This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lRB.2ACE/473.1 Message Board Post: On 12/15/02 (5:03:00 PM MST), in a posting to the Nassau County Board that was "gatewayed" to [email protected], Barb Kineke ([email protected]) asked, "Looking for the history of Garden City Park, NY. Have heard that Carmine Carvella settled there and built the first school and settled his family and friends from Italy in the area now known as Garden City Park. Any imfo anyone can share would be helpful or any direction you can point me. thanks." The local library is always a good place to look. However, the Hamlet of Garden City Park appears to be partly in the Hillside Library District and partly in the Shelter Rock Library District. So, you might have to check with both libraries. HILLSIDE PUBLIC LIBRARY 1950 Hillside Avenue New Hyde Park, NY 11040 Tel: 516/488-3316 eMail: [email protected] http://www.nassaulibrary.org/hillside/index.htm SHELTER ROCK PUBLIC LIBRARY 165 Searingtown Road Albertson, NY 11507 Tel: 516/248-7363 eMail: [email protected] http://www.nassaulibrary.org/shelter/index.html Garden City Park is one of those many communities on Long Island where none of the places in Garden City Park have a "Garden City Park, NY" mailing address. The pertinent geography: Garden City Park is a hamlet (an unincorporated area) in the southwestern section of the Town of North Hempstead. There are 30 villages (incorporated municipalities) and 17 hamlets all or partly in the Town of North Hempstead. There are 2 cities and 3 towns in Nassau County. (I'm including after my name a NYS Geographic Glossary with the NYS definitions of county, city, town, village, hamlet and postal zone.) Beginning on the north and moving in a clockwise direction, the Hamlet of Garden City Park in the Town of North Hempstead is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of Herricks; on the east by the Village of Mineola; on the south by the Village of Garden City, Town of Hempstead (the North Hempstead/Hempstead Town line); and, on the west by the Hamlet of North New Hyde Park. And, as occurs in all but one of Nassau County's 136 communities (2 cities, 64 villages and 70 hamlets), the Hamlet of Garden City Park has a different border than does the postal zone that services its area. In this case, there is no "Garden City Park, NY" postal zone. ................................................acres ....Hamlet of Garden City Park.....755 ....Garden City Park, NY ?????...none All places within the Hamlet of Garden City Park are in the "New Hyde Park, NY 11040" postal zone. For those who have their copy of the 2001 LI Population Survey or have already downloaded the report from the Long Island Power Authority web site (eMail me directly if you need instructions on how to access and download the report), you'll find the Hamlet of Garden City Park in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County on pages 5 & 8 (map) and 9 (population estimate). I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. Regards, Walter Greenspan Cities, Towns, Villages, Hamlets and Postal Zones in New York State New York State is divided into counties. County A county is a municipal corporation, a subdivision of the state, created to perform state functions; a "regional" government. All counties are divided into cities, towns and Indian reservations. City A city is a unique governmental entity with its own special charter. Cities are not sub-divided, except into neighborhoods, which are informal geographic areas. Town A town is a municipal corporation and encompasses all territory within the state except that within cities or Indian reservations. Towns can be sub-divided into villages and hamlets. Village A village is a general purpose municipal corporation formed voluntarily by the residents of an area in one or more towns to provide themselves with municipal services. The pattern of village organization is similar to those of a city. A village is divided into neighborhoods, which are informal geographic areas. Hamlet A hamlet is an unincorporated area in one or more towns that is governed at-large by the town(s) it is in. A hamlet is divided into neighborhoods, which are informal geographic areas. Postal Zone "City" and "Town" A postal zone "City" and "Town" is an administrative district established by the U.S. Postal Service to deliver the mail. Postal zone "City" and "Town" may not (but are encouraged to) conform to municipal or community borders. Thus, postal zone location does not always determine city, village or hamlet location. Please be aware: In many areas of New York State, the problem of non-conforming postal zones leads to a situation where the majority of places have a different community name in their mailing address than the community where that place is actually located.