Where Is Farmingdale New York

March 6, 2024

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“Who named the twenty-three squire miles of land in the south eastern part of the Bethpage Purchase, Hardscrabble, no one knows. That Ambrose George changed that name to Farmingdale is a fact.

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Ambrose George, a real estate man from Buffalo, came to Hempstead about 1835. Traveling about Long Island, he discovered and liked the fertile land upon which our village now stands; but he did not like its name. He acquired several acres in 1838, and gave this area the name of Farmingdale. Why? Because farming was carried on extensively on the dale [valley] south of West Hills.”

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– Excerpt from the chapter “From Hardscrabble to Farmingdale,” Farmingdale’s Story – Farms to Flight, by the Farmingdale Junior Historical Society (1956).

What is Farmingdale? Farmingdale is a village, a school district, a library district, a post office, a fire district … all of which are headquartered in Nassau County.

What is East Farmingdale? East Farmingdale is a hamlet in the Town of Babylon, Suffolk County, and is a fire district. The hamlet of East Farmingdale shares its name, school district, library and post office with the village of Farmingdale. The name “East” was convenient to identify the area east of Farmingdale. Use of the name East Farmingdale distinguishes that the community is part of the Town of Babylon, Suffolk County. (For the record, South Farmingdale is a hamlet in the Town of Oyster Bay.)

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What is the difference? There is not much difference to many people. The differences that do exist are related to services (e.g. Where do my children go to school?; Who maintains the roads?). Not just in East Farmingdale, but across Long Island, overlapping districts can cause confusion.

The hamlet of East Farmingdale has two school districts. North of the railroad is the Half Hollow Hills School District, and south of the railroad is the Farmingdale School District.

The hamlet of East Farmingdale uses the 11735 base zip-code, which is also used by the Village of Farmingdale. Because mail delivery depends on zip-codes instead of community name, it really doesn’t matter whether letters are addressed to “Farmingdale, NY 11735” or “East Farmingdale, NY 11735.”

The hamlet of East Farmingdale is part of the East Farmingdale Fire District (the fire district is actually a bit larger than the hamlet). When a fire is reported or an ambulance is needed, it is important for a 911 operator to know the address or location where the help is needed. The caller doesn’t need to know whether they are in the Farmingdale Fire District or the East Farmingdale Fire District, the caller just needs to give the address or nearest street, and then the operator can dispatch the services.

Being within the Town of Babylon, the hamlet of East Farmingdale is served by the Town of Babylon Highway Department. Confusion can happen when people think that they need to call the Village of Farmingdale for a road repair, and are then told that they need to call the Town of Babylon, and vice-versa. Don’t worry, it happens a lot, in every municipality.

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The hamlet of East Farmingdale has experienced many changes to its borders. Up until 1899, East Farmingdale bordered Queens County, before the eastern part of the old Queens County became Nassau County. Up until 1872, there wasn’t a defined boundary for what is now East Farmingdale, but the creation of a line between the Towns of Huntington and Babylon established the boundary, one mile north of the railroad line.

In the late 1800s, the area between Route 110 and Little East Neck Road was often referred to as Pinelawn. The railroad station and cemeteries bear the name Pinelawn, but that name is not used for the hamlet. Although the railroad line ran through East Farmingdale starting in 1842, the depot was not established until the spring of 1897, and it was named Melville. The name was short-lived and the name Pinelawn was adopted by the end of 1897.

News of a forthcoming railroad station, Melville Station. (Long Islander, March 20, 1897)

Announcement that the Melville station would be renamed Pinelawn. (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

Postcard images of the old Pinelawn railroad station, circa 1910.

Up through the 1800s, the area that is now East Farmingdale was largely open space with good-sized farms and relatively few residents. Starting in the 1920s, some East Farmingdale farms and open spaces became manufacturing facilities and some residential developments were started. However, in the decades after World War II, the rapid population increase and expansion of industry and community facilities – schools, stores, and businesses – created the individual East Farmingdale community identity.

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The Farmingdale Post Office was established in 1845. Not just in the Town of Babylon, but across Long Island, the assignment of zip codes can cause confusion about “where” things are located.

In 1963, the U.S. Postal Service introduced the basic 5-digit zip code, across the country. The Farmingdale Post Office was assigned 11735. The zip code assigned to addresses is based on the post office assigned to deliver the mail, but can be confused with all of the other facilities associated with an address. Here are examples of East Farmingdale addresses within the 11735 zip-code.

AddressPost Office School/LibraryFire Department Village or Town

13 Daffodil Drive

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Half Hollow Hills

East Farmingdale

Hamlet of East Farmingdale, Town of Babylon

7 Hallock Street

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