West Hempstead

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.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Hempstead Gardens station and African American Museum.

Hempstead Gardens station

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

African American Museum

Museum

The "Joysetta and Julius Pearse African American Museum of Nassau County" was renamed on 18 May 2021 for its long-time Directors. African American Museum also known as the African American Museum of Nassau County, which opened in 1970, is dedicated to showcasing local and national African American artists. African American Museum is situated 1 mile northeast of West Hempstead.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Hempstead and Hempstead.

West Hempstead

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.

Hempstead

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Hempstead Village is the downtown area of Hempstead, in Nassau County, New York. It is an urban-scale downtown area, home to the town’s offices and its largest commercial and employment area.

Garden City South

Village

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Garden City South is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Hempstead, in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 4,119 at the time of the 2020 census.

West Hempstead

Type: Railway station
Address: 100 Hempstead Avenue, West Hempstead, NY 11552
Categories: building and transport
Location: Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.7027° or 40° 42′ 10″ north

Longitude

-73.64115° or 73° 38′ 28″ west

Operator

Long Island Rail Road

Open location code

87G8P935+3G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 328661276

OpenStreetMap feature

building=train_station

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Highlights: Calvary Heritage Church and Haitian Radio Alliance Church.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: West Hempstead and LIRR West Hempstead Parking Lot.

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