This is a list of cities, towns, villages, and hamlets on Long Island.
Introduction
In New York State, each county is divided into cities and towns. Every point in New York is inside either a city or a town. Additionally, towns may optionally contain villages, which are smaller incorporated municipalities within the town. Villages may overlap multiple towns. Well-known unincorporated places within towns are referred to as hamlets.
A town or city is the major subdivision of each county. Towns provide or arrange for most municipal services for residents of hamlets and selected services for residents of villages. All residents of New York who do not live in a city or on an Indian reservation live in a town.
A village is an incorporated area which is usually, but not always, within a single town. A village is a clearly defined municipality that provides the services closest to the residents, such as garbage collection, street and highway maintenance, street lighting and building codes. Some villages provide their own police and other optional services. A hamlet is a populated area within a town that is not part of a village. The term "hamlet" is not defined under New York law (unlike cities, towns and villages), but is often used in the state's statutes to refer to well-known populated sections of towns that are not incorporated as villages.
Brooklyn and Queens
Brooklyn and Queens are part of the City of New York.
Nassau County
City of Glen Cove
City of Long Beach
Town of Hempstead
The Town of Hempstead contains 22 villages and 37 hamlets:
Villages: Atlantic Beach, Bellerose, Cedarhurst, East Rockaway, Freeport, Garden City, Hempstead, Hewlett Bay Park, Hewlett Harbor, Hewlett Neck, Island Park, Lawrence, Lynbrook, Malverne, Rockville Centre, South Floral Park, Stewart Manor, Valley Stream, Woodsburgh
Villages located partly in the Town of North Hempstead: Floral Park, Garden City (almost all in Hempstead), Mineola (almost all in North Hempstead), New Hyde Park
Hamlets: Baldwin, Baldwin Harbor, Barnum Island, Bay Park, Bellerose Terrace, Bellmore, East Atlantic Beach, East Garden City, East Meadow, Elmont, Franklin Square, Garden City South, Harbor Isle, Hewlett, Inwood, Lakeview, Levittown, Lido Beach, Malverne Park Oaks, Merrick, North Bellmore, North Lynbrook, North Merrick, North Valley Stream, North Wantagh, North Woodmere, Oceanside, Point Lookout, Roosevelt, Salisbury, Seaford, South Hempstead, South Valley Stream, Uniondale, Wantagh, West Hempstead, Woodmere
Town of North Hempstead
The Town of North Hempstead contains 30 villages and 17 hamlets:.
Villages: Baxter Estates, East Williston, Flower Hill, Great Neck, Great Neck Estates, Great Neck Plaza, Kensington, Kings Point, Lake Success, Manorhaven, Mineola, Munsey Park, North Hills, Plandome, Plandome Heights, Plandome Manor, Port Washington North, Roslyn, Roslyn Estates, Russell Gardens, Saddle Rock, Sands Point, Thomaston, Westbury, Williston Park
Villages located partly in the Town of Oyster Bay: East Hills, Old Westbury, Roslyn Harbor
Villages located partly in the Town of Hempstead: Floral Park, Garden City (almost all in Hempstead), Mineola (almost all in North Hempstead), New Hyde Park
Hamlets: Albertson, Carle Place, Garden City Park, Glenwood Landing, Great Neck Gardens, Greenvale, Harbor Hills, Herricks, Manhasset, Manhasset Hills, New Cassel, North New Hyde Park, Port Washington, Roslyn Heights, Saddle Rock Estates, Searingtown, University Gardens
Town of Oyster Bay
The Town of Oyster Bay contains 18 villages and 18 hamlets:
Villages: Bayville, Brookville, Centre Island, Cove Neck, Farmingdale, Lattingtown, Laurel Hollow, Massapequa Park, Matinecock, Mill Neck, Muttontown, Old Brookville, Oyster Bay Cove, Sea Cliff, Upper Brookville Villages located partly in the Town of North Hempstead: East Hills, Old Westbury, Roslyn Harbor
Hamlets: Bethpage, East Massapequa, East Norwich, Glen Head, Glenwood Landing (part), Greenvale (part), Hicksville, Jericho, Locust Valley, Massapequa, North Massapequa, Old Bethpage, Oyster Bay, Plainedge, Plainview, South Farmingdale, Syosset, Woodbury
The U.S. Postal Service has organized these 36 places into 20 different post offices with a total of 30 different 5-digit ZIP codes. Some post offices have the same name as a hamlet or village, but the boundaries are seldom the same.
Suffolk County
Town of Babylon
Villages: Amityville, Babylon, Lindenhurst Hamlets: Copiague, Deer Park, East Farmingdale, Gilgo, North Amityville, North Babylon, North Lindenhurst, Oak Beach, Captree, West Babylon, Wheatley Heights, Wyandanch Other communities: Copiague Harbor
Town of Huntington
Villages: Asharoken, Huntington Bay, Lloyd Harbor, Northport Hamlets: Centerport, Cold Spring Harbor, Dix Hills, East Northport, Eatons Neck, Elwood, Greenlawn, Halesite, Huntington, Huntington Station, Melville, South Huntington, Vernon Valley, West Hills, Wincoma Hamlets located partly in the Town of Smithtown: Commack, Fort Salonga
Town of Islip
Villages: Brightwaters, Islandia, Ocean Beach, Saltaire Hamlets: Bay Shore, Bayport, Baywood, Bohemia, Brentwood, Central Islip, East Islip, Great River, Islip, Islip Terrace, North Bay Shore, North Great River, Oakdale, Ronkonkoma, Sayville, West Bay Shore, West Islip, West Sayville Hamlets located partly in the Town of Brookhaven: Holbrook, Holtsville Hamlet located partly in the Town of Smithtown: Hauppauge
Town of Smithtown
Villages: Head of the Harbor, Nissequogue, Village of the Branch Hamlets: Kings Park, Nesconset, Smithtown, St. James Hamlet located partly in the Town of Brookhaven: Lake Ronkonkoma Hamlets located partly in the Town of Huntington: Commack, Fort Salonga Hamlet located partly in the Town of Islip: Hauppauge
Town of Brookhaven
Villages: Belle Terre, Bellport, Lake Grove, Old Field, Patchogue, Poquott, Port Jefferson, Shoreham Hamlets: Blue Point, Brookhaven, Center Moriches, Centereach, Cherry Grove, Coram, Davis Park, East Moriches, East Patchogue, East Setauket, East Shoreham, Farmingville, Fire Island Pines, Gordon Heights, Manorville, Mastic, Mastic Beach, Medford, Middle Island, Miller Place, Moriches, Mount Sinai, North Bellport, North Patchogue, Ocean Bay Park, Point of Woods, Port Jefferson Station, Ridge, Rocky Point, Selden, Setauket, Shirley, Sound Beach, Stony Brook, Strongs Neck, Terryville, Upton, Water Island, Yaphank Hamlets located partly in the Town of Islip: Holbrook, Holtsville, Ronkonkoma Hamlet located partly in the Town of Riverhead: Calverton Hamlet located partly in the Town of Smithtown: Lake Ronkonkoma Hamlet located partly in the Town of Southampton: Eastport
Town of Southampton
Villages: North Haven, Quogue, Sagaponack, Southampton, Westhampton Beach, West Hampton Dunes Village located partly in the Town of East Hampton: Sag Harbor Hamlets: Bridgehampton, East Quogue, Flanders, Hampton Bays, Northampton, North Sea, Noyack (Noyac), Quiogue, Remsenburg, Riverside, Shinnecock Hills, Speonk, Tuckahoe, Water Mill (Watermill), Westhampton Hamlet located partly in the Town of Brookhaven: Eastport
Town of Riverhead
Villages: none Hamlets: Aquebogue, Baiting Hollow, Jamesport, Northville, Riverhead, Wading River Hamlet located partly in the Town of Brookhaven: Calverton
Town of East Hampton
Villages: East Hampton Village located partly in the Town of Southampton: Sag Harbor Hamlets: Amagansett, East Hampton North, Montauk, Napeague, Northwest Harbor, Springs, Wainscott
Town of Shelter Island
Village: Dering Harbor Hamlets: Shelter Island, Shelter Island Heights
Town of Southold
Village: Greenport Hamlets: Cutchogue, East Marion, Fishers Island, Greenport West, Laurel, Mattituck, Orient, New Suffolk, Peconic, Southold
Fire Island
Fire Island is not a separate town, but its villages are listed here due to its geographical isolation.
Villages in the Town of Islip: Ocean Beach, Saltaire Hamlets in the Town of Brookhaven: Cherry Grove (a.k.a. Fire Island), Fire Island Pines. Other communities: Atlantique, Bayberry Dunes, Corneille Estates, Davis Park, Dunewood, Fair Harbor, Kismet, Lonelyville, Long Cove, Ocean Bay Park, Point o' Woods, Robbins Rest, Seaview, Watch Hill, Water Island, West Fire Island
See also Timeline of town creation in Downstate New York
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