Islip, New York
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Census-designated place
A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...
that lies within the much larger Town of Islip
Islip (town), New York
The Town of Islip is one of ten towns in Suffolk County, New York . Located on the south shore of Long Island, the town population was 322,612 at the 2000 census. The smaller, unincorporated hamlet of Islip lies within the town.-Demographics:...
in Suffolk County
Suffolk County, New York
Suffolk County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York on the eastern portion of Long Island. As of the 2010 census, the population was 1,493,350. It was named for the county of Suffolk in England, from which its earliest settlers came...
, New York
New York
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. Located on the south shore
South Shore (Long Island)
The South Shore of Long Island, in the U.S. state of New York, is the area along Long Island's Atlantic Ocean shoreline. Though some consider the South Shore to include parts of Queens, particularly the beach communities in the Rockaways such as Belle Harbor, the term is generally used to refer to...
of Long Island
Long Island
Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
, the CDP had a population of 20,575 at the time of the 2000 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census BureauUnited States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the CDP of Islip has a total area of 5.8 square miles (14.9 km²). 5.4 square miles (14.0 km²) is land and 0.4 square miles (0.9 km²) (6.25%) is water.
Islip is situated on Long Island's South Shore
South Shore (Long Island)
The South Shore of Long Island, in the U.S. state of New York, is the area along Long Island's Atlantic Ocean shoreline. Though some consider the South Shore to include parts of Queens, particularly the beach communities in the Rockaways such as Belle Harbor, the term is generally used to refer to...
, adjacent to Fire Island
Fire Island, New York
Fire Island is one of the outer barrier islands adjacent to the south shore of Long Island, New York. It is approximately long and varies between broad. Fire Island is part of Suffolk County. It comprises a number of hamlets, census-designated places , and villages, all of which lie within the...
.
The Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge
Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge
Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge is located in the hamlet of Islip, New York, on the south shore of Long Island and is managed as part of the Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The refuge consists of bordering the Great South Bay, separated from the Atlantic Ocean only by Fire Island...
is located at its southeastern corner.
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 2000, there were 20,575 people, 6,868 households and 5,302 families residing in Islip CDP. The population density
Population density
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was 3,808.8 per square mile (1,471.1/km²). There were 7,026 housing units, at an average density of 1,300.6/sq mi (502.4/km²). The racial makeup of Islip was 87.67% White, 10.67% Hispanic, 4.90% Black or African-American
Race (United States Census)
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, 0.10% Native American, 2.07% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 3.02% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 2.22% from two or more races.
There were 6,868 households out of which 38.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.4% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.8% were non-families. 18.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.97 and the average family size was 3.38.
The population was spread out with 27.4% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 32.6% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 94.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.0 males.
The median income for a household was $67,657, and the median income for a family was $74,361. Males had a median income of $51,424 versus $35,600 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
was $27,383. About 2.6% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.6% of those under age 18 and 7.8% of those age 65 or over.
History
William Nicoll, a son of New York City Mayor Matthias Nicoll, became a patentee of the east end of what is now the Town of Islip. He accumulated over 100 square miles, starting in the 1680's, and named his estate Islip, after the Nicoll's ancestral home in East Northamptonshire, England. His domain included what are now the hamlets of Islip, East Islip, Bayport, Sayville, West Sayville, Oakdale, Great River, Islip Terrace, Central Islip, Hauppauge, Holbrook, Bohemia, Brentwood, Holtsville and a portion of Ronkonkoma. This land was purchased from Winnequaheagh, SachemSachem
A sachem[p] or sagamore is a paramount chief among the Algonquians or other northeast American tribes. The two words are anglicizations of cognate terms from different Eastern Algonquian languages...
of Connetquot in 1683. The annual fee paid to Governor Thomas Dongan of New York was five bushels of good winter wheat or 25 shillings.
The name "Islip" was chosen by local residents for their local post office when it opened in 1802.
Islip was originally a farming community, gradually transforming into a posh enclave for aristocratic families in the 19th and 20th centuries. Many of the Colonial Revival
Colonial Revival architecture
The Colonial Revival was a nationalistic architectural style, garden design, and interior design movement in the United States which sought to revive elements of Georgian architecture, part of a broader Colonial Revival Movement in the arts. In the early 1890s Americans began to value their own...
, Greek Revival
Greek Revival architecture
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture...
, Romanesque
Romanesque architecture
Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterised by semi-circular arches. There is no consensus for the beginning date of the Romanesque architecture, with proposals ranging from the 6th to the 10th century. It developed in the 12th century into the Gothic style,...
, Federal
Federal architecture
Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federal Period. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design...
, Moorish
Moorish architecture
Moorish architecture is the western term used to describe the articulated Berber-Islamic architecture of North Africa and Al-Andalus.-Characteristic elements:...
and Victorian
Victorian architecture
The term Victorian architecture refers collectively to several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century. The period that it indicates may slightly overlap the actual reign, 20 June 1837 – 22 January 1901, of Queen Victoria. This represents the British and...
mansions that once lined the streets of Islip have been razed, though some remain; adjacent to many newer, large homes. Islip has a wealth of extant Queen Anne Revival
Queen Anne Style architecture (United States)
In America, the Queen Anne style of architecture, furniture and decorative arts was popular in the United States from 1880 to 1910. In American usage "Queen Anne" is loosely used of a wide range of picturesque buildings with "free Renaissance" details rather than of a specific formulaic style in...
homes. Located along the picturesque Great South Bay, Islip has a long history associated with fishing, clamming (the world-famous Doxsee Clam Company started in Islip), swimming and boating. Islip Hamlet has its own public bathing beach, under the jurisdiction of the township. Boating and yachting are as popular today as they were years ago, if not more so, with the development of the communities on the adjacent barrier beach of Fire Island.
The Islip Public Library has some historical photos of Islip located here: Historic Photos from the Collection of the Islip Public Library
Main Street
The hamlet of Islip is known widely for its quaint shopping district along Main StreetMain Street
Main Street is the metonym for a generic street name of the primary retail street of a village, town, or small city in many parts of the world...
(NY 27A
New York State Route 27A
New York State Route 27A is a state highway extending from Massapequa in Nassau County to Oakdale in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York in the United States...
). There are gift shops, hairdressers, boutiques, restaurants, pubs, natural food stores and many other types of establishments.
Annual events include: the weekly Farmer's Market, the Main Street Festival in the spring, Memorial Day Parade, a Sidewalk Sale, Trick or Treat on Main Street on Halloween, a Holiday House Tour, a Victorian High Tea, the Town Hall Christmas Tree Lighting and the Santa Comes to Town Parade.
Notable residents
- William H. Russell, businessman, co-founder Skull and BonesSkull and BonesSkull and Bones is an undergraduate senior or secret society at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. It is a traditional peer society to Scroll and Key and Wolf's Head, as the three senior class 'landed societies' at Yale....
- Henry O. HavemeyerHenry O. HavemeyerHenry Osborne Havemeyer was an American entrepreneur who founded the American Sugar Refining Company in 1891. He was chosen vice president and afterward its president.- Background :...
, Sugar Industrialist - Horace Havemeyer, real estate developer
- Charles A. Schieren, Banker, Mayor of Brooklyn 1894-1895
- William Dick (1823-1912) Sugar Refiner and Banker
- Tom VeryzerTom VeryzerThomas Martin Veryzer , is a former Major League Baseball shortstop who played from 1973-1984 with the Detroit Tigers , Cleveland Indians , New York Mets , and Chicago Cubs . Veryzer was drafted by the Tigers in the 1st round of the 1971 amateur draft...
, former Major League Baseball shortstop who played from 1973–1984 with the Detroit Tigers (1973–1977), Cleveland Indians (1978–1981), New York Mets (1982) and Chicago Cubs (1983–1984). - Alan MayerAlan MayerAlan Mayer, a native of Islip, New York is a retired soccer goalkeeper from the United States. He played professionally in the North American Soccer League and Major Indoor Soccer League and earned six caps with the United States men's national soccer team....
, retired professional soccer goalkeeper from the United States. - Peter LemongelloPeter LemongelloPeter Lemongello is an American singer from Islip, Long Island, New York, best known for his album Love '76, one of the first albums to be sold exclusively through television advertising...
, pop singer. - Santo Ciccarello and Joseph DeSane of The Tuneful Trolley, the sixties psyche-popPsychedelic popPsychedelic pop is a psychedelic musical style inspired by the sounds of psychedelic folk and psychedelic rock, but applied to a pop music setting...
band.
Bayberry Point
Bayberry Point lies adjacent to the Great South Bay. It is made up of three streets, separated by canals. Bayberry is Islip's most affluent area and home to some its most expensive real estate.Bayberry Point was originally a experimental living cooperative financed by Horace Havemeyer, a son of sugar-refining magnate Henry O. Havemeyer
Henry O. Havemeyer
Henry Osborne Havemeyer was an American entrepreneur who founded the American Sugar Refining Company in 1891. He was chosen vice president and afterward its president.- Background :...
, and designed by H.T. Lindeberg. It was "an experiment in co-operative living among the very rich". Building began at the end of the 19th century and was completed in 1916, with Havemeyer constructing several Moorish mansions along the banks of the canals, overlooking the bay. Many of these homes still exist today, though most have been extensively renovated.
Fire protection
Islip is protected by the Islip Volunteer Fire Department. The main firehouse headquarters is located at 28 Monell Avenue. A firehouse sub-station is located on Commack Road.Law enforcement
Law enforcement is provided by the Suffolk County Police Department, as well as the Town of Islip Department of Public Safety.Hospitals
Islip is located approximately one mile from North Shore-LIJ South-side Hospital in neighboring Bay Shore, and approximately three miles from Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West IslipWest Islip, New York
West Islip is a hamlet and CDP, located in Suffolk County, New York, USA. Situated on the south shore of Long Island, the population of the CDP was 29,907 at the time of the 2000 census.-Geography:West Islip is located at ....
.
Postal services
The Islip Post Office is located at 309 Main Street, Unit 3, Islip, NY 11751-3449. Islip is the mailing address for most residents of the hamlet, as well as for some residents of adjoining communities. The Islip Post Office opened under that name on September 7, 1802, but was closed just four months later. It reopened July 1, 1808, and has been in continuous operation under that name since then.Schools
The Islip School District consists of five schools.- Wing Elementary School (K–1)
- Sherwood Elementary School (2–5)
- Commack Road Elementary School (2–5)
- Islip Middle School (6–8)
- Islip High School (9–12)
The school district's mascot is the Buccaneer. The school district includes some territory within the adjacent areas of Bay Shore and Central Islip.
Library
Islip is served by the Islip Public Library, located at 71 Monell Avenue. http://www.isliplibrary.orgRoads
Islip is accessible by major roads on Long Island such as:- NY Route 27, also known as Sunrise Highway (Exit 45S)
- NY Route 27A, also known as Main Street or Montauk Highway
- Southern State ParkwaySouthern State ParkwayThe Southern State Parkway is a long limited-access highway on Long Island, in the U.S. state of New York...
(Exit 43S) - Interstate 495 (New York)Interstate 495 (New York)Interstate 495 is an auxiliary Interstate Highway on Long Island in New York in the United States. The route extends for from the western portal of the Queens-Midtown Tunnel in the New York City borough of Manhattan to County Route 58 in Riverhead, Suffolk County...
, also known as Long Island Expressway (Exit 56) - New York State Route 111New York State Route 111New York State Route 111 is a state highway located in Suffolk County, New York, in the United States. It runs north and south through the towns of Islip and Smithtown between NY 27A in the town seat of Islip and the east end of the NY 25 and NY 25A concurrency in Smithtown's...
's southern terminus is at NY 27A in Islip. - Suffolk County Road 50County Route 50 (Suffolk County, New York)Suffolk County Route 50 is a county road in Southwestern Suffolk County, New York. It runs east and west between Babylon and Great River, New York...
, also known as Union Boulevard, which spans most of the southwestern Town of Islip, runs parallel to NY 27 and 27A, within the hamlet.
Airport
Islip hamlet is approximately 10 miles (16.1 km) from Long Island MacArthur AirportLong Island MacArthur Airport
Long Island MacArthur Airport, formerly known as Islip Airport is a public airport located on Long Island, in Ronkonkoma, Town of Islip, Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is seven miles northeast of the central business district of Islip hamlet...
in Ronkonkoma.
Train
Since 1868, Islip has been served by railroads, originally by the South Side Railroad of Long Island, and then by the Long Island Rail RoadLong Island Rail Road
The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR is a commuter rail system serving the length of Long Island, New York. It is the busiest commuter railroad in North America, serving about 81.5 million passengers each year. Established in 1834 and having operated continuously since then, it is the oldest US...
, which acquired the SSRLI in 1876. The station
Islip (LIRR station)
Islip Station is a station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, off NY 111 and Nassau Avenue, north of Suffolk CR 50 , and south of Moffitt Boulevard in Islip, New York, but the official description of its location isn't as precise...
is on the Montauk Branch
Montauk Branch
The Montauk Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. The branch runs the length of Long Island, 115 miles from Long Island City on the west to Montauk on the east...
of the railroad.
Ferries
Islip is approximately two miles from the Fire Island Ferries, which is located in the neighboring hamlet of Bay Shore.Buses
There are many bus stops in Islip on different lines. Buses are operated and maintained by the local Suffolk Transportation Service, Inc.Places of worship
Islip hamlet has several places of worship within its borders that include:- St. Mark's Episcopal Church
- United Methodist Church of Islip
- The Presbyterian Church of Islip
- Trinity Lutheran Church
- New Bethany Baptist Church
See also
- Bay Shore, New YorkBay Shore, New YorkBay Shore is a hamlet and a census-designated place located in the Town of Islip, Suffolk County, New York, USA. It is situated on the south shore of Long Island, adjoining the Great South Bay. Bay Shore celebrated its 300th anniversary in 2008. The population of the CDP was 23,852 at the time of...
- Brentwood, New YorkBrentwood, New YorkBrentwood is a hamlet of the Town of Islip in Suffolk County, New York. According to the 2000 Census, the population of Brentwood is 53,917.The colony was established on March 21, 1851, on 750 acres of land on Long Island, New York, by Josiah Warren and Stephen Pearl Andrews...
- Central Islip, New YorkCentral Islip, New YorkCentral Islip is a hamlet and census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York, U.S.. The population was 31,950 at the 2000 census.-History and overview:...
- East Islip, New YorkEast Islip, New YorkEast Islip is a hamlet and CDP in the Town of Islip, Suffolk County, New York, . At the time of the 2000 census, the CDP had 4,578 households and a population of 14,078.-History and overview:...
- Islip (town), New YorkIslip (town), New YorkThe Town of Islip is one of ten towns in Suffolk County, New York . Located on the south shore of Long Island, the town population was 322,612 at the 2000 census. The smaller, unincorporated hamlet of Islip lies within the town.-Demographics:...
- North Bay Shore, New YorkNorth Bay Shore, New YorkNorth Bay Shore is an unincorporated neighborhood on Long Island in the Town of Islip in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The area is a suburb of New York City. The hamlet of North Bay Shore is within the northern part of the CDP of Bay Shore, New York. The Census-designated place named...
- West Islip, New YorkWest Islip, New YorkWest Islip is a hamlet and CDP, located in Suffolk County, New York, USA. Situated on the south shore of Long Island, the population of the CDP was 29,907 at the time of the 2000 census.-Geography:West Islip is located at ....