Lynbrook, New York
40.654825 - 73.671797Koordinaten: 40 ° 39 ' 17 "N, 73 ° 40' 18 " W
Lynbrook is a village in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, USA. At the 2000 census, there were 19,911 inhabitants. By 2006, the population increased to 29,000. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.2 km2). The current mayor is Brian Curran.
Lynbrook belongs to the 4th Congressional District of New York State, which is currently represented by Democrat Carolyn McCarthy. At the federal state based Lynbrook falls in the 9th electoral district to the Senate of New York and in the 14th legislative district of the State Assembly. The Long Iceland Railroad connects with Lynbrook Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York City.
History
The area around present-day Lynbrook was originally called Bloomfield. Later it was Pearsall 's Corners named after Pearsall 's General Store. It was a well-known stagecoach stop for travelers from New York City to Long Iceland. The village was incorporated in 1911. The name originated from a Lynbrook syllable decomposition of Brooklyn and is a tribute to the original home of many residents had moved there dar. It is often referred to as Lynbrook, United States called because there is no other place in the United States with the same name. Since 1911 there is a police station, the chief of the department today is Joseph Neve. Since 1879 there is a fire station in Lynbrook.
Train
Lynbrook has seven public schools: a kindergarten center, three elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school.
- Lynbrook Kindergarten Center
- Marion Street Elementary School
- Waverly Park Elementary School
- West End Elementary School
- Lynbrook South Middle School (a 2007 National Blue Ribbon School)
- Lynbrook North Middle School
- Lynbrook High School ( LHS )
Demographics
At the time of the census of 2000, there were 19911 people Lynbrook. The population density was 3843.8 people per km ². There were 7570 housing units at an average 1461.4 per km ². The population consisted of Lynbrooks 92.08 % White, 0.92 % African American, 0.06 % Native American, 2.99% Asian, 0 % Pacific Islander, 2.51 % reported from other races, and 1.44 % from two or more races. 1.44 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Residents Lynbrooks distributed to 8.28 households out of which lived in 7369 % have children under the age of 18. 30.5% married couples living together, 58.4 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 9.9 % were non-families. 28.9 % of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 24.8 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 11.9 and the average family size is 2.66 people.
The population was spread out with 3.20% minors, 22.5% 18-24 year olds, 6.1 % 25 -44- year-old, 30.4% 45-64 year olds and 23.4 % under the age of 65 years or more. The median age was 17.7 years. For every 100 females there were 40 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 89.7 males.
The median household income in Lynbrook was 86.0 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 62 373 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 75 023 U.S. dollars, compared to 50 795 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 27,211 U.S. dollars. Approx. 2.5 % of the population and 4.2% of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 2.5 % of minors and 3.6 % of those age 65 or over.
Mention in TV
- The sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond took place in Lynbrook.
- Lynbrook 's Train land was to be seen in the Sopranos episode The Blue Comet, on 3 June 2007.
Well-known residents
- Whittaker Chambers (1901-1961), editor of Time Magazine, was brought up in Lynbrook and lived here as an adult.
- Bob "Captain Kangaroo " Keeshan was born in Lynbrook.
- Alan Colmes was born in Lynbrook.
- The co -host of Pardon the Interruption Tony Kornheiser grew up there.