Wantagh Museum
Wantagh Museum is a museum in Hempstead, Nassau County, New York which is located on Wantagh Avenue. Wantagh Museum is situated nearby to the park Wantagh Railroad Complex, as well as near Samuel and Elbert Jackson House.- Opening hours: April 15th—November 15th Sunday noon—2:00 PM
- Email: wantaghmuseum@gmail.com
- Type: Museum
- Also known as: “Wantagh Railroad Station” and “Wantagh Railroad Station Museum”
- Address: 1700 Wantagh Avenue, Wantagh, NY 11793
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wantagh Railroad Complex and Wantagh station.
Wantagh Railroad Complex
Park
Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wantagh Railroad Complex, is a collection of old buildings in Wantagh, New York. It consists of the 1885-built Wantagh Railroad Station before it was moved from its original location in 1966, when the Babylon Branch was being elevated throughout the mid-20th century.
Wantagh station
Railway station
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Wantagh is a station on the Babylon Branch of the Long Island Rail Road. It is located on Wantagh Avenue and Railroad Avenue near NY 27 in Wantagh, New York. It is used as a terminal and origin for some Babylon branch trains during the rush hours. Wantagh station is situated 2,800 feet south of Wantagh Museum.
Samuel and Elbert Jackson House
House
Samuel and Elbert Jackson House is a historic home located at Wantagh in Nassau County, New York. It is an essentially L-shaped dwelling. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure with rear and side wings, one of which dates to the 18th century. Samuel and Elbert Jackson House is situated 1,400 feet north of Wantagh Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wantagh and North Wantagh.
Wantagh
Town
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Hempstead is the most populous town in America, with a whopping 700,000 residents, located on the South Shore of Nassau County, New York. The town is highly urbanized and fragmented, containing 22 semi-autonomous villages within its boundaries, and forty other neighborhoods. Garden City, encompassing the "Nassau Hub" region, has its own article.
North Wantagh
Town
North Wantagh is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 11,931 at the time of the 2020 census.
North Bellmore
Town
North Bellmore is a census-designated place in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 19,941 at the time of the 2010 census.
Wantagh Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, public building, historic site, historic building, and tourist attraction
- Location: Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.68047° or 40° 40′ 50″ northLongitude
-73.5103° or 73° 30′ 37″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
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way 568781941OpenStreetMap feature
building=publicOpenStreetMap feature
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tourism=museumGeoNames ID
6345882
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