Port Washington (New York)
| Port Washington | |||
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 St. Peter of Alcantara |
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| Location in New York | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | new York | ||
| County : | Nassau County | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 50 ′ N , 73 ° 41 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 15,846 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 1,467.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 14.5 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) of which 10.8 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 48 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 11050-11055 | ||
| Area code : | +1 516 | ||
| FIPS : | 36-59520 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 2389700 | ||
| Website : | www.portwashington.com | ||
Port Washington is a Hamlet and Census-designated place (CDP) in Nassau County on Long Island in the US state of New York .
history
The CDP, which is in the area of influence of the town of North Hempstead in the north of Long Island, includes the villages of Sands Point, Port Washington North, Manorhaven and Baxter Estates. Sands Point is home to the Gould Guggenheim Estate . Port Washington was a base station for the Yankee Clipper , a flying boat used to transport passengers , in the 1930s .
economy
Port Washington is the seat of the computer hardware manufacturer Systemax and the market research institute NPD Group .
Personalities
- Daniel Guggenheim (1856–1930), industrialist
- Jimmy McPartland (1907-1991), jazz musician
- Bob Carroll (1918-1994), swing singer
- Richard W. Sonnenfeldt (1923–2009), engineer, US chief interpreter at the Nuremberg Trials
- KC Cole (born 1946), science journalist
- Marcel Freeman (* 1960), tennis player
- Jeanine Tesori (* 1961), composer and arranger
- Anthony Scaramucci (* 1964), hedge fund manager, author and brief communications director for President Trump
Web links
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