New York
Nassau County
Hempstead

West Hempstead

Hempstead is the most populous town in America, with a whopping 700,000 residents, located on the South Shore of , . The town is highly urbanized and fragmented, containing 22 semi-autonomous villages within its boundaries, and forty other neighborhoods. , encompassing the "Nassau Hub" region, has its own article.
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  • Type: Town with 19,800 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Nassau County, New York, United States, suburb of NYC
  • Also known as: “West Hempstead, New York” and “West Hempstead, NY”
  • Postal code: 11552

Places of Interest

Highlights include West Hempstead station and Hempstead Gardens station.

Railway station
Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
West Hempstead is the terminal station at the eastern end of the Long Island Rail Road's West Hempstead Branch. It is located at Hempstead Avenue and Hempstead Gardens Drive in West Hempstead, New York – one of three stations located within the community.

Railway station
Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hempstead Gardens is a station along the West Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Hempstead Gardens Drive and Chestnut Street in West Hempstead, New York – and is one of three stations located within the community.

Museum
The "Joysetta and Julius Pearse of Nassau County" was renamed on 18 May 2021 for its long-time Directors. also known as the of Nassau County, which opened in 1970, is dedicated to showcasing local and national African American artists.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Garden City South and Franklin Square.

Village
Photo: AITFFan1, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hamlet and census-designated place in the , in , on , in , United States. The population was 4,119 at the time of the 2020 census.

Town
is a hamlet and census-designated place within the Town of Hempstead in , on , in , United States. The population was 30,903 at the time of the 2020 census.

Photo: Sullynyflhi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Village is the downtown area of , in . It is an urban-scale downtown area, home to the town’s offices and its largest commercial and employment area.

West Hempstead

Latitude
40.70482° or 40° 42′ 17″ north
Longitude
-73.65013° or 73° 39′ 1″ west
Population
19,800
Elevation
66 feet (20 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US WH4
Open location code
87G8P83X+WW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158810485
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5143832
Wiki­data ID
Q2879489
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“West Hempstead” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ويست هيمستيد”
  • Armenian: “Ուեսթ Հեմփսթեդ”
  • Basque: “West Hempstead”
  • Bulgarian: “Уест Хемпстед”
  • Catalan: “West Hempstead”
  • Cebuano: “West Hempstead”
  • Chinese: “西亨普斯特德 (紐約州)”
  • Chinese: “西亨普斯特德”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ويست هيمستيد”
  • French: “West Hempstead”
  • German: “West Hempstead”
  • Gilaki: “وست همپستد (نيۊیؤرک)”
  • Gilaki: “وست همپستد”
  • Hebrew: “ווסט המפסטד”
  • Irish: “West Hempstead”
  • Italian: “West Hempstead”
  • Japanese: “ウェスト・ヘンプステッド”
  • Ladin: “West Hempstead”
  • Malagasy: “West Hempstead, New York”
  • Malagasy: “West Hempstead”
  • Persian: “همپستد غربی، نیویورک”
  • Persian: “همپستد غربی”
  • Polish: “West Hempstead”
  • Serbian: “Вест Хемпстед”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “West Hempstead, New York”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “West Hempstead”
  • Slovenian: “West Hempstead”
  • South Azerbaijani: “همپستد غربی، نیویورک”
  • Spanish: “West Hempstead (Nueva York)”
  • Spanish: “West Hempstead”
  • Swahili: “West Hempstead, New York”
  • Swahili: “West Hempstead”
  • Swedish: “West Hempstead”
  • Tatar: “Вест-Гемпстед”
  • Turkish: “West Hempstead”
  • Ukrainian: “Вест Хемпстед”
  • Ukrainian: “Вест-Гемпстед”
  • Volapük: “West Hempstead”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hempstead Gardens and Garden City.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include West Hempstead Fire Department and Iglesia.

Hempstead: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Rockville Centre, Merrick, and Hempstead.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “West Hempstead”. Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.