department.
Parks
- John Street Complex - recreation area with a baseball facility, two basketball courts, and a food stand.
- Bay Park - A large park in the district of the same name in the south of the village with several baseball and softball fields, a field for soccer and football, a picnic area and the like.
traffic
East Rockaway has two stations on Long Island Rail Road , both on the Long Beach Branch. The Station East Rockaway between Ocean Avenue and Atlantic Avenue and the station Center Avenue to the northwest of it. Until 1951 there was a third station on Atlantic Avenue.
There are two gas stations in East Rockaway.
supporting documents
- ^ Race, Hispanic or Latino, Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), East Rockaway village, New York . US Census Bureau, American FactFinder 2. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
- ↑ Haviland - Davison Grist Mill on npgallery.nps.gov.
- ↑ Patricia C. Sympson: East Rockaway . Arcadia Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7385-6540-8 , pp. 28 ( books.google.de ).
- ^ Long Island History: East Rockaway ( March 11, 2007 memento on the Internet Archive ) on Newsday.com, 2006.
- ↑ James Jenkins: EAST ROCKAWAY & LOCAL HISTORY ( Memento from December 6, 2000 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015 ( English ) Retrieved September 27, 2016.
- ^ Census of Population and Housing ( English ) Census.gov. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
- ^ East Rockaway School District on LongIslandSchools.com
- ^ Village of East Rockaway - Recreation . Archived from the original on March 3, 2012. Retrieved March 11, 2009.
- ↑ Yahoo! Maps, Driving Directions, and Traffic . Retrieved March 11, 2009.
