Oyster Bay, New York
The Town of Oyster Bay is the easternmost of the three towns that make up Nassau County, New York, United States. Part of the New York metropolitan area, it is the only town in Nassau County to extend from the North Shore to the South Shore of Long Island. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 301,332, making it the 5th most populous city or town in the state.
This article is about the town. For the unincorporated hamlet within the town, see Oyster Bay (hamlet), New York. For other uses, see Oyster Bay, New York (disambiguation).
Oyster Bay, New York
1653
1687
169.40 sq mi (438.73 km2)
103.74 sq mi (268.69 km2)
65.65 sq mi (170.04 km2) 38.75%
180 ft (55 m)
301,332
1,800/sq mi (690/km2)
36-56000
0979336
There are 18 villages and 18 hamlets within the town of Oyster Bay. The U.S. Postal Service has organized these 36 places into 30 five-digit ZIP Codes, served by 20 post offices.[2] Each post office shares the name of one of the hamlets or villages, but their boundaries are usually not coterminous.
Oyster Bay is also the name of a hamlet on the North Shore, within the town of Oyster Bay. Near this hamlet, in the village of Cove Neck, is Sagamore Hill, the former residence and summer White House of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and now a museum. At least six of the 36 villages and hamlets of the town have shores on Oyster Bay Harbor, an inlet of Long Island Sound, and many of these at one time or another have also been referred to as being part of the hamlet of Oyster Bay.[3]
Economy[edit]
Aer Lingus operates its United States office in Oyster Bay, centered on the hamlet of Jericho.[14][15][16] Cablevision Systems, a major cable company in the tri-state area has its corporate headquarters in Bethpage, New York,[17] as well as a satellite office in Jericho, New York that contains its medium to large business solutions division, Lightpath.[18] Acclaim Entertainment was originally located in the hamlet of Oyster Bay.[19] It originally occupied a one-room office in Oyster Bay. At a later time it occupied a brick structure with two stories.[20] In 1994 Acclaim bought a headquarters building in Glen Cove.[21]
Education[edit]
Both the State University of New York at Old Westbury and New York Institute of Technology or NYIT (and its affiliated New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine) are located in Old Westbury. LIU Post, the largest campus of the private Long Island University system, is located in Brookville.
Transportation[edit]
Rail lines[edit]
The Long Island Rail Road's Oyster Bay Branch serves the town's vicinity from Glen Head to Oyster Bay. The Main Line runs through the center of the town from with stations in Hicksville, and Bethpage. The Port Jefferson Branch begins at Hicksville, and goes through Hicksville and Syosset. Rail freight service also exists along the Central Branch which begins in Bethpage. Further south in the town, the Babylon Branch runs from Seaford to the Suffolk County Line with stations in Massapequa and Massapequa Park.
Bus service[edit]
The Town of Oyster Bay is served primarily by Nassau Inter-County Express bus routes, though some routes from Suffolk County Transit also enter the town from the county line.