North Woodmere, New York
North Woodmere is a hamlet section of South Valley Stream, New York, located in Nassau County on the South Shore of Long Island in the Town of Hempstead and is represented by Councilman Bruce Blakeman. North Woodmere is directly north of Woodmere, but separated from it by Mott's Creek. Access to Woodmere is available via Branch Boulevard and a footbridge over the creek. It is considered as a part of the Five Towns, which consists of the villages of Lawrence and Cedarhurst, the hamlets of Hewlett, Inwood and Woodmere.[1]
In 1984 President Ronald Reagan addressed Temple Hillel in North Woodmere.
Hungry Harbor Road is the main east-west route through North Woodmere, connecting with Branch Boulevard (to Cedarhurst) and Brookfield-Rosedale Road (to Valley Stream). Park Lane provides access to upper Rosedale Road, and from there to Francis Lewis Boulevard, Sunrise Highway, and the Belt Parkway/Cross Island Parkway junction.
A small shopping mall is located on Rosedale Road. Another former shopping center on Hungry Harbor Road is now an assisted living center.
The community is home to North Woodmere Park, a Nassau County park. The park includes a large pool complex and a nine-hole golf course. Just south of the park is a fishing area on the west end of the inter-Woodmere creek.
North Woodmere has a very large Jewish population and is home to several synagogues, including Congregation Ohr Torah,Young Israel of North Woodmere Beis Haknesses of North Woodmere and Temple Hillel.
This relatively small physical area, less than three square miles, is served by two distinct school districts: 15 (Lawrence Public Schools) in the west, 14 (Hewlett-Woodmere School District) in the center.
Notable residents
Current and former residents of North Woodmere include:
- Leon Lev, Software developer, Data Architecture and Arctic Explorer.
- Jeffrey M. Friedman, discoverer of Leptin
- Esther Jungreis - founder of Hineni
- Nina L. Paul, author [2]
- Seth Rudetsky, composer, musical director and talk show host.[3]
- Jeremy Epstein, student who asked the first question at 2012 Town hall Presidential debate and has since appeared on various news outlets such as ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC,CNN
- Steve Spinner, founder of Sports Potential, adviser to Obama campaign, Department of Energy official.
External links
- Hewlett-Woodmere Public Schools - District 14
- Hewlett High School Alumni
- Lawrence School District - District 15
Coordinates: 40°39′00″N 73°43′26″W / 40.65000°N 73.72389°W
References
- ↑ Marks, Peter. "AT WORK WITH: Wendy Kaufman; Snapple! Cackle! Pop! A Star Is Born ", The New York Times, January 4, 1995. Accessed September 15, 2008. "A native of North Woodmere, one of Long Island's Five Towns, she feels she has landed a role she was born to play."
- ↑ Bio
- ↑ Gans, Andrew. "Rhapsody in Seth’s Rudetsky Fights Back With Santorum Fund", Playbill, May 7, 2003. Accessed September 17, 2008. "In his self-penned, one-man show directed by Peter Flynn — Rhapsody in Seth — Seth Rudetsky recalls growing up in North Woodmere, Long Island, where he was praised for his musical gifts but ridiculed for being gay."