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"Geographic Lindenhurst" vs. "Social Lindenhurst"
What is Lindenhurst? Lindenhurst is the name of a village, a school and library district, a fire district, fire department and a post office.
What is North Lindenhurst? North Lindenhurst is the name of a hamlet, a fire district and a fire department.
What is the difference between Lindenhurst and North Lindenhurst? There is not much difference to many people. The differences that do exists are related to services (e.g. Who maintains the roads?). Not just in Lindenhurst, but across Long Island, overlapping districts can cause confusion.
Where You Live
| Your Task | Village of Lindenhurst | Hamlet of North Lindenhurst | Venetian Shores Community | American Venice Community |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Register children for school. | Lindenhurst School District | Lindenhurst School District | Lindenhurst School District | Copiague School District |
Apply for a building permit, or seek road repair. | Village of Lindenhurst | Town of Babylon | Town of Babylon | Town of Babylon |
Need garbage pick-up. | Village of Lindenhurst | Town of Babylon | Town of Babylon | Town of Babylon |
Visit the post office. | Lindenhurst Post Office | Lindenhurst Post Office | Lindenhurst Post Office | Lindenhurst Post Office |
Visit the public library. | Lindenhurst Memorial Library | Lindenhurst Memorial Library | Lindenhurst Memorial Library | Copiague Memorial Public Library |
Get a summer pass for Overlook Beach or Venetian Shores Park. | Town of Babylon | Town of Babylon | Town of Babylon | Town of Babylon |
Vote in local elections. | Village of Lindenhurst and Town of Babylon | Town of Babylon | Town of Babylon | Town of Babylon |
Call 911 for an ambulance. | Lindenhurst Fire Department | North Lindenhurst Fire Department | Lindenhurst Fire Department | Copiague Fire Department |
All four of these communities – Village of Lindenhurst, hamlet of North Lindenhurst and the neighborhoods of Venetian Shores and American Venice – are within the district served by the Lindenhurst Post Office. Although some of their other municipal services are different, they are united by their postal code, 11757. Typically, all of these areas are simply referred to as “Lindenhurst.”
Geographically, “Lindenhurst” is the Village of Lindenhurst. Socially, “Lindenhurst” usually refers to these four communities which use the mailing address “Lindenhurst, NY 11757.”
The “geographic” vs. “social” naming is common across Long Island. In fact, our Long Island has its own name difference. Geographically, Long Island is the fish-shaped island that runs from Brooklyn on the west and Montauk on the east. However, when someone says that they are “from Long Island,” they are typically stating that they are from Nassau or Suffolk County. If someone lives in Brooklyn or Queens, which are part of New York City, they are likely to give their hometown as Brooklyn, Queens or the neighborhood in which they live, but not “Long Island.”
It is typical to find articles describing the Town of Babylon as 30-35 miles east of New York City. However, that is not really accurate. We are 30-35 miles from Manhattan, but we are only about 16-20 miles from the border of Queens County, which is also the border of the City of New York. (Consider, also – a straight line drawn from Lindenhurst to Manhattan is about 30 miles – “flying distance”. However, if you drive from Lindenhurst to Manhattan, it is about 40 miles.)