Farmingdale, New York | |
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| Incorporated Village of Farmingdale | |
 Main Street in Farmingdale in 2025 | |
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| Nicknames: "Farmingdale Village", "The Village" | |
 Location inNassau County and the state ofNew York | |
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| Coordinates:40°44′0″N73°26′42″W / 40.73333°N 73.44500°W /40.73333; -73.44500 | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New York |
| County | Nassau |
| Town | Oyster Bay |
| Incorporated | 1904 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ralph Ekstrand |
| • Deputy Mayor | William Barrett |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.09 sq mi (2.83 km2) |
| • Land | 1.09 sq mi (2.83 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 69 ft (21 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 8,466 |
| • Density | 7,737.4/sq mi (2,987.43/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| ZIP Code | 11735 |
| Area codes | 516, 363 |
| FIPS code | 36-25384 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0949918 |
| Website | www |
Farmingdale is an incorporatedvillage located within theTown of Oyster Bay inNassau County, onLong Island,New York, United States. It is considered the anchor community of the Greater Farmingdale area. The population was 8,466 at the time of the 2020 census.
TheIncorporated Village of Farmingdale is located approximately 37 miles (60 km) to the southeast ofMidtown Manhattan.
The first European settler in the area wasThomas Powell, who arrived in 1687. On October 18, 1695, he purchased a 15-square-mile (39 km2) tract of land from three Native American tribes. This is known as theBethpage Purchase and includes what is now Farmingdale – in addition toBethpage,Melville,North Massapequa,Old Bethpage,Plainedge, andPlainview. One of two houses he erected in the area (built c. 1738) still stands on Merritts Road within Farmingdale.[2]
In the 1830s, anticipating construction of theLong Island Rail Road, land developer Ambrose George purchased a large tract of land between a community then known asBethpage (nowOld Bethpage) and an area in Suffolk County known asHardscrabble.[3][4] He built a general store in the western part of this property which he namedFarmingdale. When the LIRR started service to the area in October 1841,[5][6] it named its new station in the community asFarmingdale, on the line it was building toGreenport. Stagecoaches took people from the Farmingdale station to Islip, Babylon, Patchogue, Oyster Bay South, and West Neck (Huntington area).[7][8]
In 1886 a fire department was organized, and in 1899,Mile-a-Minute Murphy rode a bicycle along theLong Island Rail Road'sCentral Branch through the Farmingdale area at a mile a minute. For many years, the town celebrated its birth with the annual Hardscrabble Fair, with music, food and games. It was normally held in May.[2]
In 1904, Farmingdale incorporated as a village, after locals voted in favor of doing so through a referendum.[2]
The Lenox Hills Country Club – an 18-hole private golf course designed byDevereux Emmet – was developed north of the community in 1923 and was owned and operated byBenjamin F. Yoakum. This golf course was purchased by the State of New York, was greatly expanded, and then re-opened asBethpage State Park in 1932, with much of the golf design work carried out by golf architectA.W. Tillinghast, later inducted into theWorld Golf Hall of Fame.[9][10] The 1920s-builtLenox Hills section and later, adjacent subdivisions – located between the Bethpage State Park golf courses and the Long Island Railroad trackage, encompassing rolling hills and a wide boulevard – are known as the more upscale part of Farmingdale Village.[9][10]
About the time of World War II, the Farmingdale area became a locus for the aircraft industry, notablyRepublic Aviation Company, which was based at just east of the Village of Farmingdale atRepublic Airport, located within the adjacent hamlet ofEast Farmingdale.[11][12]
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2), all land.[13]
Between the 1990 Census and the 2000 census, the village gained territory.[14]
The Lenox Hills section of the village is adjacent toBethpage State Park. The rest of the municipality is within a fifteen-minute drive thereto.[12]
The Village of Farmingdale is located on a flatoutwash plain, and as such, the area's topography is largely flat.[15][16]
Additionally, Farmingdale is split between theMassapequa Creek and Seaford Creekdrainage areas, and is located within the largerLong Island Sound/Atlantic Ocean Watershed.[15][16][17]
According to theKöppen Climate Classification system, Farmingdale has ahumid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Farmingdale was 102 °F (38.9 °C) on July 6, 2010, and July 22, 2011, while the coldest temperature recorded was −1 °F (−18.3 °C) on January 4, 2014.[18]
| Climate data for Farmingdale, New York (Republic Airport), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1999–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 71 (22) | 70 (21) | 82 (28) | 91 (33) | 93 (34) | 96 (36) | 102 (39) | 100 (38) | 94 (34) | 90 (32) | 79 (26) | 69 (21) | 102 (39) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 58.5 (14.7) | 58.0 (14.4) | 67.1 (19.5) | 76.9 (24.9) | 84.9 (29.4) | 89.8 (32.1) | 94.5 (34.7) | 91.3 (32.9) | 87.0 (30.6) | 79.6 (26.4) | 68.5 (20.3) | 61.2 (16.2) | 95.5 (35.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 38.9 (3.8) | 41.3 (5.2) | 48.1 (8.9) | 58.4 (14.7) | 68.1 (20.1) | 77.2 (25.1) | 82.8 (28.2) | 81.5 (27.5) | 74.8 (23.8) | 63.9 (17.7) | 53.4 (11.9) | 44.2 (6.8) | 61.1 (16.1) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 32.0 (0.0) | 33.9 (1.1) | 40.4 (4.7) | 50.2 (10.1) | 59.7 (15.4) | 69.1 (20.6) | 75.3 (24.1) | 74.1 (23.4) | 67.2 (19.6) | 56.1 (13.4) | 45.9 (7.7) | 37.5 (3.1) | 53.4 (11.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 25.1 (−3.8) | 26.4 (−3.1) | 32.7 (0.4) | 41.9 (5.5) | 51.4 (10.8) | 61.1 (16.2) | 67.8 (19.9) | 66.7 (19.3) | 59.6 (15.3) | 48.3 (9.1) | 38.4 (3.6) | 30.8 (−0.7) | 45.8 (7.7) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | 8.1 (−13.3) | 11.3 (−11.5) | 19.5 (−6.9) | 30.8 (−0.7) | 41.2 (5.1) | 50.7 (10.4) | 60.6 (15.9) | 58.3 (14.6) | 48.3 (9.1) | 34.9 (1.6) | 25.0 (−3.9) | 18.7 (−7.4) | 6.8 (−14.0) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −1 (−18) | 2 (−17) | 9 (−13) | 24 (−4) | 34 (1) | 46 (8) | 53 (12) | 53 (12) | 41 (5) | 31 (−1) | 14 (−10) | 8 (−13) | −1 (−18) |
| Averageprecipitation inches (mm) | 2.69 (68) | 2.03 (52) | 3.46 (88) | 3.61 (92) | 3.18 (81) | 3.45 (88) | 3.05 (77) | 3.25 (83) | 3.66 (93) | 3.37 (86) | 2.93 (74) | 3.60 (91) | 38.28 (973) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.01 in) | 9.3 | 8.7 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 12.6 | 10.9 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 8.1 | 9.9 | 9.2 | 10.7 | 120.0 |
| Source 1: NOAA (mean maxima/minima 2006–2020)[19] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service[18] | |||||||||||||
Farmingdale is also associated with several unincorporated areas outside the village limits, includingSouth Farmingdale (also in the Town of Oyster Bay), andEast Farmingdale (in theTown of Babylon, withinSuffolk County). Many nearby places not within the village limits haveFarmingdale as their postal address and the same 11735 ZIP code. Residents of East Farmingdale must useFarmingdale as their mailing address, while residents of South Farmingdale can use eitherFarmingdale orSouth Farmingdale.Bethpage State Park, which is mostly in Old Bethpage, also has aFarmingdale mailing address. Farmingdale Union Free School District (UFSD 22) includes parts of both Nassau County and Suffolk County and the southernmost part of Bethpage State Park, where the clubhouse is located. A road sign on Main Street in the south-east section of South Farmingdale (and over 1 mile (1.6 km) from the Village of Farmingdale) welcomes travelers to Farmingdale. Farmingdale is also the name of the local Farmingdale Water District and Farmingdale Fire District, both of which also include areas outside the boundaries of the Village of Farmingdale.Farmingdale State College andRepublic Airport are in East Farmingdale, both with Farmingdale mailing addresses.[2]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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| 1880 | 524 | — | |
| 1910 | 1,567 | — | |
| 1920 | 2,091 | 33.4% | |
| 1930 | 3,373 | 61.3% | |
| 1940 | 3,524 | 4.5% | |
| 1950 | 4,492 | 27.5% | |
| 1960 | 6,128 | 36.4% | |
| 1970 | 9,297 | 51.7% | |
| 1980 | 7,946 | −14.5% | |
| 1990 | 8,022 | 1.0% | |
| 2000 | 8,399 | 4.7% | |
| 2010 | 8,189 | −2.5% | |
| 2020 | 8,466 | 3.4% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[20] | |||
As of the 2010 census[21] The population of the village was 88.2% White, 71.1%Non-Hispanic White, 2.6% African American, 0.4% Native American, 2.5% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 4.7% from other races, and 1.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.7% of the population.
At the2000 census there were 8,399 people, 3,216 households, and 2,051 families in the village. The population density was 7,432.2 inhabitants per square mile (2,869.6/km2). There were 3,289 housing units at an average density of 2,910.4 per square mile (1,123.7/km2). Theracial makup of the village was 87.03% White, 1.61% African American, 0.12% Native American, 3.70% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 5.06% from other races, and 2.43% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.57%.[22]
Of the 3,216 households 28.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.2% were non-families. 29.8% of households were one person and 11.5% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.19.
The age distribution was 21.2% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 35.2% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.7% 65 or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.5 males.
The median household income was $58,411 and the median family income was $68,235. Males had a median income of $46,104 versus $36,021 for females. The per capita income for the village was $27,492. About 3.0% of families and 5.6% of the population were below thepoverty line, including 3.5% of those under age 18 and 13.0% of those age 65 or over.
As of July 2023, the Mayor of Farmingdale is Ralph Ekstrand, the Deputy Mayor is William Barrett, and the Village Trustees are Cheryl Parisi, Walter Priestley, and Craig Rosasco.[23][24]
The Village of Farmingdale is located entirely within Nassau County's 17th Legislative district, which as of July 2025 is represented in theNassau County Legislature by Rose Marie Walker (D–Hicksville).[12][25][26]
Farmingdale is located withinNew York's 15th State Assembly district, which as of July 2025 is represented byJacob Ryan Blumencranz (R–Oyster Bay).[12][25][27]
Farmingdale is located entirely withinNew York's 5th State Senate district, which as of July 2025 is represented bySteven Rhoads (R–Bellmore).[12][25][28]
Farmingdale is located entirely withinNew York's 3rd Congressional district, which as of July 2025 is represented in theUnited States Congress byThomas R. Suozzi (D–Glen Cove).[12][25][29]
As with the rest of New York, Farmingdale is represented in theUnited States Senate byKirsten E. Gillibrand (D) andCharles E. Schumer (D).[30][31]
In the 2024 U.S. presidential election, the majority of Farmingdale voters voted forDonald J. Trump(R).[32]
Farmingdale is served by theFarmingdale Union Free School District.[12] The district includesFarmingdale High School, Howitt Middle School, Northside Elementary School, Woodward Parkway School, Albany Avenue Elementary School, and Saltzman East Memorial.[12]
Furthermore, the Northside Elementary School and Howitt Middle School are both located within the village.[12]
Farmingdale is located within the boundaries of the Farmingdale Library District, which is served by the Farmingdale Public Library.[12]
Two state roads are pass through (and thus directly serve) the Village of Farmingdale:[12][25]
Conklin Street (NY 24) – Runs through the heart of Farmingdale and its downtown, from west-to-east.[12][25]
Fulton Street (NY 109) – Runs along northwest-to-southeast through the southern portion of the village; roughly parallels theLong Island Rail Road'sCentral Branch.[12][25]Other major roads within the village include Bethpage Road, Clinton Street, Front Street, Main Street, Melville Road, Merritts Road, Secatogue Avenue, Staples Road, and Thomas Powell Boulevard.[12][25]
TheLong Island Rail Road'sFarmingdale station – a major station on the LIRR'sMain Line, servingRonkonkoma Branch trains – is located within the village's downtown area.[12][25] Additionally, the LIRR'sCentral Branch forms much of the village's southern border – although it makes no stops within Farmingdale.[12][25]
The village is also the site of atransit-oriented development centered around the LIRR station.[12]
The Village of Farmingdale is served by twoNassau Inter-County Express (NICE)routes: then70 andn71.[12][33]
A Long Island Greenway is planned from Farmingdale to Montauk.[34]
National Grid USA providesnatural gas to homes and businesses that are hooked up to natural gas lines in Farmingdale.[35][36]
PSEG Long Island provides power to all homes and businesses within Farmingdale.[35][37][38]
Farmingdale is located within theNassau County Sewage District and is connected to itssanitary sewer network.[12][39]
The Village of Farmingdale operates its own municipal water supply system, which provides the entirety of the village with water.[12]
The Village of Farmingdale features its own fire department, which provides the entire village with fire protection.[12]
Farmingdale is served by theNassau County Police Department's 8th Precinct.[12][40][41][42]
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)[permanent dead link] (The location markedBethpage is near Merritts Road, just north of the Bethpage Turnpike. An unbounded area further east in Suffolk County is markedHardscrabble. The map is dated 1842 with a question mark. Neither Farmingdale nor Hicksville appears on the map. The Hicksville LIRR station opened in 1837, and its absence suggests an earlier date for the map. The LIRR also had taken a different route east of Hicksville, arriving in Farmingdale in 1841.)
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