Port Washington, New York
Port Washington is a
hamlet in
Nassau County,
New York on the
North Shore of
Long Island. As of the
United States 2000 Census, the community population was 15,215.
Port Washington is an
unincorporated area within and directly governed by the
Town of North Hempstead.
In broader sense, however, Port Washington includes the communities of
Baxter Estates,
Manorhaven,
Port Washington North, and
Sands Point, as these areas share the same
ZIP code, school and library districts.
Port Washington is located at (40.828948, -73.686688).
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 14.6
km² (5.6
mi²). 10.9 km² (4.2 mi²) of it is land and 3.7 km² (1.4 mi²) of it (25.22%) is water.
As of the
census of 2000, there were 15,215 people, 5,521 households, and 4,168 families residing in the CDP. The
population density was 1,395.4/km² (3,613.7/mi²). There were 5,662 housing units at an average density of 519.3/km² (1,344.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 85.97%
White, 2.81%
African American, 0.11%
Native American, 6.07%
Asian, 0.02%
Pacific Islander, 3.15% from
other races, and 1.86% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 11.20% of the population.
There were 5,521 households out of which 36.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.9% were
married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.5% were non-families. 20.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.15.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 25.3% under the age of 18, 5.0% from 18 to 24, 28.3% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 90.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.5 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $85,837, and the median income for a family was $102,646. Males had a median income of $71,024 versus $49,299 for females. The
per capita income for the CDP was $43,815. About 3.1% of families and 4.7% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 3.5% of those under age 18 and 5.0% of those age 65 or over.
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Michael Adler, CFO of
Expedia*
Carlos Beltran,
New York Mets baseball player
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John Phillip Sousa, famous conductor (deceased)
Schools administered by the Port Washington
Union Free School District[1]:
High schools
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Paul D. Schreiber High SchoolElementary schools
* John Philip Sousa Elementary School
* John J. Daly Elementary School
* Manorhaven Elementary School
* Guggenheim Elementary School
* South Salem Elementary School
Junior High Schools
* Carrie Palmer Weber Middle School
[2]Note: John Phillip Sousa Elementary School used to be a junior high but is now a public elementary school located just outside of the village of Manorhaven.
F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel
The Great Gatsby is set in the fictional East Egg and West Egg Villages, which are thinly-disguised versions of, respectively, Port Washington and
Great Neck. The novel portrays East Egg (Port Washington) as a posh, wealthy place of
old money.
The Mountain Goats song
Going to Port Washington is a song relating a journey to Port Washington via the
Throgs Neck Bridge. The song was originally released on "The Wedding Record", a four song 7" compilation released on Walt Records in 1995 as an invitation to the wedding of Dan and Danielle Varenka. Dan Varenka runs Walt Records and lives in Port Washington.
Parts of the 2000 film
Meet the Parents were filmed in this town, featuring a local restaurant, Louie's, located on Main Street in downtown Port Washington, and a local drugstore.
[Trivia for Meet the Parents, The Internet Movie Database, accessed May 25, 2006] Though the interior scenes were shot inside the drugstore, the exterior was that of the neighboring supermarket (now closed.)
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