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Hempstead

West Hempstead station

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 – one of three stations located within the community.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: Long Island Rail Road station
  • Also known as: “West Hempstead” and “West Hempstead Station”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hempstead Gardens station and African American Museum.

Railway station
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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 – and is one of three stations located within the community. is situated 3,100 feet southwest of West Hempstead station.

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. is situated 1 mile northeast of West Hempstead station.

School
is an all-girls preparatory school located on Cathedral Avenue, in , , United States. It is private and Catholic. is situated 2,600 feet northeast of West Hempstead station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Hempstead and Hempstead.

Town
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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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.

Village
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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.

West Hempstead station

Latitude
40.70262° or 40° 42′ 9″ north
Longitude
-73.64122° or 73° 38′ 28″ west
Elevation
66 feet (20 metres)
Operator
Long Island Rail Road
Network
Long Island Rail Road
Open location code
87G8P935+2G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7092416445
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6352503
Wiki­data ID
Q7985341
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From French to Japanese—“West Hempstead station” goes by many names.
  • French: “gare de West Hempstead”
  • French: “West Hempstead”
  • Italian: “stazione di West Hempstead”
  • Italian: “Stazione di West Hempstead”
  • Japanese: “ウェスト・ヘンプステッド駅”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Hempstead Gardens and Garden City.

Nearby Places

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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 Wikipedia page “West Hempstead station”. Photo: DanTD, CC BY-SA 3.0.