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 (Nueva York)”, “West Hempstead, New York”, and “West Hempstead, NY”
  • Postal code: 11552

Places of Interest

Highlights: West Hempstead station and Hempstead Gardens station.

Railway station
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West Hempstead is the terminal station at the eastern…

Railway station
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Hempstead Gardens is a station along the West Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Rail Road.

Museum
The "Joysetta and Julius Pearse African American…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Garden City South and Franklin Square.

Village
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is a hamlet and census-designated…

Town
is a hamlet and census-designated…

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Village is the downtown area of , in .

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)
UN/LOCODE
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”
  • Polish: “West Hempstead”
  • Russian: “Вест Хемпстед”
  • Serbian: “Вест Хемпстед”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “West Hempstead, New York”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “West Hempstead”
  • Slovenian: “West Hempstead”
  • South Azerbaijani: “همپستد غربی، نیویورک”
  • 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”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹ ہیمپسٹڈ، نیو یارک”
  • Volapük: “West Hempstead”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Hempstead Gardens and Garden City.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: West Hempstead Fire Department and Iglesia.

Hempstead: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Rockville Centre and Merrick.

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