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Albertson is an unincorporated village in the Town of North Hempstead in Nassau County, New York.  The boundary between Albertson and Searingtown is ill-defined, as they share the same post office and are both unincorporated. In general, Searingtown refers to the area west of Searingtown Road and Albertson the area east of Willis Avenue. For the exact borders, please refer to the tax map below.

The first European settler was John Seren who came from Connecticut in 1644. Later Townsend Albertson started a farm and gristmill and the community became known as Albertson.

In 1850, a road was built through Albertson on the lands of Isaac Underhill Willets. The road is still known as I U Willets Road. (Willets complained that Long Island has more roads than it will ever need). The Long Island Railroad designated an Albertson train station in 1864.

In 1908, the Vanderbilt Motor Parkway was built on the southern border of Albertson. In 1938, it was closed and replaced in 1940 by the Northern State Parkway, running along the northern border of Albertson.

In 1946, suburbanization began with a small development by William Levitt. The last farms were developed in the mid-1960s.

Starting in the 1990s there was a large influx of Asians into the western part of Albertson (Herricks School District). The Herricks school district has the highest percentage of Asians of any school district in New York state.

Today, Albertson's residents enjoy tree-lined streets and a superior School System (Herricks). The majority of homes in Albertson are Capes, Colonials and Ranches.

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Map of Albertson, New York